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Saturday 13 April 2013

I-LIMB ULTRA REVOLUTION: THE INCREDIBLE SMARTPHONE-CONTROLLED PROSTHETIC LIMB


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A REALLY handy app: Incredible prosthetic limb that can be controlled by a smartphone
By Emma Innes,
Daily Mail, 12 April 2013.

A prosthetic technology company has created a hand which is so advanced it can be controlled using a smartphone app.

Touch Bionics’ i-limb ultra revolution prosthetic hand also features a rotating thumb, five individually powered fingers, a rotatable wrist and aluminium chassis.

The company claims that this is the most dextrous prosthetic hand ever made. It is also the first upper limb prosthesis to be created which can be controlled using an app.

It comes with an iOS app that allows the user to control the hand’s grip using their smartphone…

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More information at Touch Bionics.

Video: I-Limb Ultra Revolution

Source: Touch Bionics at YouTube



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