Mind-controlled LUKE prosthetic arm is finally coming to market

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Mind-controlled LUKE prosthetic arm is finally coming to market
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Nearly two years after receiving Food and Drug Administration approval (http://mashable.com/2014/05/11/fda-approves-robotic-arm/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), DEKA's in**vative prosthesis has a manufacturer and could start changing the lives of amputees in 2016.

SEE ALSO: 3D-printed 'Spock' hand lets young amputee play basketball again (http://mashable.com/2016/06/08/spock-hand-prothesis/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)


Developed by inventor Dean Kamen (http://mashable.com/category/dean-kamen/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) (yes, the Segway (http://mashable.com/category/segway/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) guy) and DARPA (http://mashable.com/category/DARPA/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), the LUKE arm offers a level of dexterity and flexibility almost unheard of in prosthesis tech**logy. Instead of power at only one joint or, perhaps a cable-based system, LUKE (named for the robotic hand Luke Skywalker receives at the end of The Empire Strikes Back) features motors at the shoulder, elbow and hand. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/11/luke-arm-to-market/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)


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