A multidisciplinary consortium in Stuttgart, Germany, is using quantum sensors to detect small and fast nerve signals for controlling prosthetics.
Implanting electrodes, the current technique, is invasive and can deteriorate or move position.
Ultrasensitive quantum magnetometers are being used to measure neural signals through the skin.
Spectrum Instrumentation's ultrafast digitizers and arbitrary waveform generators are being used to characterize the signals and design the required circuits.