Patient with paralysis controls speech synthesizer with his mind. An electrode implanted into the brain of a man who is unable to move or communicate has enabled him to use a speech synthesizer to produce vowel sounds as he thinks them. The work could one day help similar patients to produce whole [...]
Posts Tagged ‘miembros artificiales’
6 October, 2009 17:13 § in History
Mano artificial mecánica del siglo XVI.
This mechanical artificial hand, with fingers that could be moved individually by means of tiny internal cogs and levers, was designed and made almost 500 years ago by Ambroise Pare. Pare (1517-1590) began working as a battefield surgeon in 1536. When treating gunshot wounds on the battlefield, he o[...]
