Prosthetics Links

 

 

10/10/11

Dave Sullivan was a teenager, playing bass guitar in a band and on the verge of being signed by a record label.

 

10/14/11

Scientists and engineers are working to meld mind and machine, combining the most humanlike bionic arm with cutting edge computer chip technology in a brain-machine interface to help quadriplegics and amputees, according to recent news stories. ...

10/18/11

He said it eliminated the discomfort of wearing a prosthesis, so preventing further damage to muscles, thanks to its lightness and easy-to-adapt technology.

10/21/11

AMO Arm is a prosthetic limb that is controlled using brain signals," explains the team.

10/25/11

Fortunately for him, Nashville is also the home of Vanderbilt University where its Center for Intelligent Mechatronics has for seven years been developing an advanced prosthetic limb

10/25/11

In theory, 'bidirectional communication' could lead patients to not only control movement of the prosthetic limb, but also in some way restore the sense of touch.