The Latest Prostheses Take Orders Directly From Your Nerves

The Latest Prostheses Take Orders Directly From Your Nerves

“Disability rights advocate Nicole Kelly was born without her lower right arm, but using a cutting-edge prosthesis she got last year, she can now grind pepper, play cards, and open beers — just by thinking about the action.

Kelly’s is just one tale from a riveting newWired story about the steady improvements in prostheses that take orders directly from users’ nerves. The big step forward: software that can make sense of the complex signals from a specific patient’s nervous system. We’ve written about similar systems before, but this report is a striking example of how the tech is already changing users’ lives…”

https://futurism.com/the-byte/prostheses-arm-nerves/