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Re: Dean Kamen's..... ROBOTIC ARM?

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I just saw a news report on a prodcut sounding similar to this called the i-LIMB. Does anyone know if this is the same product?
Beth,
It's not the same arm. i-LIMB is made by Touch Bionics in the UK, which is the world's first fully articulating and commercially available bionic hand. They have put together some really neat stuff about the hand here:

http://www.touchbionics.com/professionals.php?section=4

-wayne
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