this woman, Claudia Mitchell, is the world's first recipient of a bionic arm. developed by the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, the process involves re-wiring the patient's own nervous system. nerves in Mitchell's shoulder, which once communicated with her arm and hand, are re-directed to healthy muscle in her chest. surface electrodes attached to the chest then trasmit the nervous signals from her brain to the robotic arm, allowing her to control it simply by thinking. sensory feedback is so sophisticated that Mitchell can feel variances in pressure as well as temperature.

yeah, this was pretty much the most amazing thing i've heard all year.