Bionic Hands for the Soldiers
Filed in archive Innovations by Ajeet Khurana on August 31, 2007

A 27 year old Iraq war veteran who lost his hand has been outfitted with a new robot hand that has movable fingers that flex. The hand is called the iLimb and is one of the first of its kind available to wounded soldiers. It contains 5 individual motors that allow it to be used just like a real hand. It is even covered with something that looks like human skin.
I think this is great and it has the potential to offer hope to a lot of soldiers out there. There is no "good side" to being wounded soldiers. However, knowing that being wounded is not the end of the world must be very comforting.
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