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Chinese Man Builds His Own Prosthetic Hands

New submitter macbeth66 writes "Almost 10 years ago, Sun Jifa lost his hands in an explosion. Unable to afford the prosthetic hands recommended by the hospital, he built his own. From the article: 'After eight years of tinkering, he says he finally developed a working model that allows him to grip, hold, and mimic other necessary movements via a system of pulleys and wires.'"

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  1. That glorious by vencs · · Score: 4, Funny

    High five he had after finishing it!

  2. Re:It's not just that he built his own prosthetics by Lord_of_the_nerf · · Score: 5, Funny

    He's a handyman.

  3. See communism works after all by zippo01 · · Score: 4, Funny

    See communism works after all. You start with a need, put in a little hard work and entrepreneurialism and poof, new arms. Of wait that's capitalism. Disregard.

    1. Re:See communism works after all by houghi · · Score: 5, Funny

      Communism is bad, because he needed to pay for his own medical needs. Of wait that's capitalism. Disregard.

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  4. Gotta hand it to him by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    That is quite a feet.

    Puns totally intended.

  5. Re:Impressive! by Compaqt · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why do you say that?

    After all, Abraham Lincoln built the log cabin he was born in with his own hands.

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  6. Re:Impressive! by DriedClexler · · Score: 4, Funny

    He had help from M. C. Escher.

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