CNN: Iraq war vet shows off bionic hand
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:58 pm
Link:http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/07/24/bionic.hand.ap/index.html
Video:http://www.gametrailers.com/player/u...ies/94600.html
Makes you wonder where all these tech advancements are coming from.....
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Video:http://www.gametrailers.com/player/u...ies/94600.html
Iraq war veteran Sgt. Juan Arredondo can grasp tennis balls and door knobs with his left hand again,now that he's been outfitted with a bionic hand that has flexible fingers.
The 27-year-old former soldier,who lost his left hand in 2005 during a patrol, is one of the first recipients of the i-LIMB.
"To have this movement, it's -- it's amazing," Arredondo said Monday as he showed off the limb made by Scotland-based Touch Bionics. "It just gets me more excited about now, about the future."

Makes you wonder where all these tech advancements are coming from.....
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