I find the psychological effect
on the patient’s sense of self and of control totally impressive. It is what we want.
We have always been able to
imagine what a truly compatible bionic limb should do and what it will look
like. No one has imagined the human
aspect adapting so well. Bravo!
Otherwise the march to bionic
perfection looks unstoppable. Now if we
could only discover how to map human consciousness into an artificial device.
Bionic arm gives Briton 'quality of life'
by Staff Writers
A British man who lost his right arm in an accident says the bionic arm
he's been given is so precise he can dress himself for the first time in six
years.
Nigel Ackland, 53, has been fitted with a carbon fiber mechanical hand
he can control with muscles in his upper arm to type on a computer keyboard or hold
a raw egg without cracking it, The Sun reported.
Sensors in the $40,000 prosthesis react to the muscles to trigger one
of 14 programmed grips that mimic human movements, such as a clenched fist, a
pointed finger and a squeeze hold.
Ackland, forced to retire after losing his arm in an industrial
blending machine, said the prosthetic hand provided "a whole new quality
of life."
Prosthetic company RSLSteeper, based in Leeds ,
approached Ackland this year to see whether he was interest in participating in
trial of its latest prosthetic, said to be one of the most advanced in the
world.
"I have been blown away by the robotic hand, I could sit and watch
it all day -- I feel like the Terminator," he said. "It is like
being your old self, with a very cool piece of machinery helping you."
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