From Lab to Living Room: Bionic Arm Enters First Home Trial

From lab to living room: Revolutionary Utah bionic arm enters first home trial

At age 16, Alexander “Avi” Davidson fell 35 feet from the top of a telephone pole, an accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down and led to the amputation of his left arm below the elbow.

From lab to living room: Bionic arm enters first home trial

At age 16, Alexander "Avi" Davidson fell 35 feet (11 meters) from the top of a telephone pole, an accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down and led to the amputation of his left arm below the elbow. Today, 17 years later, Davidson is taking part in a first-of-its-kind clinical trial as the inaugural participant to use the Luke Skywalker-inspired bionic arm developed at the University of Utah.

A Florida man lost his left arm after a 35-foot fall at 16; 17 years later, he is the first to take home a thought-controlled bionic arm that can restore his sense of touch

Experiments & Discoveries News: After losing his arm 17 years ago, Alexander Avi Davidson, 33, can finally feel the sense of touch again. Thanks to a revolutionary bionic arm develop.

Bionic Arm That Restores Touch Begins First Home Trial

For the first time, a person is using a University of Utah bionic arm at home that he can control through signals from his nerves—and that lets him feel touch through the artificial hand. Alexander “Avi” Davidson lost his left arm below the elbow after a fall at age 16. The accident also left him […]