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·March 8, 2016·4 min read

Bionic Fingertip Allows Amputee to Feel Texture

A new bionic fingertip that is surgically connected to nerves in the upper arm allows amputees to feel texture, a new study reports.

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.

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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·October 8, 2015·3 min read

Mapping Human Movement with Computational Models

A researcher has developed a computational model that maps human locomotion to help improve assistive and rehabilitative robotics.

Image shows a person with a prosthetic leg on a treadmill.

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·September 28, 2015·4 min read

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.

This shows a hand in blue covered in microchips.

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·September 14, 2015·3 min read

Feeling Touch with a Prosthetic Hand

Researchers report a person who has been paralyzed for more than a decade has become the first person to be able to 'feel' physical sensations through a prosthetic hand directly connected to his brain.

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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.

The image shows different evoked neural signals.

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·August 7, 2015·3 min read

Brain Friendly Interface Could Change the Way People with Spinal Cord Injuries Lead Their Lives

Researchers have developed a brain friendly extracellular matrix environment that could help change the way people with spinal cord injury and prosthetics lead their lives.