Fake Arm 101

“…they’ve made great strides in artificial legs, but a good arm has never been within their grasp.”

Here’s a very interesting article and video about the DEKA arm.   I guess I hadn’t realized that my fake arm, which resembles the hook you see in the video about the DEKA arm, is the same basic design as the arms developed during World War II.  What a dinosaur!

Tags: prosthetics, robotics, technology

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