hapticity » Smart Hand http://hapticity.net postcards from the mirror's edge. Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:24:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Hand prosthesis with sensitive fingertips http://hapticity.net/2009/10/26/hand-prosthesis-with-sensitive-fingertips/ http://hapticity.net/2009/10/26/hand-prosthesis-with-sensitive-fingertips/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:52:33 +0000 Dave http://hapticity.net/?p=1786
This is the first device of its kind that sends signals back to the brain, allowing the user to have feelings in their fingers and hand. The Smart Hand takes advantage of the phantom limb syndrome which is the sensation amputees have that their missing body part is still attached… By connecting sensors in the hand to the nerve endings in the stump of the arm, patients can feel and control the Smart Hand.

The test patient underwent a complicated, experimental surgical procedure to wire the nerve endings in his stump to an electronic interface. His personal risk will advance science and potentially help millions of people. Thank you, Robin Af Ekenstam.


In the next version I hope they make the Smart Hand’s fingertips get a little bit more sensitive after you clip its fingernails.

(via Engadget)

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