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Magnets, A Better Alternative To Control Prosthetic Limbs Over Electromyography: MIT Study

Generally, the electromyography technique, a way of recording electrical activity from the muscles, is used to control the prosthetic limbs, but this provides very limited control.

Researchers at the MIT have developed a strategy where after inserting small magnetic beads into muscle tissue within the amputated residuum, that can precisely measure the length of a muscle as it contracts, and this feedback can be relayed to a bionic prosthesis within milliseconds.