For Those Without Hands, There's Air Guitar Hero
From: IEEE Spectrum Tech Alert - 11/20/2008

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have made Guitar Hero into a tool for amputees
who are being fitted with the next generation of artificial arms. With a few
electrodes and some very powerful algorithms, amputees can hit all the notes
to "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" using only the electrical signals from their
residual muscles. 

Read the entire article at:
http://spectrum.ieee.org/nov08/6994

Links:
Special Report: Prosthetic Arms
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/feb08/5958

A "Manhattan Project" for the Next Generation of Bionic Arms
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/mar08/6069

Dean Kamen's Artificial Arm - video
http://spectrum.ieee.org/video?id=221
http://spectrum.ieee.org/video?id=721

Artificial Arm Researchers Restore Feeling of Missing Limb
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/dec07/5756

Mastering the Brain-Computer Interface
http://spectrum.ieee.org/apr08/6181