Developing Better Robotic Prostheses
From: Medical Design Technology - 01/23/2014
By: Tom Abate, Stanford University

A major motivation for this research is to build neurally controlled
prosthetics to improve quality of life for amputees and individuals with
paralysis. For these patients, signals in the brain that would ordinarily
control arm movement are unable to get the muscles. The signals can be
recorded directly from the motor cortex and decoded using an algorithm that
translates neural activity into the movement of a computer cursor or robotic
arm.

Read the entire article and view a video (3:00) at:
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2014/01/photos-day-developing-better-robotic-prostheses

Links:
Monkeys Help the Design of Better Brain-Controlled Prosthetic Limbs
  Recording the neural activity of monkeys as they plan to reach, or just
  react, will help engineers design better brain-controlled prosthetic limbs. 
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2014/01/monkeys-help-design-better-brain-controlled-prosthetic-limbs

Krishna Shenoy
http://engineering.stanford.edu/profile/shenoy