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14-09-2006, 15:09

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Re: CNN News - Bionic Arm

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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