Link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130509163844.htm
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Thursday, May 9, 2013
Sense of Touch Reproduced Through Prosthetic Hand
Neurobiologists at the University of Chicago have recently shown that it is possible to recreate a persons sense of touch in an amputee using a prosthetic hand. In the past, prosthetics have worked well, but people using them have reported difficulty grasping and hanging onto things because of a lack of "touch". This new technology would make these seemingly simple tasks much easier for amputees using prosthetics. The researchers have tested the technology on monkeys and it was very successful. when the hand was touched, signals were sent from the hand and received in the brain. There is still a long way to go before this could be used for human purposes, but if that is successful, it could mean a huge breakthrough for amputees using prosthetics.
Link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130509163844.htm
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Link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130509163844.htm
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This is amazing. I wonder if this is the first step into us becoming cyborgs like in the movies. If those who are missing limbs are soon able to function exactly like those who are missing them with no loss of sensation, it may soon become desirable to be a cyborg. That is getting off topic though.
ReplyDeleteI read through the article, and I can't find out why they seem to think that this is so far from being usable for humans. I don't see why they don't just try it on them. It isn't like it is some radical procedure, at least as far as I understand.
I forgot my link: http://www.livescience.com/10317-future-cyborgs-walk.html
DeleteThis link talks about how cyborgs already live among us today, and are able to do some very amazing things. We wouldn't even know them as cyborgs at all. Maybe this is the future with this scientific breakthrough.
This is a really cool aria of biology and robotics. There have been some cool experiment where people control limbs or computers via some sort of direct connection to the brain, but I have never seen one where the connection worked two ways. Once this works amputees would be able to do many of the things that their disability would prevent them from doing.
ReplyDeleterobot being driven by rat brain:
http://singularityhub.com/2010/10/06/videos-of-robot-controlled-by-rat-brain-amazing-technology-still-moving-forward/