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Man Demonstrates His New Bionic Hand

Posted by Soulskill on from the not-named-luke dept.

digitaldc writes with this excerpt from the BBC: "Last year, Patrick, a 24-year-old Austrian, decided to have his dysfunctional hand amputated and replaced with a bionic hand. He lost the use of his left hand after being electrocuted at work. Here he demonstrates the extra movement his new bionic hand has given him, opening a bottle and tying his shoelaces, and tests a prototype hand which will give him additional wrist movement."

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  1. Re:Cybernetics is getting out of hand by Noughmad · · Score: 3, Funny

    If this becomes cost effective, insurance will strong arm people into replacement surgery instead of giving them a helping hand.

    You mean that they will still give you a helping hand, only literally instead of figuratively?

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  2. Re:Who? by barrtender · · Score: 3, Informative

    Oh, it is two different people. I need to read closer.

    A is 24, B is 26. A left hand, B is right hand. A was electrocuted, B was in an accident.

    This article was kind of confusingly laid out, but I understand now. Go ahead and mark this thread down for "inability to read".

  3. Seems like they made him better than he was before by wren337 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Better, Stronger - Faster

  4. Re:That's not what "electrocuted" means... by BradleyUffner · · Score: 3, Funny

    Then what's the correct term for an electric shock that causes permanent but nonlethal damage to living tissue?

    Shocked really fucking badly.

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

    Practice on a hotdog first.