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The Bionic Arm Is Here

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"Mitchell, who lives in Ellicott City, is the fourth person — and first woman — to receive a "bionic" arm, which allows her to control parts of the device by her thoughts alone. The device, designed by physicians and engineers at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, works by detecting the movements of a chest muscle that has been rewired to the stumps of nerves that once went to her now-missing limb."   Link

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