{"id":9544,"date":"2024-04-22T09:17:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T14:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/?p=9544"},"modified":"2024-04-23T08:11:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T13:11:59","slug":"prosthetic-technology-has-come-a-long-way-helping-amputees-regain-a-sense-of-touch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/prosthetic-technology-has-come-a-long-way-helping-amputees-regain-a-sense-of-touch\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosthetic technology has come a long way \u2013 helping amputees regain a sense of touch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prosthetics have gotten much better in recent years, especially in restoring the sense of touch for amputees. However, these advanced devices are often very expensive. A central Illinois company called PSYONIC is looking to change that by creating a smarter and cheaper bionic hand. \u00a0This interview explores the motivation behind PSYONIC, how the technology works, and the impact it has on users like retired Army Sergeant Garrett Anderson (pictured).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ibio.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=a0fd09c9e45e428f2a624cd5f&amp;id=b381c7d986&amp;e=f9b5c42aae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Keep reading here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This article was featured in the iBIO NewsBrief. Get the daily email that keeps you informed and connected in the life sciences industry. <a href=\"https:\/\/ibio.us7.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=a0fd09c9e45e428f2a624cd5f&amp;id=0ecbf8c475\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prosthetics have gotten much better in recent years, especially in restoring the sense of touch for amputees. However, these advanced devices are often very expensive. A central Illinois company called PSYONIC is looking to change that by creating a smarter and cheaper bionic hand. \u00a0This interview explores the motivation behind PSYONIC, how the technology works, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":9545,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[145],"tags":[503],"class_list":["post-9544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-news","tag-newsbrief"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9544"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9546,"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9544\/revisions\/9546"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}