Bionic hand for $11,741
p2pnet news | off topic:- A bionic hand called the i-Limb, originally developed by David Gow, is now on the market.
Gow is the National Health Service director of rehabilitation engineering services in Lothian, Scotland, and Donald MacKillop from Kilmarnock, who lost his right hand in an industrial accident almost 30 years ago, was fitted with the bionic replacement in 2006.
The BBC quotes him as saying, “The most important thing is the movement of the fingers, that’s what really makes the difference.”
The i-LIMB Hand utilises what its maker, Scotland’s Touch Bionics, describes as a “highly intuitive control system that uses a traditional myoelectric signal input to open and close the hand’s life-like fingers”. It goes on:
Myoelectric controls utilize the electrical signal generated by muscles in the remaining portion of a patients limb. This signal is picked up by electrodes that sit on the surface of the skin. Users of existing, basic myoelectric prosthetic hands are able to quickly adapt to the system and can master the devices new functionality within minutes.
Steve Austin, the famed six million dollar [bionic] man, would have loved it.
This hand costs a mere £8,500 (about $11,741)
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Also See:
BBC – Milestone for unique bionic hand, July 17, 2006
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