Mind-controlled prosthetic arm enables patients to feel the objects they grip

(By Shafaq Zia for STAT)

When electrician Rickard Normark lost his left arm after an electric shock at work in 2011, he thought he had no other option than to endure the pain and discomfort of a conventional prosthesis. It would often slip off during his daily activities, and he scratched the irritated skin under the socket so much with his healthy hand that it began to lose sensation.  Continue reading article here…

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