First bionic woman can feel it when people shake her prosthetic hand

18 09 2006


First bionic woman can feel it when people shake her prosthetic hand from PhysOrg.com

It's the stuff of science fiction: a prosthetic arm that can be moved just by thinking about it and that can feel heat and the pressure of a handshake. It became a reality for US Marine Claudia Mitchell two years after she lost her arm to a motorcycle, researchers said last week.

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