Research Spotlight: UMN technology allows amputees to control a robotic arm with their mind

Researchers in the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering, with the help of industry collaborators, have developed a way to tap into a person's brain signals through a neural chip implanted in the arm, effectively reading the patient’s mind. The technology allows amputees to move prosthetic arms using only their thoughts and opens the door for new treatments for neurological diseases and less invasive alternatives to brain surgeries. Video by Eve Daniels.

[TheOrigin]

So is this guy now called a cyborg? I mean officially? Absolutely impressive work!

[Niyas]

is there any way to get the research paper?

[HookTiki]

How can I find out more about your progress? I'm currently working with a company named Atom Limbs using similar tech but using external electrodes only.

[NelsonCleo]

I need one left hand with fingers and thumb and fingers and thumb for my right hand, please hurry up I've been waiting all my life 37 years. You can make robots do acrobatics that most humans can't do and killer robot dogs 🤦‍, just one complete hand and five fingers and a thumb thats all I need, I'm only allowed to save £16, 000 while on disability living allowance so thats your High End target price tag if you want the disabled in the UK to work and have a better life. At this rate I'll be to old to work and ill be dead before the national health services offers me a hand.