London ( CNN ) -- The i-Limb is the first prosthetic hand that has five individually-powered articulating digits . Wearers control hand via an electrical sensor that detects muscle movements in residual limb . A team of researchers from MIT and Harvard Medical School have developed a new way to measure brain activity using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology. + i-Limbs in operation have been fitted to veterans from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan .
The i-Limb is the first prosthetic hand that has five individually-powered articulating digits . Wearers control hand via an electrical sensor that detects muscle movements in residual limb . A team of researchers from MIT and Harvard Medical School have developed a new way to measure brain activity using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology. + i-Limbs in operation have been fitted to veterans from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan .