Prosthetics that Feel via Brain-Computer Interface
December 20, 2016 | Terry Sharrer
You will remember, four years ago, when a Brown University start up, “BrainGate,” showed that its brain-computer interface allowed a quadriplegic woman to operate a robotic arm so she could drink coffee. But she had no sensation of touch in that experiment. Now, in a world’s first, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have implanted a microelectronic array that stimulates the sensory cortex—a young man not only can cause the robotic arm to move, but also can feel the movement in each finger. MORE
Image Credit: University of Pittsburgh Rehab Neural Engineering Labs