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Shawn Hopkins submitted a new blog post:
Amputee Controls Two Prosthetic Limbs With His Thoughts
Amputee Controls Two Prosthetic Limbs With His Thoughts
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Les Baugh lost both of his arms at the shoulder level to an electrical accident 40 years ago. It's a long time to adjust to life without them, to forget them.
But it's all coming back to him now thanks to new research at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), where Baugh has shown he can use his mind to control high-tech Modular Prosthetic Limbs (MPLs) and complete everyday tasks.
Baugh underwent a surgery called targeted muscle...