Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 20:32:36 -0500
From: mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [WSFA] An Artificial Hand with Real Feelings
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Excerpt:
Now researchers at the Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Case=

Western Reserve University have developed a new kind of interface that ca=
n
convey a sense of touch from 20 spots on a prosthetic hand. It does this
by directly stimulating nerve bundles=97known as peripheral nerves=97in t=
he
arms of patients; two people have so far been fitted with the interface.
What=92s more, the implants continue to work after 18 months, a noteworth=
y
milestone given that electrical interfaces to nerve tissue can gradually
degrade in performance.

A video produced several weeks ago shows a 48-year-old Ohio man who lost
his right hand in an accident three years ago using his prosthetic hand t=
o
pick up and remove stems from cherries without crushing them from
excessive squeezing.
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<http://www.technologyreview.com/news/522086/an-artificial-hand-with-real=
-feelings/>

      mark