DARPA Is Working on Prosthetics That Will Let Amputees Feel Again From: Yahoo! Tech - 02/12/2015 By: Daniel Howley The techno wizards at the government's Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) want upper-limb amputees to feel the sensation of touch again. The Hand Proprioception and Touch Interfaces, or HAPTIX, the latest program in DARPA’s ongoing bid to improve prosthetic technologies for injured service members, is working to equip future prosthetics with a sense of touch. In announcing the project, DARPA explained that despite the myriad improvements in prosthetics technologies in recent years, amputees still lack the sensation of touch. That not only means that wearers can’t feel things they touch with their prosthetics, they also have issues with limb positioning and movements. Read the entire article and view video (1:27 & 2:00) at: https://www.yahoo.com/tech/darpa-is-working-on-prosthetics-that-will-let-110816304019.html Links: HAPTIX Starts Work to Provide Prosthetic Hands with Sense of Touch http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2015/02/08.aspx Neural Implant Enables Amputees to Move and Feel Prosthetic Hand http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2015/02/neural-implant-enables-amputees-move-and-feel-prosthetic-hand DARPA and OSRF Developing Next-Gen Prosthetic Limbs in Simulation and Reality http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/medical-robots/darpa-and-osrf-developing-nextgen-prosthetic-limbs-in-simulation-and-reality Submitted by John W. Richardson