Amputee Feels in Real-Time with Bionic Hand

Dennis Aabo Sørensen is the first amputee in the world to feel sensory rich information -- in real-time -- with a prosthetic hand wired to nerves in his upper arm. Sørensen could grasp objects intuitively and identify what he was touching while blindfolded. Sørensen participated in the clinical study for one month in early 2013. The results are published in Science Translational Medecine. Relevant Links: http://actu.epfl.ch/news/amputee-feels-in-real-time-with-bionic-hand/ http://bit.ly/201402EPFL_BionicHand http://bit.ly/2014EPFLYoutube_BionicHand http://stm.sciencemag.org/ EU Research Project Lifehand 2. Università Bio-Medico IMTEK - Universität Freiburg Policlinico Gemelli Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna IRCSS San Rafaele EPFL Video by: Hillary Sanctuary