An article published on the website of The New York Times followed the experience of a boy who received a mechanical arm controlled by the mind.
Les Baugh, who lost his arm in an accident in adolescence, underwent surgery remapping of the nerves of the upper limbs for that work to be "deployed" Modular Member prosthesis (MPL), developed in the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hpkins .
This type of prosthesis has 100 sensors, 26 joints and the ability to upload about 20 kilos. It is in the world only ten prostheses as well as its cost, thanks to the design, is high, about $ 500,000.
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