I Want to Hold Your Hand. The Future of Prosthetics: Mind-Bending Robotic Arms. JEFFREY BROWN: Next, how paralyzed patients are using their minds to control robotics.
Margaret Warner looks at a major advance. MARGARET WARNER: For the first time, researchers have shown that patients paralyzed from the neck down can manipulate robotic arms with their thoughts. A new report in the journal Nature documents two cases involving victims of brain stem strokes. One, 58-year-old quadriplegic Cathy Hutchinson was able to direct a mechanical arm to pick up a bottle of coffee and bring it to her lips. It was the first time she’d been able to drink without assistance in nearly 15 years. ROBOT FINGER INTRO. This robot finger is as easy as cutting and taping.
If you make 5 of these fingers and tape them, you can make a hand. It's less messy to make than the advanced robot hand project. I first thought about a working models of a fingers and hands when I became literally unable to lift a finger.