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@G-Man here us a hand called the “I-Limb” built by Touch Bionics out of Scotland.  I was a beta tester for this hand in 2007-10.  It was the first multi-articulating hand mass produced.  I gave them a lot of ideas for improvements, such as titanium chassis to mount the fingers too.  I have videos of these hands moving, but have not uploaded them to YouTube, since I want my YouTube channel to be more of a blog type set of videos of how I use these devices during real life tasks.

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I figured I would post a new thread about the build of a new arm.  I imagine folks would find it interesting, since it is not too common.  Well the last arm I had built was in 2012, and that is honest

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As some of you know, I created an Instagram page a few months ago to show what can be done with a prosthetic arm, instead of the sane old pouring a glass of water, etc.  I also was disgusted seeing fa

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9 hours ago, The Jerkman said:

That was amazing! I've been waiting forever for that! Also fun tricks aside that hand looks awesome!

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Thanks, glad to share the same sense of humor haha.  I’m really enjoying this do far, and I am able to get the fingers up to my mouth, life changing, always been a dream of mine to use the fake hand to eat with.  

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Come on Bionic where is the pic with you drinking with the new hand and arm combo? You saving it for an important beer post?


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It's on his Instagram and he's drinking a bottle of water

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I just marathoned this entire thread start to finish and all I can say is Kudos to you and Thank you for sharing all this fascinating information with us. You are an inspiration and a true gentleman.

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10 hours ago, Zem18 said:

I just marathoned this entire thread start to finish and all I can say is Kudos to you and Thank you for sharing all this fascinating information with us. You are an inspiration and a true gentleman.

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Wow thank you so much!

i truly enjoy talking about this tech, glad you enjoyed it.

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