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Bionic Arm Provides Life Quality

11-20-2012 • arclein

Nigel Ackland, 53, has been fitted with a carbon fiber mechanical hand he can control with muscles in his upper arm to type on a computer keyboard or hold a raw egg without cracking it, The Sun reported. Sensors in the $40,000 prosthesis react to the muscles to trigger one of 14 programmed grips that mimic human movements, such as a clenched fist, a pointed finger and a

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Reported By robert klein

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