Amputee able to move robotic hand with his mind

Friday, December 4, 2009 - 23:07 in Psychology & Sociology

An Italian-led team of scientists talk of a breakthrough in thought-controlled prostheses that connects an artificial limb through electrodes. A group of European scientists said Wednesday that they have successfully connected a robotic hand to an amputee, enabling him to feel sensations in the artificial limb and control it with his thoughts.

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