NBA All-World hands-on: Taking basketball video games back to the streetsNiantic's latest AR app might be the best use of its location-based tech yet. By S. Rutherford, 01.25.2023
MIT’s sensor-packed glove helps AI identify objects by touchIt could give robots a more precise grip.By C. Fisher, 05.30.2019
OpenAI's Dactyl system improves the dexterity of robot handsThe team only used abstracted simulations to train with. By R. LeFebvre, 07.30.2018
Samsung envisions phones that read your palmYou could get hints at your password without getting an obvious clue.By J. Fingas, 12.03.2017
Gel-based robot hand can grab and release fishThis could lead to kinder, gentler surgical robots.By J. Fingas, 02.01.2017
Gene editing helps spot evolutionary link between fins and handsCRISPR helped demonstrate that digits and fin rays share similar cells.By J. Fingas, 08.17.2016
Robot hand learns to twirl objects on its ownWe're one step closer to robots with a delicate touch.By J. Fingas, 05.10.2016
Scientists can identify terrorists by their victory signsBiometrics could identify a masked person simply by looking at hand gestures.By J. Fingas, 03.13.2016
3D hand scanner could give you custom bracesThe student-made gear could fill big gaps in health care and design.By J. Fingas, 02.08.2016
Touch Bionics' latest 'i-limb' offers a powered rotating thumb, smartphone controlsBy D. Melanson, 04.11.2013
Microsoft Research crafts wrist-worn device that tracks hand gestures in 3D space (video)By A. Santos, 10.09.2012
New beBionic hand almost doubles its grip-strength, steered by user's electrical 'skin signals'By M. Smith, 09.07.2012