Surgical robot provides tactile feedback to users
Robot-assisted surgery has a number of advantages over traditional surgery – it’s steadier, more precise, less invasive, plus the surgeon doesn’t even have to be in the same room (or continent) as the...
View ArticleThe quest for a better bionic hand
Studies show, however, that up to 50 percent of hand amputees still do not use their prosthesis regularly due to less than ideal functionality, appearance, and controllability. For an amputee,...
View ArticleSense of Touch Reproduced Through Prosthetic Hand
“I think it’s very possible that in fact, you will consider this new thing as being part of your body” In a study recently published in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation...
View ArticleNew Nerve and Muscle Interfaces Aid Wounded Warrior Amputees
Advances enable advanced prosthetic control and direct sensory feedback Since 2000, more than 2,000 servicemembers have suffered amputated limbs. DARPA’s breakthrough research with advanced prosthetic...
View ArticleNeural Interface allows Natural Control of World’s Most Advanced Bionic Hand
A prosthetic hand, which provides a sense of touch acute enough to handle an egg, has been completed and is now exploited by the NEBIAS project after 10 years of EU-funded research. The world’s most...
View ArticleProsthetic Hands with a Sense of Touch? Breakthroughs in Providing ‘Sensory...
Researchers are exploring new approaches to designing prosthetic hands capable of providing “sensory feedback.” Advances toward developing prostheses with a sense of touch are presented in a special...
View ArticleFeedback, rather than hard evidence, boosts people’s sense of certainty when...
Ever wonder why flat earthers, birthers, climate change and Holocaust deniers stick to their beliefs in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary? New findings from researchers at UC Berkeley...
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