What two years ago we saw only as fiction in the excellent computer game Deus Ex: Human Revolution, today is getting closer to everyday life.
We are talking about bionic parts of the body, such as limbs, ears, eyes, parts of the nervous system...
Robotic prostheses are already quite elaborate, but so far they have not produced one that truly deserves the title "bionic". But the present is changing, and EPFL scientists have presented a bionic hand that – connected by electrodes directly to the nervous system – enables two-way communication with the brain. This makes it possible to move the hand and fingers only with thoughts, the feeling of grasping small objects, the feeling in the tips of the fingers..._
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