How my lab's bionic hand is unique
From: Nova Science Now - 07/16/2008

It's and advanced prsthetic hand that, once finished, will seem identical to
a human hand. It will look like one, move like one, and it will even be
controlled by the brain like a real hand. The prototype we're working on in
my lab is different from every other prosthetic that's ever been built. It's
made of bone-shaped structures and had tiny motors that act as muscles and
threads that work like tendons. 

Read and view video from the Nova Science Now episode that featured Yoky
Matsuoka. A former tennis prodigy aims to create advanced prosthetic limbs
controlled by human thought. 
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0304/03.html

Links:
Yoky Matsuoka's Home Page
http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/yoky

Neurobotics
http://www.newyorker.com/online/video/conference/2008/matsuoka

"Bionics: Help for the Disabled" by Nilesh Kakade
Information Technology Magazine - February 2006
http://www.itmagz.com/admin/issuepdf/Bionics.pdf