FIRST BIONIC WOMAN
FROM YAHOO:>hereexcerpt:
It's the stuff of science fiction: a prosthetic arm that can be moved just by thinking about it and that can feel heat and the pressure of a handshake.
The bionic arm is controlled by rerouting nerves in Mitchell's shoulder to healthy muscles in her chest. This targeted muscle reinnervation directs the signals once sent to the amputated arm to the robotic arm via surface electrodes that respond to Mitchell's thoughts.
A former football player who lost both his limbs, Jesse Sullivan was the first person to undergo the experimental nerve-transfer procedure for the purpose of improving prosthetic control in 2005.
Mitchell read about Sullivan in Popular Science magazine a few months after her accident and contacted the institute to see if she could receive a bionic arm as well. She underwent the surgery on her 25th birthday and has spent the past year learning how to control the bionic arm.
One year later, she can peel an orange.
posted by rp @ 7:55 PM
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