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Prosthetics

Quadriplegic patient uses brain signals to feed himself with two advanced prosthetic arms

Published Dec 28, 2020

System merging artificial intelligence, robotics, and a brain-machine interface represents major step toward restoring function and autonomy for patients without the full use of their limbs

Close-up of prosthetic hand with sensory sleeve on fingertips

Prosthetics

To feel again

Published Fall 2018

Electronic skin engineered at Johns Hopkins returns a sense of touch to amputees / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Biomedical engineering

Bringing a human touch to prosthetics

Published June 20, 2018

When layered on top of prosthetic hands, e-dermis device brings back a real sense of touch through the fingertips

Emerging tech

Virtual reality goggles help kids understand prosthetics

Published May 26, 2017

The children of servicemen and women get a crash course in prosthetics in new APL program at Walter Reed medical center

Reclaimed touch

Published Spring 2017

APL is making the next generation of prosthetic limbs that not only act on thought command, but also send signals back to the brain / Johns Hopkins Magazine