Smart Prosthetic Limb Stars on Small Screen From: IEEE Spectrum Online - Tech Talk The TV news magazine "60 Minutes" aired a segment about the Revolutionizing Prosthetics project, which is developing a prosthetic arm that creates a control junction between itself and the wearer's muscles and nerves, allowing control nearly on a par with that of a natural limb. Though the piece didn't discuss the details of the arm's innovative control system, it provided some exposure of what engineers contribute to society that will benefit the project and the profession. Read the entire article at: Prosthetic Arm on 60 Minutes http://blogs.spectrum.ieee.org/tech_talk/2009/04/prosthetic_arm_on_60_minutes.html Links: Dean Kamen's artifical arm (video) http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/video?id=221 The Revolution Will Be Prosthetized http://spectrum.ieee.org/jan09/7105 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