An Artificial Hand with Real Feeling
From: MIT Technology Review - 2/18/2014
By: David Talbot

A new nerve interface gives a sense of touch to a prosthetic limb. 

Igor Spetic lost his hand in a workplace accident. Now he’s one of the first
people ever to regain realistic finger sensations thanks to nerve interfaces
implanted in the arm.

Read the entire article and view a video at:
http://www.technologyreview.com/photoessay/524676/an-artificial-hand-with-real-feeling/

Restoring a Sense of Touch in Amputees (video 2:54)
http://www.technologyreview.com/video/524861/restoring-a-sense-of-touch-in-amputees/

Links:
Neuroprosthetics: Once more, with feeling
http://www.nature.com/news/neuroprosthetics-once-more-with-feeling-1.12938

Prosthetic Hand with Sense of Touch Picks Stems from Cherries
http://singularityhub.com/2013/12/21/prosthetic-hand-with-sense-of-touch-picks-stems-from-cherries/

New prosthetic arm offers users the ability to feel what they touch (video 1:04)
http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/video-new-prosthetic-arm-offers-users-the-ability-to-feel-what-they-touch-29816732.html

Sensor-Laden Prosthetic Hand Gives Wearer a Sense of Touch
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/tech/sensor-laden-prosthetic-hand-gives-wearer-a-sense-of-touch/

Related:
Prospects for Prostheses (with video 3:42)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/tech/prospects-for-prostheses/