CNN News - Bionic Arm

anna~marie · #1 14-09-2006, 15:05

I was working out today in my Body Toning class and I happened to see this on CNN -- http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/09/14/b....ap/index.html
The possibilities!
Anyone else get a chance to see it?

Tim Delles · #2 14-09-2006, 15:07

Yeah i caught it as i tried to fall asleep in my room today. It looks like something that has potential, but with a price tag of $4,000,000, its not affordable to the average joe.

anna~marie · #3 14-09-2006, 15:09

True but the technology is great!!

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The grafts receive thought-generated impulses, and the muscle activity is picked up by electrodes. These relay the signals to the arm's computer, which causes motors to move the elbow and hand, mimicking a normal arm.

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The patient had substituted sensation of touch, graded pressure, sharp-dull and thermal sensation.

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