A new bionic prosthesis that directly links to the body’s muscles and nerves enables above-knee amputees to move with greater agility, precision, and sensory awareness than traditional devices, researchers report in Science.

Breakdown of the paper behind it: Title: Tissue-integrated bionic knee restores versatile legged movement after amputation The two people with the special fake leg system did much better at stepping over things while walking compared to the people with regular fake legs. The scientists think this is because their leg muscles were put back together in a special way, the signals from the tiny parts inside their muscles were very clear, and there was no big fake leg cover causing problems. The special fake leg controller could also copy the movements the people felt their missing leg was making. Also, making the fake leg more connected to the body made the people feel like the fake leg was more a part of them. This showed a new way to see how well fake legs work and how to choose the best one. ......

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Direct neural interfaces have come far since Brindley's 1964 visual prosthesis experiments. This new prosthetic limb demonstrates how bridging the biological-digital divide can restore natural sensorimotor function - the brain's remarkable plasticity does the rest.

That’s absolutely incredible

This is one of the few positive developments that helps counter the evil of war.

Nice.. I've been in the medical field my entire life, I can't even get a MRI covered through my insurance..

He is unstable on his feet. Is it a bad fit due to improper length measurement? #Prosthesis

That is amazing. The luddites of the world can keep there 40yo life expectancy.