A team of biomedical engineers at the Advanced Platform Technology Center (APTC) at the VA Medical Center in Cleveland have created a prosthetic hand using FlexiForce sensors from Tekscan, Inc. The goal of this R&D project is to provide amputees with a prosthetic limb capable of processing sensations. 

A part of the project is to determine what type of sensations the sensors can provide to the user. The sensors are located on the hand portion of the prosthetic. The sensors allow the user to understand how much force they are exerting when they grasp and release objects. The sensor output is processed and then routed to the user's brain via the nerves that once served the missing hand. 

For more information about the project, read the full article at MachineDesign.com: http://machinedesign.com/cables-connectors-enclosures/technology-adds-sense-touch-prosthetic-hands