Neural Control of Prosthetic Devices
From: NASA Tech Briefs Insider - 04/02/2008

The Naval Research Laboratory is studying how the human brain plans and
executes arm movements to design and build devices for controlling arm
prostheses. The neural prosthetic system includes implanted electrodes and
electronic brain/computer interface circuitry. 

A program of basic and applied research in neuroscience is dedicated to (1)
advancing fundamental understanding of how the human brain plans and executes
arm movements and (2) designing and building high-performance neural
prostheses for controlling arm prostheses. 

This work was done by Krishna Shenoy et. al. of Stanford University for the
Naval Research Laboratory. 

Links:
Toward High-Performance Neural Control of Prosthetic Devices
http://www.defensetechbriefs.com/content/view/1217/34/

Krishna Shenoy
http://biox.stanford.edu/clark/shenoy.html
http://www.stanford.edu/~shenoy/

Neural Prosthetic Systems Laboratory
http://www.stanford.edu/~shenoy/Group.htm