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·May 5, 2017·9 min read

Hand That Sees Offers New Hope For Amputees

Researchers have developed a new prosthetic hand with the ability to 'see' objects. They believe their invention can allow the wearer to automatically reach for objects.

This shows electrodes attached to an arm

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·February 15, 2021·6 min read

New Surgery May Enable Better Control of Prosthetic Limbs

Reconnecting muscle pairs during surgery following amputation provides patients more sensory feedback from the limb, researchers report.

Image of a prosthetic arm holding a ball.

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·October 26, 2015·4 min read

Step Closer to Prosthetic Limbs That Recreate Sense of Touch

Researchers are one step closer to developing a prosthetic arm that can recreate a sense of touch through a direct brain interface.

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·August 13, 2018·5 min read

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.

This shows a person using the technology to control a prosthetic hand.

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·April 1, 2015·3 min read

Brain Machine Interface Allows Amputees to Control Bionic Hand

EEG and brain machine interface allows amputees to move a prosthetic hand, a new study reports.

Image shows a hand made up of computer chips.

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·October 12, 2015·4 min read

Bioinspired Robotic Finger Advances Prosthetics Technology

Researchers have harnessed nature and biology to create a robotic finger that looks, feels and functions like a real finger.

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·June 27, 2019·4 min read

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.

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·September 11, 2015·4 min read

When Neuroprosthetics Learn From the Patient

A new study could pave the way to the creation of a new generation of self learning and easy to use neuroprosthetic devices.

Stanford Professor Zhenan Bao is leading American and Korean researchers in the quest for an artificial nerve system. NeuroscienceNews.com image is credited to Kevin Craft.

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·June 1, 2018·5 min read

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.

This diagram shows how the HAPTIX system can help restore touch sensation to upper limb amputees.

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·May 1, 2014·4 min read

By Restoring Sense of Touch to Amputees, HAPTIX Seeks to Overcome Physical and Psychological Effects of Upper Limb Loss

DARPA's HAPTIX program seeks to provide amputees with natural touch sensations.

The image shows both the merkel cells and neurons.

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·April 7, 2014·3 min read

Researchers Identify Key Cells in Touch Sensation

Researchers use optogenetics to determine Merkel cells can sense touch.

This shows researchers working on the arm

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·September 1, 2021·4 min read

Bionic Arm That Restores Natural Behaviors in Patients With Upper Limb Amputations Developed

A newly developed bionic arm combines motor control with touch and hand movement sensations, allowing those with upper-arm amputations to behave and react as though they haven't lost their limb.

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