News tagged with prosthetic arm

Ryerson students invent breakthrough brain-controlled prosthetic arm

Two Ryerson University undergraduate biomedical engineering students are changing the world of medical prosthetics with a newly developed prosthetic arm that is controlled by brain signals. The Artificial ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Scientists create illusion of having 3 arms

(PhysOrg.com) -- How we experience our own bodies is a classical question in psychology and neuroscience. It has long been believed that our body image is limited by our innate body plan – in other words ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 23, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Mind-moved bionic arm goes on display in US

A bionic prosthetic arm that is controlled by its operator's thoughts and feels like the amputee's lost limb went on display Thursday at a major US science conference.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 2

New generation of prosthetic gets closer to the real limb

A UT Arlington bioengineer has built a neural interface that he thinks will lead to a better prosthetic arm that will allow more movement and eventually sensation for military veterans who desperately need them.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Austrian with high-tech robot arm dies after crash

(AP) -- In the five years since losing both arms in an accident, Christian Kandlbauer had regained much of his cherished independence thanks to a high-tech, mind-controlled robotic limb. He even got a driver's ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 22, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0