The Bionic Hand: Touch Bionics’ I-Limb
March 31, 2009 by Scott Wharton
Filed under Electronics
Bionic Prosthetics . “We Can Fix Him, We Have The Technology!” Man, oh, man I remember the days in the early 80’s when I’d see Lee Majors running and jumping on the television with the “Sha-na-na-na-na”, bending steel with his bare hands and coming to the rescue. The 6 Million Dollar man, the bionic man, call him what you will, that show was so damn cool. Fast-forward 25 years and hear I am and I come across this cool invention. The i-Limb!
Image via Touchbionics.com
The i-Limb by Touch Bionics brings the possibilities of a prosthetic limb with almost full mobility. Touch Bionics is the leading developer of Upper Limb Prosthetics. The i-limb uses muscle signals through myoelectric controls that pick up muscle movement through electrodes on the surface of the skin, using these muscle signals to control the fingers of the hand. The i-Limb is made of strong, lightweight plastics.
I guess there are basic “bionic hands” out there, but this design is much more advanced and easily service, if let’s say one of the fingers goes bad, it can be removed and replace with a simple screwdriver. If I lost a hand, I would definitely want something as functional as the i-Limb. Now if only we could install a mobile phone in it for the perfect thumb and pinky phone. Take a look at the video of the i-Limb in use. For more information on the I-limb visit Touchbionics.com .
