Man moves individual fingers on prosthetic arm using only his thoughts

Sunday, February 28, 2016 - 09:20 in Biology & Nature

Physicians and biomedical engineers from Johns Hopkins report what they believe is the first successful effort to wiggle fingers individually and independently of one another using a mind-controlled artificial “arm” to control the movement. The proof-of-concept feat, described recently in theJournal of Neural Engineering, represents a potential advance in technologies to restore refined hand function […]

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