Category: Press Release

Project Wits

Grip And Feel

Grip and feel to a helping hand Wits University’s engineering students have developed a prosthetic hand prototype that will not only allow users to discern changing temperatures and grab objects,...
Drum News Article Press Release

Drum Magazine

A team of students  from the University Of Witwatersrand are developing a prostatic Robotic hand, sensitive enough to pick up a marbel - and  they are making sure that it...
Wits

Interpreting Brainwaves

Biomedical Engineering students from Wits are researching how Brainwaves can be used to control a Robotic prosthetic hand. Such a brain computer interface (BCI) will enable amputees and people with motor...
Sunday Times

A Cheaper Prosthetic

Prosthetic hands that use brain signals to control movement sell for up to R150,000 but a team of engineering students from the University of Witwatersrand have made a prototype that will cost...
Sunday Times

Sunday Times

You have to hand it over to those Boffins at the University Of Witwatersrand (Wits) who help build a smart and cheap prostatic hand for under R2000.00 with the help...
You News

You Magazine

A team of phenomenal students from the University Of The Witwatersrand Engineering Department  have  developing a game-changing fully functional yet affordable prostatic hand.
Wits

Curios.ty Research

Irfaan Mohamed and a team of phenomenal final year Biomedical Medical students from the University Of  Witwatersrand are researching  how Brain waves can be used to control a Robotic Prosthetic...
Africa News Wits

An Affordable Hand

A team of electrical engineering students at South Africa’s University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, have been working on a prosthetic hand, which when perfected is expected to be affordable while...