To damage or loose a body part in some accident or mishap is one of the most dreadful catastrophes that the victims have to bear throughout the life. Now such victims, who have lost their hands, may put their worries at rest for a Scottish company Touch Bionics has popped up with the i-LIMB hand that gives the same grip, feel and look as your real or natural hand. The fingers and the thumb on the i-LIMB hand powered by separate motors independently for more realistic look & feel as well tight grasp over different equipments.
The i-LIMB hand, probably, is the most advanced bionic hand ever been fixed to a human being. Donald MacKillop, who lost his right hand in an industrial accident about 30 years ago, is the first recipient of the bionic hand.
According to Mr MacKillop,
It’s unbelievable. It is so near fingers, you can do anything with it. The fact that the fingers can wrap round things, makes life much, much easier.
Bill Dykes, a prosthetics expert is of the view that new hand certainly is a step ahead in technology that will give relief for victims of horrible accidents. Regarding the future of the technique Dykes asserted,
In the future we’ll have better control systems so that we’ll be able to have individual control of the fingers. That will mean fingers can be moved at will. With the present system they can only move together.
Via: BBC
