A Sensitive Advance in Prosthetics
Bionic hand gives its user real-time sensory feedback.
Nov 26, 2014 6:00 AMNov 12, 2019 5:29 AM
Danish amputee Dennis Aabo Sørenson was able to distinguish between similar objects and even identify a majority of objects in blind tests. The hand sends signals via sensors in the hand’s “tendons” to nerves in the patient’s arm. | LifeHand 2/Patrizia Tocci
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