Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Range of motion (or movement) is a term you may have heard frequently used in the gym. It's one of the key variables to optimise ...

A two-phase actuator is based on electroactive polymer artificial muscle technology. Improved actuation of medical devices could be as simple as swapping motors for muscles, according to Artificial ...

For the time being, the team is focusing on a single muscle motion: enhancing the activity of the shoulder muscles when users lift their arms, although as a concept it could clearly work with a number ...

A foam roller can be used to massage different parts of your body, such as the lower back, hips, and calves. By slowly rolling those areas across the top of the tube-shaped roller, you can help reduce ...

Building bigger arms is not just about doing endless curls — experts say how you train matters far more than the exercises ...

When you think about muscles, you probably think about the ones in your arms, legs, back or abs. However, muscles do far more than move the body. A muscle is a type of tissue, a group of cells that ...

Gesture-based games and controls like those in the Kinect hold a lot of promise, but the complex camera setup isn't always practical. A new device called Myo, however, removes the camera from the ...

Range of motion (or movement) is a term you may have heard frequently used in the gym. It's one of the key variables to optimise your lifts, muscle growth and also (while not quite as exciting), your ...