Occasionally, I need to make a call during bad weather, and that means I run into a conductivity problem with my gloves. You can't use normal gloves with a smartphone because they don't allow the ...

Scientists at Florida Atlantic University have employed a novel thermal training technique to give robotic fingers a natural look and feel. With the ability to curve and straighten as it is heated and ...

An ancient fish sported something like fingers that were the precursors to our own digits, according to an analysis of a new fossil skeleton. "It's really the last piece of evidence to say fingers are ...

How did digits evolve? While it is clear that they derive from genetic programs already present in fish, their precise origin remains a matter of debate. An international team led by the University of ...

One of the major limitations of Microsoft’s current Kinect hardware is the inability to detect a hand with sufficient resolution to make out individual fingers. Microsoft has apparently been working ...

Have you ever looked at your hands and wondered how and why human beings developed 5 fingers over the course of evolutionary ...