First fully integrated prosthetic arm

In January 2013, a Swedish truck driver became the first recipient of a prosthetic arm implanted directly into existing bone and controlled directly by existing nerves – despite losing the limb more than a decade previously. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, first inserted a permanent titanium implant into the bone marrow of the man's upper arm, then attached a prosthetic arm controlled by electrodes also implanted into the upper limb, giving greater control and reliability over sensors that typically sit on the surface of the skin.