Robots and prosthetic devices may soon have a sense of touch equivalent to, or better than, the human skin with the Asynchronous Coded Electronic Skin (ACES), an artificial nervous system de... Read more
Stanford and Seoul National University researchers have developed an artificial nervous system that could give prosthetic limbs or robots reflexes and the ability to sense touch. Stanford an... Read more
Providing a direct and powerful link between user intent and prosthesis control To understand the meaning of “proprioception,” try a simple experiment. Close your eyes and lift your right ar... Read more
“Our goal is to improve mobility for people using prosthetics” Most people don’t think about the difference between walking across the room and walking up a flight of stairs. Their bra... Read more
People with spinal cord injuries show strong association of wheelchairs as part of their body, not extension of immobile limbs. The human brain can learn to treat relevant prosthetics as a s... Read more
Paralysis sufferers could learn to talk again after scientists discovered how the brain allows us to pronounce vowels, claims research. Physicist Stephen Hawking, who suffers from motor neur... Read more
Over the years, New Jersey orthopedic surgeon Lee Berger became frustrated with the lack of information that patients had on prosthetic devices that had been implanted within their own knees... Read more