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by Bruce Brown | July 1, 2021 | General News, Health
Bioengineers at the University of Pittsburgh Rehab Neural Engineering Labs achieved a breakthrough in brain-controlled prosthetics. This new approach provides tactile feedback through a brain/computer interface (BCI) to help a human subject control a robotic arm. The...
by Jim Ware | November 17, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Scientists have created electronic robot skins that can detect a puff of air. But whack that same robot with a 2-by-4 and the skin reacts the same as if it were a gentle breeze. That’s a problem because robots or prostheses wearers need to know when a touch is...
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by Bruce Brown | March 8, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), each year approximately 1,500 babies in the United States are born with upper limb reductions and about 750 are born with lower limb reductions. While every incident is significant, the relatively low...
![Put A Sock On It – Adding Sensation to Existing Prosthetics [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/10/proCover-Sensory-Augmentation-of-Prosthetic-Limbs-with-video-600x275.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Bruce Brown | October 26, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
There’s growing interest in prostheses that simulate a sense of touch. With rare exceptions, prosthetic limbs are controlled to move as intended by the wearer but do not return any feedback through the sensation of touch. We recently wrote about brain...
