Bionic Fingertip Enables Amputee To Sense Textures
- 8 years ago
An amputee with no lower arm has been able to sense textures again with the help of a device called the “bionic fingertip.”
An amputee with no lower arm has been able to sense textures again with the help of a device called the “bionic fingertip.”
It was developed by a team from Switzerland’s Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne and Italy’s Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, and the results were published in the journal eLife on Tuesday.
The bionic fingertip works by triggering a series of electrical signals; sensors within the device notify a computer w
An amputee with no lower arm has been able to sense textures again with the help of a device called the “bionic fingertip.”
It was developed by a team from Switzerland’s Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne and Italy’s Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, and the results were published in the journal eLife on Tuesday.
The bionic fingertip works by triggering a series of electrical signals; sensors within the device notify a computer w