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A New Robotic Hand That Can "Feel"

Posted by kdawson on from the i-am-your-father dept.

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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  1. Re:One word by genner · · Score: 1, Redundant

    If I had a robotic hand, there are certain parts of my- and other people's- bodies that I would be very reluctant to touch, squeeze or otherwise pleasure with it. It's all fine and dandy until one of the hydraulic lines breaks and someone needs a new set of genitals.

    That's the beauty you don't actually have to touch or squeeze the macheine provides feedback directly to the brain. It would be like phantom limb syndrome but a lot more fun.