View Single Post
  #1  
Old 18th Jul 07, 08:35 PM
NewsBot's Avatar
NewsBot NewsBot is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 31,527
NewsBot will become famous soon enough
Bionic hand gets thumbs-up
*Source: News.com (http://news.com.com/Photos+Bionic+ha...ag=nefd.lede)*
__________
Touch Bionics announced Tuesday what it calls the world's first commercially available bionic hand, a prosthetic hand that moves more naturally than traditional prostheses and can hold awkward or delicate objects. While most prostheses today can open and close, allowing people to grasp some items, they lack the detailed movements of a natural hand. The i-Limb Hand gets one step closer to that natural movement, with motors in each finger that make it possible to move individual fingers and form several different grips.

More...
Reply With Quote