Neurotechnology Provides Near-Natural Sense of Touch From: Medical Design Technology - 09/14/2015 A 28-year-old who has been paralyzed for more than a decade as a result of a spinal cord injury has become the first person to be able to “feel” physical sensations through a prosthetic hand directly connected to his brain, and even identify which mechanical finger is being gently touched. The advance, made possible by sophisticated neural technologies developed under DARPA’s Revolutionizing Prosthetics points to a future in which people living with paralyzed or missing limbs will not only be able to manipulate objects by sending signals from their brain to robotic devices, but also be able to sense precisely what those devices are touching. Read the entire article at: http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2015/09/neurotechnology-provides-near-natural-sense-touch Links: Revolutionizing Prosthetics http://www.darpa.mil/program/revolutionizing-prosthetics Neurotechnology Provides Near-Natural Sense of Touch http://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2015-09-11 HAPTIX Starts Work to Provide Prosthetic Hands with Sense of Touch http://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2015-04-23 Justin Sanchez http://www.darpa.mil/staff/dr-justin-sanchez Postinjury SCI Sensation Reaches Near-Natural Level with New Prosthetic http://www.rehabpub.com/2015/09/post-injury-sci-sensation-reaches-near-natural-level-new-prosthetic Related: Restoring Active Memory Program Poised to Launch http://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2014-07-09 Targeted Electrical Stimulation of the Brain Shows Promise as a Memory Aid http://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2015-09-11a