It seems that modern technology has taken a few pages from poorly written cinema in making a new breed of bioelectric prosthetics. They are grafted directly to a patients bones and controlled with “bionic neurons” or BION’s, mechanical modules which provide an interface between muscles and electronic control units.
BION’s are implantable sensors being developed by researchers at the Alfred E. Mann Institute at the University of Southern California, they inject them directly in or near a patients muscles to amplify the signals emitted by their nerves. These signals then send a clear message to the prosthetic, resulting in more streamlined movement and greater dexterity. Good thing the factor of immediate destruction weighs heavily in this developmental process, a wee bit too much like Terminator… or Robocop?
Read more in an article courtesy of Popular Science.