The Touch Bionics I-Limb Hand. REMARKABLE!

Some joke around and call it the terminator hand. This is an incredible new piece of technology! One can only imagine, the possibilities. After seeing the end of the vid, how they compare intelligence with dexterity - it makes you wonder, with our current technology and people always at the computer, moving their fingers at hyper-speed hitting individual targets/keys... where we are headed.

This is fantastic!

For some good quick reading on the i-hand check out the following link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7712976.stm

The world's first commercially available bionic hand has been recognised as one of the top inventions of 2008.

The hands are fitted with a realistic silicone outer skin, which also helps for adding extra grip.

I did some research on it because what got me curious was how can it sense anything... be touch sensitive. Then I found out it doesn't have any senses, but hopefully one day we will get to that point so that the prosthetic device is even more useful. I have had many ideas myself for how to enable this on a prosthetic device - the only problem is getting the money and funding to test out the ideas.

Hope you like the vid. Rate please 5 stars if you liked. People need to know the technology that is out there!


La société Touch Bionics (Edimburgh, Ecossse) vient de mettre au point une prothèse bionique de membre supérieur (système I-LIMB HAND).
Extrait d'un reportage de la BBC