Thursday, December 12, 2013

Afghanistan soldier given bionic arm he can control with his brain

Afghanistan soldier given bionic arm he can control with his brain | Mail Online: "Making a cup of tea or potting a plant in the garden may sound like simple, day-to-day tasks.

Nerve endings from Corporal Garthwaite's shoulder, which would have run down to his hand, were instead rewired into his chest muscles

But until recently, Corporal Andrew Garthwaite could barely imagine being able to complete them with ease. Now the soldier, who lost his right arm to a Taliban rocket-propelled grenade, is  able to live a normal life – after becoming Britain’s first person to be fitted with a bionic limb controlled by the mind."

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