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- This prosthetic hand lets amputees feel what they’re touching Tue, 1 Dec 15, 6:00amFor those with prosthetic arms, the ability to grab or hold things is greatly appreciated, but the inability to feel them -- to determine whether something is hot or cold, hard or soft -- can be frustrating...
- Middle school class builds a Frozen-themed 3D-printed prosthetic hand for a little girl Mon, 23 Mar 15, 12:00amA class of Wisconsin eight-graders designed and built a 3D-printed prosthetic hand for a six-year-old named Ariah, who was born without a right hand. Built as part of a forward-thinking robotics school program called FIRST,...
- The Biomimicry Manual: What Can the Platypus Teach Us About Collision-Avoidance? Fri, 7 Mar 14, 12:00amThe platypus is a funny little mammal found in Eastern Australia and Tasmania. Aside from echidnas (the also-very-weird Australian spiny anteaters) they are the only living mammals that lay eggs. This bizarro egg-laying,...
- Thought-Controlled Robotic Arm Returns the Sense of Touch to Amputees Thu, 6 Feb 14, 10:00pmA team of Italian and Swiss researchers have developed the LifeHand 2, the first artificial hand that restores a sense of touch to patients with a missing limb...
- Inventor Creates 3D-Printed Prosthetic Robohand Fri, 31 May 13, 5:10amSouth African carpenter Richard van As suffered a woodworking accident and lost four fingers on his right hand - however instead of accepting his new disability he decided to create a set if mechanical fingers to replace...
- The BeBionic3 Prosthetic Hand Can Now Tie Shoelaces, Peel Vegetables and Even Touch Type Wed, 13 Mar 13, 1:58amAn upgrade to the high-tech BeBionic3 prosthetic hand is enabling one man to perform incredibly sophisticated operations such as dealing cards, tying his own shoelaces and touch typing on a computer keyboard...
- World’s First Bionic Hand With a Sense of Touch is Set to Be Transplanted Tue, 19 Feb 13, 3:06amAn anonymous man in his 20s who lives in Rome will soon receive a new hand, and for the first time in the world his bionic hand will be able to feel the things that it touches...
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