Prosthetic limb delivers realistic feeling to amputees thanks to new AI algorithm
6 years, 11 months ago

Prosthetic limb delivers realistic feeling to amputees thanks to new AI algorithm

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Prosthetic limbs packed with sensors and electronics could soon help amputees experience realistic touch sensations, thanks to the creation of a new algorithm. “Commercial prosthetics don’t have good sensory feedback,” said Aadeel Akhtar, a PhD student at the university who led the development of the algorithm. “However, when we had the control algorithm on, after the activity they said they could still feel the sensation just fine.” The researchers now plan to carry out more tests on amputees and to continue to develop the module that houses the control algorithm so that it can fit inside a prosthetic arm. open image in gallery Aadeel Akhtar, a PhD student at Illinois, developed a control algorithm to give prosthetic arm users reliable sensory feedback.

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The Tech You Need to Level Up Your Humanity
3 days, 20 hours ago

The Tech You Need to Level Up Your Humanity

Wired  

When Mat Jury crashed his mountain bike and broke both of his arms, the engineer quickly learned what sorts of everyday challenges amputees typically face. What he then started as a garage project has now grown into a company called Taska which makes the CX, a prosthetic hand it claims is the most advanced on the market. Robustly built and …

Bionic leg helps people with amputation walk naturally – study
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Bionic leg helps people with amputation walk naturally – study

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. No-one has been able to show this level of brain control that produces a natural …

Bionic hand breakthrough could be ‘life-changing’ for amputees
1 year, 5 months ago

Bionic hand breakthrough could be ‘life-changing’ for amputees

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The fact that she has been able to use her prosthesis comfortably and effectively in …

Above-the-elbow amputee ‘moves individual fingers in bionic limb in world first’
1 year, 8 months ago

Above-the-elbow amputee ‘moves individual fingers in bionic limb in world first’

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The researchers said this is the first time a person with above-the-elbow amputation has been …

Scientists invent electronic skin that gives amputees sense of touch
1 year, 10 months ago

Scientists invent electronic skin that gives amputees sense of touch

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scientists have invented a type of electronic skin that can “talk directly to …

Researchers work to create a sense of touch in prosthetic limbs
2 years, 9 months ago

Researchers work to create a sense of touch in prosthetic limbs

NPR  

Researchers work to create a sense of touch in prosthetic limbs Enlarge this image toggle caption T. Betler/UPMC/Pitt Health Sciences T. Betler/UPMC/Pitt Health Sciences A team at the University of Pittsburgh is trying to make prosthetic limbs that work like the one in a Star Wars movie. After Luke Skywalker loses a hand in a lightsaber fight, "They give him …

Bionic arm combines intuitive motor control, touch and grip for the first time
3 years, 6 months ago

Bionic arm combines intuitive motor control, touch and grip for the first time

Daily Mail  

A bionic arm that combined intuitive motor control, touch and grip will allow amputees feel the sensation of feeling objects, its developers claim. Putting touch, grip and motor control together, worked to trick the senses and brain of the wearer into thinking the prosthetic was a real human hand, Prof Marasco said. Scroll down for video A bionic arm that …

Researches Invent Surgery to Give Amputees a Better Control of Their Prosthetic Limbs
4 years, 1 month ago

Researches Invent Surgery to Give Amputees a Better Control of Their Prosthetic Limbs

News 18  

Researchers have invented a new type of amputation surgery that can help amputees to take better control of their residual muscles and sense where their “phantom limb” is in space. According to the team, this restored sense of proprioception should translate to better control of prosthetic limbs, as well as a reduction of limb pain. However, the Massachusetts Institute of …

Bionic Limbs 'Learn' to Open a Beer
6 years, 5 months ago

Bionic Limbs 'Learn' to Open a Beer

Wired  

Andrew Rubin sits with a Surface tablet, watching a white skeletal hand open and close on its screen. Electrodes on his arm connect to a box that records the patterns of nerve signals firing, allowing Rubin to train a prosthetic limb to act like a real hand. “The software recognizes the patterns created when I flex or extend a hand …

Engineers develop 'e-skins' to bring senses of touch, pain to prosthetic hands
6 years, 9 months ago

Engineers develop 'e-skins' to bring senses of touch, pain to prosthetic hands

Firstpost  

The e-dermis technology could be used to make robotic systems more human and used in space suits. Made of fabric and rubber laced with sensors to mimic nerve endings, e-dermis recreates a sense of touch as well as pain by sensing stimuli and relaying the impulses back to the peripheral nerves. Bringing a more human touch to modern prosthetic designs …

Paralyzed US man becomes first person to 'feel' sensations through prosthetic hand
9 years, 6 months ago

Paralyzed US man becomes first person to 'feel' sensations through prosthetic hand

Firstpost  

A 28-year-old paralysed man in the US has become the first person to “feel” physical sensations through a prosthetic hand directly connected to his brain. Washington: A 28-year-old paralysed man in the US has become the first person to “feel” physical sensations through a prosthetic hand directly connected to his brain, US defence researchers have claimed. The advance, made possible …

Prosthetic hand lets man actually feel what he touches for the first time
9 years, 6 months ago

Prosthetic hand lets man actually feel what he touches for the first time

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Researchers have created a prosthetic hand that people can actually feel through, for …

The groundbreaking mind-controlled BIONIC ARM that plugs into the body and has given wearers back their sense of touch
10 years, 5 months ago

The groundbreaking mind-controlled BIONIC ARM that plugs into the body and has given wearers back their sense of touch

Daily Mail  

It can restore a sense of touch to those missing limbs - and could revolutionise prosthetics. One, a man who lost his right hand in an industrial accident four years ago can feel objects again thanks to a bionic hand with a sense of touch. The system - which is limited to the lab at this stage - has worked …

Now, a prosthetic limb that can feel
11 years, 1 month ago

Now, a prosthetic limb that can feel

Firstpost  

European researchers said Wednesday they have created a “revolutionary” prosthetic hand that helped an amputee who had not experienced the sensation of touch for over nine years to feel differences again in real-time. Washington: European researchers said Wednesday they have created a “revolutionary” prosthetic hand that helped an amputee who had not experienced the sensation of touch for over nine …

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