Bionic Hand

Well basically today we had our poster board presentations on an emerging technologies. I chose to do the Bionic Hand and thought I would let you guys know, what it's all about. I basically chose this because we talked about cyborgs in class and also had to write a paper on it, it was pretty interesting. Below you can watch a video of what our paper was based on and also the inspiration for my poster board.

Basically the Bionic hand is created by Touch Bionics, the leaders in advanced upper-limb prosthetics.

The hand looks like a prosthetic, however the only difference is, it moves around, electrically. The hand has myoelectric controls that use electrical signals generated by the muscles in the remaning part of the patient's limb to move the hand around.

The signals are picked up by electrodes placed on the surface of the skin, traditionally on the forearm and at the bottom too.

It's a really cool technology, that fortunately allows people who are missing the limb to resume a normal life style. Around 400 patients worldwide current use it and I believe it really improves the well-being as whole for the individual.

If you want to know more, check out: http://www.touchbionics.com/i-LIMB