Man Controls Cybernetic Hand With Thoughts | Slashdot Re-Post
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| posted by Soulskill on Saturday December 05, @02:10 (Biotech) |
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/12/05/047211/Man-Controls-Cybernetic-Hand-With-Thoug|
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MaryBethP writes “Scientists in Italy announced Wednesday that Pierpaolo
Petruzziello, a 26-year-old Italian who had lost his left forearm in a
car accident, was [0]successfully linked to an artificial limb that was
controlled by electrodes implanted in his arm and connected to the median
and ulnar nerves. He has learned to control the artificial limb with his
mind. According to CNet, Petruzziello says [1]he could feel sensations in
it, as if the lost arm had grown back again. The BBC has a brief video
[2]showing the arm in operation.”
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Links:
0. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10408139-1.html
1. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10613258&pnum=0
2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/video_and_audio/8392111.stm
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