{"id":146828,"date":"2024-10-03T13:38:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T13:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/03\/brain-controlled-bionic-limbs-are-inching-closer-to-reality\/"},"modified":"2024-10-03T13:38:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T13:38:13","slug":"brain-controlled-bionic-limbs-are-inching-closer-to-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/03\/brain-controlled-bionic-limbs-are-inching-closer-to-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Brain-controlled bionic limbs are inching closer to reality"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The word \u201cbionic\u201d conjures sci-fi visions of humans enhanced to superhuman levels. It\u2019s true that engineering advances such as better motors and batteries, together with modern computing, mean that the required mechanical and electronic systems are no longer a barrier to advanced prostheses. But the field has struggled to integrate these powerful machines with the human body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s starting to change. A recent trial tested one new integration technique, which involves surgically reconstructing muscle pairs that give recipients a sense of the position and movement of a bionic limb. Signals from those muscles control robotic joints, so the prosthesis is fully under control of the user\u2019s brain. The system enabled people with below-knee amputations to walk more naturally<\/a> and better navigate slopes, stairs and obstacles, researchers reported in the July Nature Medicine<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n