Bionic Arms Get a Thought-Control Upgrade
From: IEEE Spectrum - 09/22/2016
By: Megan Scudellari

Jodie O'Connell-Ponkos used a prosthetic arm for five years, until the day
she threw it across the room in frustration. Then, last year she tried a
prosthetic arm enhanced with an new control system that can recognize subtle
nerve signals, built by Chicago-based engineering company Coapt. Unlike the
prosthesis she used as a teenager, the new arm allowed her to move more
naturally, even gracefully. Today, the outgoing horse trainer wears the
prosthesis constantly, relying on it for everything from chopping wood to
putting her hair in a ponytail.

Read the entire article at:
http://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/bionics/thoughtcontrol-systems-advance-bionic-arms

Links:
Coapt (with video 1:54)
https://coaptengineering.com

Upper limb prosthesis use and abandonment: A survey of the last 25 years
http://poi.sagepub.com/content/31/3/236.long

Pediatric Unilateral Below-Elbow Amputees: Retrospective Analysis of 34
  Patients Given Multiple Prosthetic Options
http://journals.lww.com/pedorthopaedics/Abstract/2002/05000/Pediatric_Unilateral_Below_Elbow_Amputees_.23.aspx

How to do a one handed ponytail with a prosthetic device (video 1:08)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7fkHUdhpKg