PossessedHand is pure robotics genius, not supernatural

Don’t expect to see Ecto 1 pull up in front of your driveway just yet with the PossessedHand, as this is an extremely clever mesh of robotics and prosthetics development thanks to Japanese researchers from the Tokyo University who are collaborating with Sony Corporation. This is an external forearm device that can pave the way for independent finger and wrist movement. Why is it called the PossessedHand? Well, that is because it can be strapped to the wrist in the same way as that of a blood pressure cuff, and fine tuned to the individual who is wearing it. Tiny doses of electricity are sent to the muscles in the forearm which control movement, where it will be able to be “taught” to send pre-programmed signals which replicate the movements of normal wrist and finger movements, including the plucking of the strings of a musical instrument.

Of course, signals sent are still too weak to cause actual string plucking, they are still strong enough to enable to user to understand just which finger is supposed to move, making this more of a learning device than an actual guitar accessory.

We do hope to see future developments of this piece of robotics genius, and hopefully it will be able to help out in the medical field one day as a smart prosthetic.