A McHenry resident is working out his new bionic thumb at Dynamic Hand Therapy in Fox Lake. Why the Chicago Bears will make a playoff run — and why they won’t: 5 pressing questions for Week 16 Why the ...

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August 6, 2007 The human hand is a magnificent triumph of evolution, combining a complex structure with incredible levels of facility and feedback to enable a stunning range of movements and uses. Its ...

Prosthetic arm with a bionic hand which detects tactile stimulation and sends that sensory signal to the brain. Neuroscientists have found that people with bionic hands can't seem to retrain the brain ...

The human hand is incredibly complex, so designing a bionic replacement is quite a challenge. There are countless movements and grips that a normal hand needs to make, and that variety is what makes ...

FOX LAKE, Ill. (AP) — A bionic thumb has brought back a large part of life for a McHenry man. Adam "Moose" Pringle lost his left thumb in September 2011 when he caught his right arm and left hand in ...