DARPA-funded effort stretches the state-of-the-art in biomedical engineering
From: Machine Design Magazine - 03/07/2013 - page 46
By: Stephen J. Mraz

For at least eight years, DARPA has been funding R&D with the aim of building
a better prosthetic arm, the Modular Prosthetic Limb (MPL). The primary
objective is to advance the state of the art in prosthetics, making them more
lifelike with more capabilities and more intuitive to control by amputees.
Then, if all goes well, that R&D will be leveraged into both artificial arms
and legs for wounded soldiers. The research results could also be used in
other areas such as robotics.

Read the entire article at:
http://machinedesign.com/article/darpa-funded-effort-stretches-the-state-of-the-art-in-biomedical-engineering-0306

Links:
An Overview of the Developmental Process for the Modular Prosthetic Limb
http://techdigest.jhuapl.edu/TD/td3003/30_3-Johannes.pdf

Revolutionizing Prosthetics
http://www.jhuapl.edu/prosthetics/

Giving Artificial Hands a Sense of Touch
http://machinedesign.com/article/giving-artificial-hands-a-sense-of-touch-0909