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

• Pic credit: Dave Titensor, University of UtahAfter losing his arm 17 years ago, Alexander Avi Davidson, 33, can finally feel the sense of touch again.
• Thanks to a revolutionary bionic arm developed by University of Utah researchers, he can control the prosthesis with his thoughts and receive sensory feedback through it.
• Davidson is the first participant in a University of Utah clinical trial testing the bionic prosthesis at home.