Bionic Hand Now Available From: Servo Magazine - 11/2007 - page 8 The Touch Bionics i-LIMB Hand, formally introduced in July at the 2th World Congress of the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics in Vancouver, Canada, looks like a great innovation for patients who are missing a hand through accidents, acts of war, or birth defects. Designed to look like the real thing, it is said to be the world's first commercially available prosthetic hand with five individually powered digits. The device operates on an intutive control system that uses a traditional myoelectric signal input to open and close its fingers. Myoelectric controls use electrical signals generated by muscles in the remaining portion of a patient's limb, with the signal being picked up by skin-mounted electrodes. Not shown in the photo is the available "cosmesis" covering, which makes it appear more lifelike in use. The device is already being fitted to patients in many clinics in the US and Europe. Links: Touch Bionics i-LIMB http://www.touchbionics.com/professionals.php?section=4 Touch Bionics i-LIMB bionic hand http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/17/touch-bionics-i-limb-bionic-hand/ Iraq war vet shows off bionic hand http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/07/24/bionic.hand.ap/index.html Revolutionary I-LIMB Bionic Hand On Sale For $17,000 http://www.bornrich.org/entry/revolutionary-i-limb-bionic-hand-on-sale-for-17000/ The bionic hand that behaves as though it was real thing http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1116072007 ----- The Future of Prosthetics? Watch The World's First Bionic Arm in Action! From: Medical Electronics Bulletin Take a glimpse into the future with this YouTube video of the world's most advanced prosthetic limb! This bionic hand looks and acts like the real deal and is the first widely available prosthetic device with five individually powered digits. Watch as Sergeant U.S. Army (ret'd.) Juan Arredondo of Universal City, TX, who lost his hand in Iraq in 2004 after his patrol vehicle was struck by an explosive device, shows how this revolutionary new technology has made his life that much easier! Watch the YouTube video at: http://www.emediausa.com/l/?13881.1213225.AHBSOERV.0.3084 Juan Arredondo http://www.touchbionics.com/professionals.php?section=3 Iraq Vet Shows Off Bionic Hand http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/24/AR2007072400540.html Army Sgt. Becomes First Vet To Receive Bionic Hand http://wcbstv.com/topstories/bionic.hand.juan.2.246009.html ----- Intelligent Software Helps Build the Perfect Robotic Hand NASA Tech Briefs Insider Special Edition - 12/12/2007 Using artificial intelligence, scientists at the University of Portsmouth in the UK and Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China are creating software that will learn and copy human hand movements. They hope to replicate this in a robotic device that can perform the dexterous actions only capable today by the human hand. The technology has the potential to revolutionize both manufacturing and medicine. In the future, scientists hope that it could be used to produce the perfect artificial limb. The researchers used a cyberglove covered in tiny sensors to capture data about how the human hand moves. It was filmed in a motion capture suite by eight high-resolution CCD cameras with infrared illumination. The interface between artificial intelligence techniques and robotics could pave the way for a new chapter in robotics technology. According to Professor Xiangyang Zhu of the Shanghai University, "Humans move efficiently and effectively in a continuous flowing motion, something we have perfected over generations of evolution and which we all learn to do as babies. Developments in science mean we will teach robots to move in the same way." Intelligent software helps build perfect robotic hand http://www.port.ac.uk/aboutus/newsandevents/frontpagenews/title,73323,en.html