Imagine having a robotic arm controlled by a user's brainwaves.

That's becoming a reality at Northern Kentucky University.

We talked with Professor who is working on the project.

They say the cutting edge research could give amputees an option that costs less and works better than what they have now.

We have a lot of amputees in the country rides.

We have people who have motorcycle accidents.

We have soldiers who lost their arm in combat.

And this would be a way to help them to make their life better.

This new arm with the mind control is so much more accurate and can help them to get back into a normal lives.

Even if you lose a limb.

So for this project, so we can actually simulate Open and close are open and close.

So, you know, the most important things that to people with uphill limb amputation need to control this open and close fingers.

So these are two basic commands so they can capture a human brain signals when the user thinks about a specific command or a specific operation like this and then convert them to come.

I'm see the action on the arm.

So we have planned to have a customized EEG caps.

So we are thinking to integrate some electrodes into a, for example, a sport top, which is easier to use and more user friendly.

This is cutting edge research because it combines the human brain basically with computers, with computer.

So it's a computer, a brain, a machine interface.

And the other thing is they are not only working on research here, but also how you can get this out into the business, how you can commercialize this product, because that's the next step, right?

The arms that exist right now, also the prosthetic arms that exist right now, they are quite expensive.

So if you want to purchase a bionic arm, so you need to pay something between $8,000 to up to $100,000.

So or project is more affordable and is customizable.

So we can design something specifically for the user or project is completely noninvasive.

So we don't need any medical procedure or any surgery.

We have never done something like this.

And could you before this is something really new.

And also, when you look at the market, this is something really new as well.

You have prosthetic arms, right?

And you have prosthetic arms that they can react to a signal that to use is the nursing from the left of your arm.

But it's not as precise as what you get from reading the brainwaves.

Interesting.

Over the last three years, five students have worked on the project.

The research team hopes to add sensory feedback to the arm so users can experience, touch pressure and temperature.