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Comments on DEKA 'Luke' Prosthetic Arm Gains VA Funding
This remarkable video shows just how far the science of prosthetics has come. A bionic arm, like that of the Six Million Dollar Man? We're getting pretty close. (Read
the complete story)
| "Here are some related articles on 'bionic limbs':
- Bionic Arm Uses Neuro-Engineering
- i-Limb System Robot Arm Stronger Than Yours
- Luke Arm Robotic Prosthesis
- MichelAngelo Bionic Hand
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(Bill Christensen 6/17/2009 7:52:41 AM) |
"While Deka's experimental arm gets financial support, Deka's commercial iBot wheelchair has been taken out of production because it disabled people could not get reimbursed for it.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jReFJD9xkbZPopzwnUL695zQcaMQD98DCC481"
(Yossi Preminger 6/18/2009 2:54:11 AM) |
"I watched the 'cool iArm video,' with the guy doing basketball tricks with it, and shooting for three points. Is that video even real?"
(skeptical in the age of CGI 6/18/2009 3:40:45 PM) |
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