{"599841":{"#nid":"599841","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Innovative new prosthetic hand offers finer motor control than was previously possible","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJust in time for the release of a new \u003Cem\u003EStar Wars \u003C\/em\u003Emovie, the Luke Skywalker references abound in these three stories based on new research from a Georgia Tech team working on more responsive prostheses for amputees. There certainly is a resemblance to Skywalker\u0026#39;s robotic hand in the prosthesis developed by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/design.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECollege of Design\u003C\/a\u003E researchers, which allows users to work individual fingers and control the amount of force. It enabled Jason Barnes, a musician who lost his right hand five years ago, to once again play the piano. In addition to the Mashable story, there is coverage at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2017\/12\/11\/researchers-prosthetic-hand-lifelike-dexterity\/\u0022\u003EEngadget\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/cool-tech\/bionic-hand-piano\/\u0022\u003EDigital Trends\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/biosci.gatech.edu\/people\/minoru-shinohara\u0022\u003E Minoru Shinohara\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor, and lecturer \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/biosci.gatech.edu\/people\/chris-fink\u0022\u003EChris Fink\u003C\/a\u003E are part of the research team; both are with the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.biosci.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2017-12-13 15:51:52","changed_gmt":"2017-12-13 15:51:52","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Semiconductor Workforce","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2017\/12\/12\/prosthetic-hand-ultrasound-piano\/?utm_source=feedburner\u0026utm_medium=feed\u0026utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29\u0026utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher#zRcSVgvaPmqr","dateline":{"date":"2017-12-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-12-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"597538":{"id":"597538","type":"image","title":"Minoru Shinohara","body":null,"created":"1508339628","gmt_created":"2017-10-18 15:13:48","changed":"1508339628","gmt_changed":"2017-10-18 15:13:48","alt":"","file":{"fid":"227777","name":"Minoru Shinohara.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Minoru%20Shinohara.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Minoru%20Shinohara.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":46325,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Minoru%20Shinohara.jpg?itok=ecAHmkju"}}},"media_ids":["597538"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"168831","name":"College of Design"},{"id":"13888","name":"Minoru Shinohara"},{"id":"176511","name":"Chris Fink"},{"id":"88421","name":"Prosthesis"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}