Tag: hands

  • Nation & World

    How the brain handles tools

    A new study shows that, despite having no experience using tools with their hands, the brains of people born without hands represent tools and hands much the same as seen in the brains of people born with hands.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Robot hands gain a gentler touch

    Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed an inexpensive tactile sensor for robotic hands that is sensitive enough to turn a brute machine into a dexterous manipulator.

    3 minutes