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Clever Artificial Hand Developed

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the sound-of-one-hand-closing dept.

AccUser writes "The BBC is reporting that scientists have developed an ultra-light limb that they claim can mimic the movement in a real hand better than any currently available. Researcher Dr Paul Chappell, a medical physicist who worked on the device, said, 'With this hand you can clutch objects such as a ball, you can move the thumb out to one side and grip objects with the index finger in the way you do when opening a lock with a key, and you can wrap your fingers around an object in what we call the power grip - like the one you use when you hold a hammer or a microphone.'"

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  1. haxx by erroneous · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If it plays Counter-Strike better than me I'm claiming haxx.

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  2. Brace yourself by BlastM · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Prepare for robot masturbation jokes in 5, 4, 3...

  3. Re:The hand is not the optimal holding shape by MidnightBrewer · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Because if I lose my hand I want it replaced, not improved upon by a nanobot blob. I *like* how my hands work.

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