U. team to assist in designing bionic arm

From: Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Date: April 26, 2006| Author: Lois M. Collins Deseret Morning News | Copyright information

University of Utah researchers are among collaborators at numerous universities, hospitals and companies who will work together to develop an artificial arm that looks, feels and works like a natural arm -- controlled by thought and able to move naturally, clear to the fingertips, while sensing its environment.

The Department of Defense, which is funding the project for up to $55 million, wants a device with the properties of a natural arm, ready for clinical testing in 3 1/2 years. Th...

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