Interface Brings Us Closer to Luke Skywalker's Bionic Arm From: Medical Design Technology - 05/14/2015 To the nearly 2 million people in the US living with the loss of a limb, including US military veterans, prosthetic devices provide restored mobility yet lack sensory feedback. A team of engineers and researchers at Washington University in St. Louis is working to change that so those with upper limb prosthetics can feel hot and cold and the sense of touch through their prosthetic hands. Daniel Moran, PhD, professor of biomedical engineering in the School of Engineering & Applied Science and of neurobiology, of physical therapy and of neurological surgery at the School of Medicine, has received a three-year, nearly $1.9 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to test a novel device his lab developed that would stimulate the nerves in the upper arm and forearm. If it works, upper-limb amputees who use motorized prosthetic devices would be able to feel various sensations through the prosthetic, which would send sensory signals to the brain. Read the entire article at: http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2015/05/interface-brings-us-closer-luke-skywalkers-bionic-arm Links: New Device May Allow Sensations in Prosthetic Hands http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/news/2015/05/new-device-may-allow-sensations-prosthetic-hands May the Force Be with You in Developing 6 Medical Devices from Star Wars http://www.mdtmag.com/blogs/2015/02/may-force-be-you-developing-6-medical-devices-star-wars Daniel Moran http://bme.wustl.edu/people/Pages/faculty-bio.aspx?faculty=11 Moran Lab http://labs.seas.wustl.edu/bme/dmoran/Research.htm Device Enables Sensations in Prosthetic Hands http://www.medicaldesignbriefs.com/component/content/article/mdb/news/22191