Humotech lets you try prosthetic feet first Picking a prosthetic foot usually happens without trying the options first. #isbrave

Ottobock's new knee is built for lighter bodies A hydraulic prosthetic knee actually reacts to how much you weigh. #isbrave

Össur's Navii knee can actually go in the sea If you wear a microprocessor knee, water is probably something you plan around. #isbrave

The michelangelo hand finally comes in size S Ottobock's michelangelo is known for how hard it grips, but for years it basically came in one size. #isbrave

Phantom Neuro's new arm sensor goes under the skin A myoelectric arm only moves because of sensors inside the socket, sitting on the skin of your residual limb. #isbrave

The Socket-less Socket tightens like a sneaker Most prosthetic sockets are a hard shell of carbon fiber or plastic. #isbrave

COVVI's bionic hand is getting a sense of touch If you use a bionic hand, it only does what your muscles tell it to do, and nothing comes back from the fingers. #isbrave

The Bio Leg is a knee that can actually push Most computerised prosthetic knees are clever, but they only do one thing: they control how hard the knee is to bend. #isbrave

Vessl's new socket actually tightens as you walk Your residual limb doesn't stay the same size all day, and for most people the fix is still adding and removing socks. #isbrave

A liner printed from a scan of your leg The liner is the part of your prosthetic leg that actually touches you. #isbrave

Sweat stopped his bionic arm. So surgeons went inside. Sweat, swelling and a shifting socket kept one man near Chicago from ever getting a bionic arm to work. #isbrave

The real Luke Skywalker arm just left the lab The LUKE Arm is named after Luke Skywalker's bionic hand, and for the first time someone has taken one home from the lab. #isbrave

It isn't your balance Engineers tripped people on purpose, in a lab, with a safety harness. #prosthetics

The most important leg you have left If diabetes took one leg, the other one is now the thing to protect — and the number attached to that is bigger than most people are told. #prosthetics

A rescue, not an upgrade Two good studies of bone-anchored legs point in opposite directions. #prosthetics

Fourteen grips. Does anyone use them? The most advanced hands you can be fitted with have more grip patterns than most people would guess. #prosthetics

A microprocessor knee doesn't drive your leg A microprocessor knee does not drive your leg. #prosthetics

Two Words For Your Surgeon If pain is the reason your prosthesis stays in a cupboard, there are two words worth taking to your surgeon: TMR and RPNI. #prosthetics

If Stubbies Are All You Wear If stubbies are the only prosthesis you wear, a new pilot study is worth knowing about. #prosthetics

What Actually Damages The Skin Under Your Socket A sensor layer that sits inside the socket, between the prosthesis and the residual limb, and flags pressure that is becoming damaging - not just how hard it presses, but how long, and in how many places at once. #prosthetics