[AMP-L] Bionic Hands? No Improvement on Mechanical Hooks Says User
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Wayne Renardson
wayne.renardson at comcast.net
Tue Oct 18 16:13:56 PDT 2022
via Mind Matters:
Right now, says a woman born without a left hand, electronic
prostheses don´t function as well as mechanical extensions.
Writing in the engineering journal IEEE Spectrum, Britt H. Young
looks at bionics from the perspective of a user. Her left forearm
failed to develop prenatally. She offers a number of concerns about
the direction of bionics, especially the expense of bionic limbs and
their difficulty of use compared to simpler prostheses:
The rest of the story, with photo & videos, here:
https://tinyurl.com/28rupjdk
Wayne R.
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