Of all the motions the hand can perform, perhaps none is so distinctively human as a punch in the nose. Other animals bite, claw, butt or stomp one another, but only the species that includes ...

A new prosthetic hand offers strength, grasps objects with control, and detects textures, coming the closest yet to mimicking human touch. It significantly outperforms traditional prosthetics ...

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Japanese researchers have developed the first biohybrid hand capable of performing complex gestures using human muscle tissue grown in a laboratory. This could pave the way for unprecedented uses.

How it's made The hand features 'Multiple Muscle Tissue Actuators' (MuMuTAs), thin strands of lab-grown human muscle tissue rolled into bundles resembling sushi rolls. These MuMuTAs act as ...