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Is this brain-controlled prosthetic arm—with the sensation of touch—the future of prosthetics?

Shafaq Zia | 
[T]hree years ago, [electrician Rickard] Normark received a new kind of brain-controlled prosthetic that was surgically attached to the bone, ...
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Video: Building a bionic prosthetic leg that ‘thinks for itself’

It’s no question that researchers, doctors, and engineers want to design more effective robotic limbs that can help paralyzed and ...
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New era in prosthetic limbs promises to restore sense of touch by melding ‘biology with machine’

Shelly Fan | 
Building smart mind-controlled robotic limbs isn’t enough; the next frontier is restoring sensation in offline body parts. To truly meld ...
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Amputees could ‘feel’ again with innovative prosthetic arm

Ed Cara | 
For people who have lost a hand or arm, prosthetics may restore some functioning, but not the sense of touch ...
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3 neural implants that could change our lives

Kira Peikoff | 
Here are three of [DARPA’s] research programs that are showing promise in early human testing: 1) A NEURAL IMPLANT [TO] ...
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