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"...the world’s first electromechanical prosthetic hand with a grip strong enough to crush an empty beverage can." Even better than the real thing. Kind of.

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"A prosthetic arm that moves and feels like the real thing is now a step closer thanks to a new surgical technique which allows the owner to intuitively control her limb and regain her sense of t

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"Every evening, before I switch off the bedside light, I take my right leg off and plug it into the mains." We live in a science fiction story. Link via Warren Ellis.

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Wired interview with MIT assistant professor Hugh Herr, who "is an advanced prosthetics researcher and a bilateral leg amputee." No doubt about where his motivation springs from.

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"The device [...] works by detecting the movements of a chest muscle that has been rewired to the stumps of nerves that once went to her now-missing limb." This is technology making a real d

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Say hello to the artificially intelligent knee joint.

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Good news for amputees, and anyone who fancies upgrading from 'human standard' in the future.

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Gel-based fingertips could give prosthetic hands a sense of touch

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