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New bionic hand "most realistic ever"
June 18, 2015 at 2:28 pm
Creators of a new hi-tech bionic hand for women, based on the accurate skeletal structure of the real thing, say that it's the most realistic prosthetic woman's hand ever.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-33179509
Wonder where I can get one?
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RE: New bionic hand "most realistic ever"
June 18, 2015 at 2:30 pm
Geeky guys all over the world shall rejoice.
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RE: New bionic hand "most realistic ever"
June 18, 2015 at 3:04 pm
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The Mechanical "Stranger" in 3.....2......1.......
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RE: New bionic hand "most realistic ever"
June 18, 2015 at 3:12 pm
That'd be way cooler than the girlfriend pillow...
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RE: New bionic hand "most realistic ever"
June 18, 2015 at 3:17 pm
I never knew such things existed. I've got a birthday coming up in a few months, so if anyone's stuck for ideas...
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RE: New bionic hand "most realistic ever"
June 18, 2015 at 3:21 pm
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Now if that was available to everyone needing one instead of everyone being able to afford one, I would call that a miracle.
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RE: New bionic hand "most realistic ever"
June 18, 2015 at 3:31 pm
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On a less pornographic note......news like this makes my heart sing, and I'm not even kidding. I watch developments like this like some people hawk over sports. My daughter is still young, and already there's tech that works better than the hand she was :ahem: graced with by god. These guys figure out how to wetwire the working bits and I would sell my -soul- to get my hands on one....if I had one...
-here's to hoping they accept USD.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: New bionic hand "most realistic ever"
June 18, 2015 at 3:41 pm
Just fantastic 
Science fixes things god cant be bothered with .... again!
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RE: New bionic hand "most realistic ever"
June 18, 2015 at 3:44 pm
Obviously God is working through the scientists. Never mind all the years of training, dedication and hard work; you can't prove he isn't.
Or something.
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RE: New bionic hand "most realistic ever"
June 18, 2015 at 3:53 pm
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I don't talk about this much...but.....my daughter is currently using a palm-hidden/shaped grasping hook actuated by lateral motion in her shoulder......and I got her into kids softball...Pitcher, baby.......just like daddy.......eat it!
I've had parents -complain- about the ferocity and viciousness with which she hurls the mass in their kids general direction (and sure, she's hit a few kids on purpose..they had a good swing...what can I say?). Give her something like this, and I expect to be beating back the offers from UK with sticks. Everytime some douchebag wants to pull me aside and tell me that he doesn't think my daughter is legitimately competing...I want to borrow her hook and stab him with it. Are my fellow parents really so dull as to think that their bitching and moaning about their untalented children is going to fall on friendly ears in -my case-?
/rant
(-because- of the grasping mechanism..her pitches are the sickest, most pronounced curves I have -ever- seen...even when she's trying to pitch a fastball down the plate - she can release towards the 1st base bleachers feet and still hit a right handed batter in her teeth, makes me a proud, proud daddy)
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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