Innovations
Last Updated: Feb 13
News from The O&P EDGE
- Nerve Signals Used to Control Prosthetic Arm Scientists have created a man/machine interface that extracts neural information to power a prosthetic arm with intuitive control.
- U-M Creating New Way to 3D Print O&P Devices
- “Knitted Muscles” May Power Exoskeletons
- Pitt, University City Science Center Collaborate to Commercialize Prosthetic Alignment Tool
- Phantom Limb Pain–Management Apparel Wins Pitch Contest
- Artificial Skin Senses Temperature Changes
- AMPARO Socket Listed Among 2016 Social Good Inventions
- Electronic Body Hair May Provide Tactile Sensation to Prostheses
- Researchers Use BCI to Control Robotic Arm
- SDSU Engineer Works to Improve Efficiency of Prosthetic Legs
- Senses Get Under Robot’s Skin
- MIT Engineers Use Nylon Fibers to Make Artificial Muscles
- New Amputation Procedure Allows Prosthesis to Be Controlled by Brain Waves
- Engineers Developing More Comfortable Prostheses
- Lower-limb Exoskeleton Features Bio-inspired Knee
- Brain Surface Stimulation Provides “Touch” Feedback
- Sense of Touch Restored in Amputees Using Nervous System Signals
- Startup Wins $200K for Tech-enabled AIS Brace
- Smart Sock Adds Sensations to Prosthetic Leg
- Paralyzed Man Feels Again Through a Mind-Controlled Robotic Arm
Resource Links
- Defense Sciences Office - Revolutionizing Prosthetics
- Futuristic 'liquid wire' invention mimics spider silk with remarkable properties that make it perfect for biorobotics - http://www.mirror.co.uk
- QingDao Unique unveils first-ever prosthetic 3D printer - http://www.3ders.org
- Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC)