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Bionic Hands to Become a Reality Soon?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the can-you-handle-it dept.

Spy der Mann writes "A highly dexterous, bio-inspired artificial hand and sensory system that could provide patients with active feeling, is being developed by a European project called cyberhand. The final prototype includes sensors for tension, force, joint angle, end stroke and contact."

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  1. In other news . . . by PIPBoy3000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Steve Austin, Luke Skywalker, and Darth Vader all sue for patent infringement.

    1. Re:In other news . . . by everphilski · · Score: 3, Funny

      Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

      -everphilski-

  2. Switch-Off-On-Demand by fembots · · Score: 4, Funny

    It'll be great if the sensors on these bionic hands can be switched on and off at the user's will.

    This way, the users can grab burning lottery ticket out of a fire place.

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    1. Re:Switch-Off-On-Demand by Rude+Turnip · · Score: 3, Funny

      For a moment there, I thought you were going for a reference to "the Stranger."

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  3. Hands check! by cosinezero · · Score: 5, Funny

    Finally, a return to two-handed typing...

  4. wait, did he just say.... by grasshoppa · · Score: 4, Funny

    The final prototype includes sensors for tension, force, joint angle, end stroke and contact."

    bwa hahahahhaah

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  5. but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    does it run linux? can it play ogg?

  6. Alternatively... by hkb · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Wow, it really DOES feel like a stranger!"

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