An international research team involving scientists from Italy, Australia, Sweden, and the United States has made a remarkable breakthrough in bionic arm technology.
A Swedish woman who lost her right hand in a farming accident was implanted with a novel human-machine interface into her residual bone, nerves, and muscles.Now, the bionic hand that was merged with her nervous and skeletal systems, remains .
London, Oct 12 (IANS) A Swedish woman who lost her right hand in a farming accident was implanted with a novel human-machine interface into her residual bone,
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Photos Courtesy of Ortiz-Catalan et al., Sci. Rob., 2023It’s been more than 20 years since Karin lost much of her right arm below the elbow in a farming accident. While she got medical attention, she was plagued for years with debilitating phantom limb pain—the sensation of feeling pain in a limb that is no longer there. It’s a phenomenon that often occurs with amputees, and can range from mild discomfort to agony.For Karin, it was the latter. “It felt lik