Robotic hand with feelings…
October 26 2009
(via Caroline Lindberg)
A team of scientists from Italy and Sweden has developed what is believed to be the first artificial hand that has feeling.
It has been attached to the arm of a 22-year-old man who lost his own hand through cancer.
Researchers say it works by connecting human nerve endings with tiny electronic sensors.
Pretty cool to see high end prototypes like these, huh?
Am intrigued by what might happen when the technical threshold for such hi-end prototypes dropped enough to enable masses to tweak their own data and parameters from brain-mapping and learning. What would they change? Could Iron Man truly become a reality? (Just a rant)
