The world's first bionic hand that will allow patients to 'feel' sensations
  set to be transplanted onto a patient
From: Detroit Newsday - 02/17/2013
By: Nick Mcdermott

A bionic hand that allows a recipient to feel "life-like" sensations is set
to be transplanted on to a patient’s arm for the first time. 

Until now, artificial limbs have only been able to pick up signals destined
for the absent hand and translate them into a range of movements, but did not
give users any sensory feedback. 

But a new robotic hand aims to restore a sense of touch in amputees.

Scientists hope the new bionic hand will prove to be a breakthrough in the
development of artificial limbs 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.detroitnewsday.com/news/151151-the-world-s-first-bionic-hand-that-will-allow-patients-to-feel-sensations-set-to-be-transplanted-onto-a-patient.html

Links:
Silvestro Micera
http://cnp.epfl.ch/Miceralab
http://people.epfl.ch/silvestro.micera/research?lang=en&cvlang=en

Translational Neural Engineering Lab
http://tne.epfl.ch/

Controlling Hand Prostheses Using Peripheral Intraneural Interfaces
http://tne.epfl.ch/page-78411-en.html

Submitted by Drew Nelson