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Information Society Technologies
Cybernetic hand prosthesis is under development
December 17th, 2005
A highly dexterous, bio-inspired artificial hand and sensory system that could provide patients with active feeling, is being developed by a European project. Funded by the Future and Emerging Technologies initiative of the Information Society Technologies program, the CYBERHAND project aims to hardwire this hand into the nervous system, allowing sensory feedback from the hand to reach the brain, and instructions to come from the brain to control the hand, at least in part. Coordinated by professor Paolo Dario of the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy with professor Maria Chiara Carrozza leading the development of the hand, the project united...
Source: Mental Health Law Weekly (2005-12-17)
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