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Star Wars-Style "Bionic Hand' Fitted To First Patients

Posted by samzenpus on from the that's-quite-a-grip dept.

schwit1 writes "Three Austrians have replaced injured hands with bionic ones that they can control using nerves and muscles transplanted into their arms from their legs. The three men are the first to undergo what doctors refer to as "bionic reconstruction," which includes a voluntary amputation, the transplantation of nerves and muscles and learning to use faint signals from them to command the hand. Previously, people with bionic hands have primarily controlled them with manual settings."

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  1. 1973... by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What is this âoeStar Warsâ you speak of? The Six Million Dollar Man perfected this technology in 1973.

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    1. Re:1973... by superwiz · · Score: 4, Funny

      Star Wars took place long, long time ago. So what is this 1973 you are talking about?

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  2. Re:Not good enough for women yet. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hot dog? You poor bastard.

  3. Re:This type of technology makes me happy. by Minwee · · Score: 4, Funny

    You could also fill it with blue LEDs and cold cathode light tubes so that...

    Um...

    So that the hand would go faster, or something. I'm pretty sure that's the reason for those things.