Guess having a realistic bionic arm in the future isn’t so far fetched after all, particularly with the Fluidhand prototype.

It can hold a credit card, use a keyboard with the index finger, and lift a bag weighing up to 20 kg – the world’s first commercially available pros-thetic hand that can move each finger separately and has an astounding range of grip configurations. For the first moment worldwide a patient at the

Orthopedic University Hospital in Heidelberg has tested both the “i-LIMB” hand in comparison with another innovative prosthesis, the so called ”Fluidhand”. Eighteen-year-old Sören Wolf, who was born with only one hand, is enthusiastic about its capabilities.

I wonder whether that will supply one with an unfair advantage where arm wrestling is concerned…

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Orginal post by Mike Yamamoto