The Full Spectrum: Turning Thought into Action
From: IEEE Spectrum Tech Alert Online - 03/20/2008

In their monthly video report, IEEE Spectrum Tech Alert Online features a
look at how researchers at Johns Hopkins University are developing a
next-generation prosthetic arm, called the Proto-2, which transmits such
sensations as pressure, texture, and temperature, enabling the user to feel
lifelike neural feedback while moving the arm. Call it an example of "mind
control."  

Read the entire article at:
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/video?id=260

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A "Manhattan Project" for the Next Generation of Bionic Arms
From: IEEE Spectrum Tech Alert Online - 03/20/2008

Making a truly bionic arm requires far more than mechanical breakthroughs,
better processing power, or longer-lasting batteries. None of these enable
the prosthetic to respond to the wearer’s intent with unthinking grace. For
that, you need a complex neural feedback system. This article joins
Spectrum's ongoing "Special Report on Prosthetic Arms." 

Johns Hopkins researchers lead a nationwide effort to make a bionic arm that
wires directly into the brain to let amputees regain motor control - and
feeling. 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/mar08/6069

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