Nine years ago, a group of researchers from the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering at CU Boulder launched a pioneering medical device startup called Point Designs in an effort to ...

Where did you intern over the summer and what was exciting for you about that opportunity? I was a Research and Development (R&D) Intern at Point Designs, manufacturing functional, highly durable ...

Nearly two years ago Payton Heiberger lost two of her fingers in a car crash near Houston. It was a devastating injury for a pre-med student hoping to become a surgeon.“They told me I was better off ...

Scottish scientists have created the world's first powered bionic fingers for partial-hand amputees. Called ProDigits, the prosthesis has a silicone skin and movable thumb that allows amputees the ...

A research paper by scientists at The University of Electro-Communications developed a new socket and prosthetic hand control system that does not interfere with the wrist joint motion. This allows ...