New robotic hand 'can feel'

A team of scientists from Italy and Sweden has developed what is believed to be the first artificial hand that has feeling. It has been attached to the arm of a 22-year-old man who lost his own hand through cancer. Researchers say it works by connecting human nerve endings with tiny electronic sensors.

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• robotic
• hand
• artificial
• limb
• magic
• touch

[battelchicken2]

thumbs up for deus ex



[cheenadengin]

we can rebuild him....

[StewieGriffin44]

He asked for this.

[metalmaniacs3]

CYBORG!!

[Tmaker197812]

I don't have any gears in my body ))) and metal parts too

[MrAwesome171717]

Oh noes. Now they are one step closer to making terminators.

[chromosome24]

@yourallbrainwashed the surgeons reattached the severed nerves that were connected to his old hand to the new robotic one. what he is "feeling" are the electrical signal generated from the the finger tips (by some type of transducer). Those artificial signals travel up his arm and to his brain where his brain interprets them as sensation.

[JaketheSnakeESP]

this is what Europe is doing. the US just keeps making smart phones...anyone else see a problem here?

[yourallbrainwashed]

i dint hear how the "feeling" parts work, like how it makes him feel sensation ,or did i miss something?

[zim99kas]

why havent i heard anything about this before?!?!?!

[Baseshocks]

@autonomous2010 ok i might me wrong i watched the video again they talked about a permanent version to stay attached to the arm and the brain.... I officially have no clue how this works, i was just going off what i saw in other videos, other robotic hands. This one is far more hightech.......

[Baseshocks]

@autonomous2010 i have not seen one but im assuming its like a cell phone battery, the metal conductors on his arm touch the metal on the robotic arm that connects it. or they might have a more sophisticated way to send the signals threw the skin. if anyone else knows please feel free to correct me.