[AMP-L] Bionic Limbs And a Procedure to Make the Impossible Possible

[Wayne Renardson]

via The Boston Globe:

"My dream as a scientist is that a person with an arm amputation could 
play a Beethoven piece at normal speeds and dexterity," says Hugh Herr  
of MIT. "The field is knocking on the door of that being possible."

It's MARCH 2022 and Bradley Burkhard is sitting in an MIT lab, doing 
his best to follow instructions. "Move your index finger," says 
technician Mikey Fernandez, and a finger moves dutifully up and down.  

"What about the other digits?" he asks, and other fingers curl, a bit more 
awkwardly. "The thumb?" Fernandez asks. There´s only the barest of 
perceptible movement. "Yeah, the thumb´s not really doing a whole lot," 
the 32-year-old Burkhard sighs, slumped back in an office chair. He´s  
been at this now for three days, and clearly he´s getting tired.

The rest of the story, with photo, here:

https://tinyurl.com/yajujgxg

Wayne R.