A New Robotic Hand That Can "Feel"

Dyne09 writes "The BBC is running a video report about a group of Swiss and Italian scientists who have created the 'Smart Hand,' a robotic hand with forty sensors that 'connect directly to the brain.' Though fuzzy on the details, the report says the hand provides sensor feedback to a willing test subject, a 22-year-old man who lost his hand to cancer three years ago. How long until we have access to Star Wars-esque robotic limbs?"

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Re:I wonder at some point if people will stop "dyi

[wisty]

My grandfather has an old axe. It's had 3 new handles, and 2 new heads ...

The brain always impresses me.

[Interoperable]

The brain's ability to adapt to enormous change in the manner of input it's receiving is incredible. It will be very interesting to see how effectively the brain can adapt to interpreting the sensory signals from the new hand and control it. This seems like even more of a good idea now.