Man Controls Cybernetic Hand With Thoughts

Posted by Soulskill on Friday December 4, 2009 @07:10PM from the i-thought-john-connor-destroyed-that-thing dept.

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 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 he could feel sensations in it, as if the lost arm had grown back again. The BBC has a brief video showing the arm in operation."

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That second link by Vyse+of+Arcadia · 2009-12-04 19:20 · Score: 5, Funny

"Scientists go out on limb and declare robot hand a success"

C'mon, that's terrible even by my standards!
1. Re:That second link by benjamindees · 2009-12-04 19:29 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  You have to hand it to them though, I think they really pulled it off!
  
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  "I assumed blithely that there were no elves out there in the darkness"