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...
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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...
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...
Artificial Nerve System Gives Prosthetic Devices and Robots a Sense of Touch
Researchers have created an artificial nervous system that may give prosthetics and robots reflexes and the ability to sense touch. The system is sensitive enough to identify letters in the Braille alphabet.... Read More...
Mind Controlled Prosthetic Arm Moves Individual Fingers
Researchers report a patient has been able to use a mind-controlled prosthesis to move individual digits without extensive training. ... Read More...
Tuning on the Move: New Technology Refines Movement of Powered Prosthetics Automatically
Researchers have developed new software that allows powered prosthetics to automatically tune themselves, making the limbs more functionally useful.... Read More...
Movement Without Muscles Study Could Inspire Robot and Prosthetic Limb Developments
Researchers show insect limbs can move without muscles. The finding could provide engineers to find additional ways to improve the control of robotic and prosthetic limbs.... Read More...
A Better Way to Culture Central Nervous Cells
A protein associated with neuron damage in Alzheimer's patients provides a superior scaffold for growing central nervous system cells in the lab. ... Read More...
New Brain Circuit Sheds Light on Development of Voluntary Movements
A research team describes the entire network of brain cells that are connected to specific motor neurons controlling whisker muscles in newborn mice. A better understanding of such motor control circuits could help inform how human brains develop, potentially leading to new ways of restoring movement in people who suffer paralysis from brain injuries, or to the development of better prosthetics for limb replacement.... Read More...
Researchers Design Steady Handed Robot for Brain Surgery
Neurosurgeons may one day get help in operating rooms from a robot with movements 10 times steadier than the human hand to perform delicate brain surgeries, the... Read More...
Researchers Aim for Direct Brain Control of Prosthetic Arms
Engineers work to design prosthetic arm that allows amputees to feel what they touch.Engineering researchers at four U.S. universities are embarking on a fo... Read More...
Technique for Letting Brain Talk to Computers Now Tunes in Speech
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have adapted brain-computer interfaces to listen to regions of the brain that control speech. ... Read More...