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AutumnWind
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This is awesome!
Bionic Hand
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Olivet
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That is amazing! Thank you so much for sharing that story.
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rivka
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That is great. [Smile]
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Lupus
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come on, no star wars references yet?
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Mike
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OK, fine. *sigh*

-- Luke, I am your father!
-- NOOOOOOOooooooooooooo!

There, satisfied? [Roll Eyes]

[Wink]
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It does not seem that the fingers can spread apart or close together, only open and close.

I think its doubtful but is it mechanically impossible to add that functionality?
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AutumnWind
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BB it's a good point, but I believe for functionality purposes it's more important to have the flexion and extension of the joints of the digits as well as full range of motion of the thumb joints. It does appear that they have a decent amount of space between them though. Besides providing more surface space,I don't see it being as important of a feature.
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quote:
Originally posted by AutumnWind:
BB it's a good point, but I believe for functionality purposes it's more important to have the flexion and extension of the joints of the digits as well as full range of motion of the thumb joints. It does appear that they have a decent amount of space between them though. Besides providing more surface space,I don't see it being as important of a feature.
Oh certainly the open close function is FAR more important, as well as the free thumb flexibility. Just wondering if that additional functionality was close or already possible.

If I lost a hand the fact I could not play piano or type at a computer would be really hard on me. The bionic hand is indeed really cool.
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Guess it's almost time to cut my hand off.
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quote:
come on, no star wars references yet?
I must REALLY be getting old, because I would have phrased that: "come on, no Six Million Dollar Man references yet?"
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we have the technology, we can rebuild him... but we don't want to spend a lot of money (gotta love getting a two-for-one there with Bionic Man and Family Guy [Smile] )

as for additional range of motion, I doubt that it is terribly hard to add the mechanism for it (not that it's necessarily easy as pie) but it's probably harder to isolate and accurately interpret those nerve impulses (at least that's my guess).
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Nick
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That's actually always bothered me. Vader never says, "Luke, I am your father". The line is:
"No, I am your father."
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Nighthawk
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See, most people don't admit knowing that... That's just crossing the line.
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This is such a cool story!
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Nick
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[Razz]
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There was a well written article on the subject in the local paper the other day.
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