“A revolution in bionic technology”
Interesting Engineering got a look at the Ability Hand during CES 2023.
Only one person in the world has had this surgery — and he’s an Ability Hand user
Only one person in the world has experienced agonist-antagonist myoneural interface surgery after a traumatic upper-limb amputation. Meet Ability Hand user Shaun Melendy.
PSYONIC releases Ability Hand for research users
The bionic hand is already being used at Facebook, NASA, and Apptronik and is part of two ANA Avatar XPRIZE finalists.
PSYONIC, Maker of ‘The World’s Most Badass Prosthetic’ Hand, Launches Fundraising Round
Company will expand and accelerate the development of its Ability Hand, the fastest and only multi-touch sensing bionic hand on the market.
Meet the Team: Jesse Cornman, Director of Engineering
Meet Jesse, one of the longest tenured PSYONIC employees. He's been with us since before we were even a company! In this interview, Jesse explains how he got started at PSYONIC and what he loves most about working here.
Meet the Team: James Austin, Lead Mechanical Engineer
“Imagination. Creativity. Attention to detail. Ability to multitask. And passion for the work.” Meet our lead mechanical engineer, James Austin, and find out why he says these are the skills required to do his job well.
Advanced Prosthetics Made Accessible: How PSYONIC Developed a Bionic Hand Using Additive Manufacturing
Formlabs went in depth with user Garrett Anderson, CEO Aadeel Akhtar, and engineer James Austin to learn more about the ways we used additive manufacturing while prototyping our Ability Hand design.
5 Questions with PSYONIC Founder & CEO Aadeel Akhtar
Catch up with PSYONIC Founder & CEO, Dr. Aadeel Ahktar, as he answers questions about his inspiration and commitment to making bionic limbs more affordable and accessible, where the market potential exists for PSYONIC product innovations, and his vision for the future of the company.
Why we built a bionics company
Our journey to #RedefineHuman started with a seven year old boy’s dream to improve the lives of people with limb differences. Learn the story behind PSYONIC and how our founder and CEO, Aadeel Akhtar was inspired to build a revolutionary bionics company that would make the best prosthetic technologies available and accessible to anyone who needs them.
PSYONIC Brings Advanced Bionics to San Diego
The San Diego Business Journal caught up with PSYONIC Founder & CEO Aadeel Akhtar about our recent move and vision for making San Diego "the bionics capital of the world."
PSYONIC moving headquarters to San Diego, California
12 years ago Whitney Akhtar and I moved from Chicago to Champaign so that I could start an MD/PhD program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Thinking we would be here for 8 years before I started residency, we decided to buy a house a year in. If there is one thing I've learned, it has been that it is impossible to predict the future.
Popular Mechanics: ‘The World’s Most Badass’
Popular Mechanics called the Ability Hand “the world’s most badass prosthetic,” saying “This Prosthetic Hand Is Stronger, Lighter, and Better Than You.” Not gonna lie, we love it!
CNBC: Going Bionic
CNBC covered PSYONIC as part of its “Miracles in the Works” series on The News with Shepard Smith. They talked to Sgt. Garrett Anderson and CEO Dr. Aadeel Akhtar about the Ability Hand’s unique touch feedback, calling it “vibrations to restore sensations” to “more fully merge man and machine.”
Bionic hand offers strength, sense of touch
WGN met up with CEO Dr. Aadeel Akhtar and user Dan St. Pierre to get a look at just what the Ability Hand can do. “Once you start doing it, it becomes second nature,” St. Pierre said.
Leader in advanced prosthetics releases Ability Hand
“Fast, tough, and intuitive, the Ability Hand is the first and only bionic hand with multi-touch sensory feedback on the market.”
“True Value to Customers”
In a recent review of the Ability Hand, Bionics for Everyone said: “One of the things we really like about...PSYONIC is their focus on features that truly matter to bionic hand users, such as durability, weight, responsiveness (i.e. closing speed), sensory feedback, water/dust resistance, and of course price.
Startup building a better bionic hand
CHICAGO INNO named PSYONIC one its “12 Chicago Moonshot Startups” back in 2019 — calling us “a company that's taking a big, ambitious swing at solving hard, complex problems. And if successful, the startup's work could have massive impacts on our society and how we live.” Today, they covered our national launch.
National Launch Date Announced: September 1, 2021
The PSYONIC Ability Hand will be available to users and clinicians nationwide on September 1, 2021. It's the world's fastest and first touch-sensitive bionic hand, and it's going to help people unleash the very best in themselves.
Ability Hand covered on Scripps Company TV stations nationwide
Reporter Ash-har Quraishi visited Champaign to find out more about the Ability Hand and how it helps users unlock their PSYONIC ability. The story ran on local television newscasts all over the country this week. Check it out on WMAR-2 News Baltimore.
CEO Dr. Aadeel Akhtar named to MIT Technology Review’s 35 Innovators Under 35
Each year, MIT Technology Review picks 35 young innovators who are "working on creative solutions to some of humanity's hardest problems." And this year, CEO Dr. Aadeel Akhtar made that very short list that has previously included Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and Jony Ive.