Artificial hand with sense of touch being developed
The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists are moving closer to an artificial hand that can feel: Implanted electrodes allowed some amputees to tell by touch how gently to grasp, letting them...
View ArticleProsthetic hand recreates feeling of cotton bud touch
For the first time, a prosthesis has allowed people missing a hand to perceive a natural sense of touch that we so often take for granted. So good is the sensation that one man, on leaving the lab...
View ArticleBionic arm restores sense of feeling
Advances in bionic hands have restored a sense of touch to two patients for more than a year, report US scientists. The men can now delicately pluck the stalks out of cherries without damaging the...
View ArticlePROSTHETIC HAND DELIVERS TEXTURE SENSATIONS
Scientists are moving closer to an artificial hand that can feel: Implanted electrodes allowed some amputees to tell by touch how gently to grasp, letting them pluck fruit without crushing it. The two...
View ArticleNew artificial hand may give amputees a sense of touch
Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press 10:50 p.m. EDT October 8, 2014 CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE Washington – — Scientists are moving closer to an artificial hand that can feel: Implanted...
View ArticleThe artificial hand that amputees feel is their own
Scientists are moving closer to an artificial hand that can feel: Implanted electrodes have allowed some amputees to tell by touch how gently to grasp, letting them pluck fruit without crushing it. Two...
View ArticleAn artificial hand with a sense of touch?
The two men told researchers at Case Western Reserve University that wiring some of their remaining nerves to a robotic arm — albeit only during visits to a lab — felt more like grasping objects with...
View Article>Step toward artificial hand with a sense of touch
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists are moving closer to an artificial hand that can feel: Implanted electrodes allowed some amputees to tell by touch how gently to grasp, letting them pluck fruit without...
View ArticleBionic Hands Mimic Human Control With Sensation of Touch
New advances in prosthetic devices are allowing people with artificial hands to tell when they’re holding something without even looking, and pluck a stem from a cherry without bursting it, two studies...
View ArticleAmputee Feels Texture with a Bionic Fingertip (EPFL - École Polytechnique...
(Source: EPFL - École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) 08.03.16- An amputee feels rough or smooth textures in real-time - in his phantom hand - using an artificial fingertip connected to nerves in...
View ArticleMind-controlled prosthetic arms that work in daily life are now a reality
LONDON: The world's first mind-controlled prosthetic arms that work in daily life and experiences the sense of touch has finally become a reality. Swedish scientists have made a breakthrough in...
View ArticleArtificial hand helps amputees feel just how hard to squeeze
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A next-generation artificial hand is letting two amputees tell the difference between a soft or firm touch - like holding a child without squeezing too tightly. It's another step...
View ArticleResearchers create system that allows amputees to 'feel' with prosthetic hands
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Cotton balls always have given Igor Spetic the heebie-jeebies — so much so that he asked family members to open medicine bottles and remove them. So Spetic, 48, of Madison in...
View ArticleArtificial hand offers sense of pressure
WASHINGTON — A next-generation artificial hand is letting two amputees tell the difference between a soft or firm touch — like holding a child without squeezing too tightly. It's another step toward...
View ArticleA New Artificial Hand Can Restore Touch — A First For Prosthetics
Russell LeeThe new prosthetic arm allows amputees to hold a delicate object without crushing it, and distinguish among different textures. The sensations that many people take for granted — the...
View ArticleVideo: First mind-controlled prosthetic arm can hold egg without smashing it
The world’s first amputee to receive a prosthetic arm directly connected to his bone, nerves and muscles has managed to perform highly complicated tasks, all with the power of his mind, a recent study...
View ArticleArtificial hand helps sense touch
WASHINGTON — A next-generation artificial hand is letting two amputees tell the difference between a soft or firm touch — like holding a child without squeezing too tightly. It's another step toward...
View ArticleObama shakes mind-controlled robot hand wired to sense touch
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A paralyzed man shared a handshake with President Barack Obama on Thursday by using a mind-controlled robotic arm that, in a first for medical research, is helping to restore his...
View ArticleResearchers help paralyzed man regain sense of touch through a robotic arm...
(Source: The University of Chicago Medical Center) University of Pittsburgh researcher Rob Gaunt, Ph.D., performs sensory test on a blindfolded Nathan Copeland who demonstrates his ability to feel by...
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Ebola patient dies in Dallas; US announces closer screening of Africa travelers at airports WASHINGTON (AP) — The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. died Wednesday despite intense but...
View ArticleProsthetic hand 'tells' the brain what it is touching
(CNN)Research on prosthetic hands has come a long way, but most of it has focused on improving the way the body controls the device. Now, it may also be possible for prosthetic hands to send signals...
View ArticleNational team to expand CWRU research restoring amputees’ sense of touch...
(Source: Case Western Reserve University) National team to expand CWRU research restoring amputees' sense of touch Feb. 8, 2015 CLEVELAND-Case Western Reserve University researchers who helped restore...
View ArticleProsthetic hand restores touch, heals phantom pain
By Tanya LewisPublished October 09, 2014 Facebook0 Twitter0 Email Print The new prosthetic arm allows amputees to hold a delicate object without crushing it, and distinguish among different textures....
View ArticleStep toward artificial hand with a sense of touch
Scientists are moving closer to an artificial hand that can feel: Implanted electrodes allowed some amputees to tell by touch how gently to grasp, letting them pluck fruit without crushing it. RELATED:...
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