Pentagon-backed scientists create brain-controlled prosthetic limb

Pentagon-backed scientists create brain-controlled prosthetic limb...

Via Medical Xpress:

Pentagon-backed scientists on Monday announced they had created a robot hand that was the most advanced brain-controlled prosthetic limb ever made.

The mind-powered prosthesis is a breakthrough, the team of neurologists and bio-engineers reported in The Lancet.

With further development "individuals with long-term paralysis could recover the natural and intuitive command signals for hand placement, orientation and reaching, allowing them to perform activities of daily living," they said.

Researchers have long been interested in the brain-machine interface, whereby implants pick up electrical signals in parts of the brain associated with movement.

 These signals are then transcribed into computer code, which orders the artificial limb to move.