At Lane Tech High School on the city’s north side, the future is now. Students are working toward their futures and one young ...

Recent advancements in technology have revolutionized the world of assistive and medical tools, and prosthetic limbs are no exception. We've come a long way from the rigid, purely cosmetic ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have come up with a better prosthetic hand that uses a hybrid design to carefully grip various objects with just the right amount of pressure. The robotic ...

But a new advance aims to solve this 200-year-old problem by revolutionizing the fit of prosthetic limbs, according to a recent report in the journal Nature Communications. Related 'Smart ...

It begins with the most concert-packed May in memory: Along with the first three of the aforementioned, Paul Simon is playing what’s likely his farewell Chicago show at Symphony Center ...

The best ear piercing places in Chicago for kids need to be gentle and hygienic, of course, but many kids and parents have other criteria on their list as well. Do they want to have both ears pierced ...

After his mom had a normal pregnancy, Vinnie James was born with a missing eye and displaced ear, the result of the ... including receiving a prosthetic eye, which will require annual adjustments ...

Iskarous, Rebecca J. Greene, Rene DeBrabander, and Junjun Chen of Johns Hopkins; and Arnav Gupta of the University of Illinois Chicago. This research was funded by the grant "Neuromorphic Feedback: A ...

Ariana Grande is no stranger to reinventing her look, but her latest transformation has fans commenting on the incredible transformation with the help of makeup prosthetics. The pop star turned ...

The future of medicine just might include prosthetic penises that can be printed on demand. In a study out this month, scientists have demonstrated that their 3D-printed penile implant can restore ...

which means the pop star quite literally transformed herself for the role with what appears to be prosthetic wrinkles on her face and body and a gray wig. This version of Peaches debuts in the ...