Mind-Moved Bionic Arm Goes on Display in US, The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Reveals

Physorg.com -- A bionic prosthetic arm that is controlled by its operator’s thoughts and feels like the amputee’s lost limb went on display Thursday at a major US science conference. More than 50 amputees worldwide, many of them military veterans whose limbs were lost in combat, have received such devices since they were first developed by US doctor Todd Kuiken in 2002.

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