Researchers at Lund University in Sweden and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Italy are continuing development of the Smart Hand prosthesis that features sensors and a feedback mechanism to bring feeling to patients equipped with the device. The prosthesis uses severed nerves as a channel for controlling motion and for sending sensory information from fingertips back to the brain.
Here’s a look from the BBC of the Smart Hand system:
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