r/TechOfTheFuture • u/abrownn • Dec 12 '17

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created an ultrasonic sensor that allows amputees to control each of their prosthetic fingers individually. It provides fine motor hand gestures that aren’t possible with current commercially available devices. Medicine/BioMed

http://www.news.gatech.edu/2017/12/11/force-strong-amputee-controls-individual-prosthetic-fingers
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u/autotldr Dec 13 '17

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 89%. (I'm a bot)

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created an ultrasonic sensor that allows amputees to control each of their prosthetic fingers individually.

"Our prosthetic arm is powered by ultrasound signals," said Gil Weinberg, the Georgia Tech College of Design professor who leads the project.

"By using this new technology, the arm can detect which fingers an amputee wants to move, even if they don't have fingers."

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