Terminator hand and arm

Last night on eTV (South Africa’s independent broadcaster) there was a news report on Touch Bionics, the developer of the world’s first commercially available bionic hand. Touch Bionics’ i-LIMB Hand and ProDigits partial hand prostheses are now available to the general public.

Touch Bionics’ i-LIMB Hand looks and acts like a real human hand and is the world’s first widely available prosthetic device with five individually powered digits.

Touch Bionics’ ProDigits is adapted for patients who have a partial hand, due either to congenitally missing fingers or fingers lost through an accident.

With both products the amputee basically needs to think about what they want the hand/arm to do, and the hand/arm functions accordingly.

The following video is by Touch Bionics, and explains these products in detail.