i-LIMB Cyborg Hand
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Thursday, 22 of January , 2009 at 12:55 am
19 year old Evan Reynolds lost his hand and lower arm in a car accident. Rather than a conventional prosthetic, Evan is now using an i-LIMB robotic prosthetic that gives him much of the same functionality as a real arm does. It’s not quite as complex as a Luke arm, but it does feature “thought control,” in that it senses tendon movements destined for the nonexistent fingers and translates them into movement of the robotic fingers. This makes the i-LIMB responsive and easy to use without extensive training:
“The most amazing thing about it was how quickly I adapted to it. People always ask how it’s changed my life, but there’s no specific thing. It’s the hundreds of everyday things you take for granted, which I can do again, like peeling a potato, catching a ball, holding a bottle of water.”
“It’s so sensitive I can grip a bottle of water or a paper cup without crushing it, and even swing a racket. All I have to so is imagine picking something up or gripping it and the fingers and thumb move automatically.”
The i-LIMB is designed by Touch Bionics, and it costs about $42,000 including the fitting.
[ Telegraph ] VIA [ Geekologie ]
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