Human Augmentation · Recorded milestone
Myoelectric prosthetic hand
Recorded year1964
Prosthetic hands driven by muscle signals give amputees active grip.
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- TransistorRecorded · 1947enables
Led to
- Targeted muscle reinnervationRecorded · 2002enables
- Bionic hand with moving fingersRecorded · 2007enables
- Nerve-signal exoskeletonRecorded · 2008enables
- Bionic gamesRecorded · 2016enables
- Neural wristbandRecorded · 2025enables
- Prosthetics with touchForecast · ~2032enables
- Wearable extra limbsForecast · ~2035enables
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.