LifeHand restores touch using thought-controlled robotics
Bringing to mind images of Luke Skywalker's robotic hand in the
film Star Wars, an Italian team recently achieved a prosthetics
breakthrough that mirrors science fiction. Neurologist Paolo
Maria Rossini led a team at Rome's Campus Bio-Medico, to create
a robotic hand that allows the wearer to control the hand with
thoughts and feel sensations through the device.  Funded by the
European Union to the tune of $3 million, the project marks the
first time an amputee has been able to make truly complex
movements using a robotic prosthetic. Called the LifeHand, the
project is just the beginning as another E.U. initiative called
the SmartHand hopes to replace an entire human arm.  Via The Sun