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CNN: Iraq war vet shows off bionic hand

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:58 pm
by Chris Luva Luva
Link:http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/07/24/bionic.hand.ap/index.html
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."


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



















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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 12:06 pm
by BnGhog
Vader will be here soon!