Bionic Fingertip

Bionic Fingertip helps amputee sense touch and textures

This news article explains about how a bionic fingertip helps an amputee sense different textures. This article tells us about a man who lost his left hand, is now able to feel surfaces with his new prosthetic digit. He is called Dennis Aabo Sorensen and he suffered a firework accident nine years ago so he lost his left hand.

Thanks to this technological advance, this bionic finger allows him to feel rough and smooth textures.

It also explains how the bionic finger works, it is made of silicone and in the silicone are electronic sensors. These sensors detect the texture and sends nerve signals, using a computer "algorithm", to the brain.

Mr. Sorensen said the sensation is the same that he felt with his finger before the accident.

I found this as an amazing technologic development because now people who has lost their hands or feeds can feel the same that they could feel before they lost their extremities.

If science carries on with this velocity, might be that we could see disabled people walking again.