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Make a Cardboard Bionic Hand

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If you want a bionic hand, but don’t have the six million dollars to become Steve Austin (it would actually cost you a lot more these days), check out this fun project and learn to build a simple one for yourself.

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American Hacker shows you how to make a cool cardboard bionic hand with pull string fingers. Sure, it isn’t state of the art, but none of us has the kind of money needed for a real cyborg hand.

This is just a fun project to do when you are bored at the office. It would be cool to do with your kids too. It could not be simpler.

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Bionic Hand Not Only Moves But Also Gives Sensory Feedback

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For years, artificial limbs have made it possible for amputees to move their attached arms or legs using their nerves. Now, with this bionic hand, new technology gives hope for patients, allowing them hand movement as well as feeling and sensation.
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Touch Bionics releases new prosthetic fingers, flips the old ones the bird

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Touch Bionics releases new prosthetic fingers, flip the old ones the bird

The only upgrades available for our puny human hands are gaming controller calluses, but if you're sporting an i-LIMB digits hand prosthesis, you can now grab a set of improved fingers. Touch Bionics' "smaller, lighter and more anatomically accurate" appendages are now available worldwide, as well as a new wrist-band unit which houses all the necessary computing power and juice for their function. Best of all, these developments allow more people to adopt the tech than the previous generation, including those with more petite hands or finger amputations closer to the knuckle. We don't know how much it'll cost for a fresh set, but we'll let health agencies and insurance companies deal with that part. With these upgrades and RSL Steeper's latest offering, it won't be long before our flesh-based variants are meager in comparison.

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