Bionic reconstruction: World first mind-controlled robotic hands given to Austrian amputees

Three men in Austria have become the first in the world to be fitted with mind-controlled robotic bionic hands that are based on a new technique known as "bionic reconstruction". Developed by researchers from the Medical University of Vienna in Austria and the University Medical Center Göttingen in Germany, bionic reconstruction is a technique that combines selective nerve and muscle transfers, elective amputation, and an advanced robotic prosthesis. Each of the three men had been suf