FDA expedites review of robotic arm

Wednesday, February 9, 2011 - 00:30 in Mathematics & Economics

The lifelike limb, controlled by a chip planted on the brain, is being tested as part of a program designed to speed development of medical devices.Responding to the needs of badly wounded war veterans, federal officials said Tuesday they were accelerating reviews of a science-fiction-like robotic arm controlled by a computer chip on the brain.

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