In a First, Patient Controls Two Prosthetic Arms with His Thoughts
A bilateral implant and brain-machine interface technology allowed a patient with a high spinal cord injury to control prosthetic arms with the power of thought.... Read More...
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Electronic glove offers ‘humanlike’ features for prosthetic hand users
Researchers have developed a sensor-instrumented glove for prosthetic hand controls which can sense pressure, temperature, and hydration using electronic chips sending sensory data via a wristwatch. ... Read More...
Brain-controlled prosthetic hand to become reality
Researchers are developing a sophisticated prosthetic hand that can be directly controlled by the thoughts of the user.... Read More...
3D printed prosthetic hand can guess how you play Rock, Paper, Scissors
A 3D printed hand which uses a computer interface to learn can replicate hand movements. ... Read More...
Could prosthetic limbs one day be controlled by human thought?
Having identified a new, simpler way to study neural activity, researchers believe they are on track to creating a compact, low power and potentially wireless brain sensor that could make thought-controlled prosthetic limbs ubiquitous.... Read More...
First-ever successful mind-controlled robotic arm without brain implants
Using EEG and brain computer interface technology, researchers have created a robotic arm that can be controlled without brain implants.... Read More...
Research moves closer to brain-machine interface autonomy
Findings allow for the development of an autonomously updating brain-machine interface, which is able to improve on its own by learning about its subject without additional programming. The system could help develop new robotic prosthetics, which can perform more naturally.... Read More...
Six fingers per hand: Polydactyly equals extra motor ability
Polydactyly, a condition where one is born with an extra finger, has significant benefits when it comes to motor skill and control. fMRI neuroimaging reveals those with extra fingers are able to move the digits independently of other fingers. The findings could help with the development of new prosthetics that extend motor abilities.... Read More...
Amputees Feel as Though Their Prosthetic Limb Belongs to Their Own Body
A new study reports amputees often feel as though their prosthetic limb is part of their body. ... Read More...
New Techniques Show Prosthetics Users Rely on Intact Limb
A new study that utilized electronic sensors discovered prosthesis users rely more heavily on their intact limbs to perform every tasks in their daily lives.... Read More...
New ‘E-Dermis’ Brings Sense of Touch, Pain to Prosthetic Hands
Researchers have developed a new electronic skin that can allow amputees to perceive touch sensations via their prosthesis. The technology, dubbed e-dermis, can recreate the sense of touch and pain by sensing stimuli and relaying impulses back to peripheral nerves.... Read More...
Advanced Artificial Limbs Mapped in the Brain
Following targeted motor and sensory reinnervation, a procedure that reroutes residual limb nerves to intact muscles and skin in amputees, the brain remaps both motor and sensory pathways. Additionally, researchers note, TMSR may help counteract poorly adapted cortical plasticity following amputation.... Read More...