http://www.technolog...implant.asp?p=1
The article is 5 pages and worth the read.
Excerpt from pg. 5:
The technology will take a while to develop. But Nurmikko says that in this next-generation system, communication between the brain and the machine would be two way, with sensory information from a robotic limb relayed back into the brain, just as in a healthy person. When a patient reaches for a glass of water, for example, such neural feedback would help brain and computer calculate the effort necessary to pick it up.
