After launching its world-beating
i-LIMB prosthetic hand last year,
Touch Bionics is
taking things in a different direction with feeling some competition from the "Fluidhand." The new hand uses miniature hydraulics to flex the fingers, and can better interact with objects -- like grasping things with irregular surfaces -- than the five motor i-LIMB. Fludihand is also designed to have a more natural feel than previous prosthetics, and gives feedback to the stump to let the user sense the strength of the grip. Currently Fluidhand is just in the prototype stage, with one patient so far testing both prosthetics against each other in a battle to the death.
Update: Sorry for the confusion, Fluidhand was built by a some researchers in
Karlsruhe, Germany, not by Touch Bionics.
posted Apr 22nd 2008 2:25PM
luke... i am your father
Darth saw that friggin pink XPS from a couple of articles back and had to have the flamingo pink fingertips as soon as possible...
I'll never join you.
You killed my father!
My name is Eniguo Montoya, you killed my father.. prepare to die!
Dude Corystal the name is Inigo
For as expensive as this thing probably is - couldn't they afford something nicer than a beat-to-s**t wooden desk and some crappy pink foam??
Damn, you're right. They could have purchased some gold plated foam like the MacBook. Get real.
"Luke... I am your father."
Nice one!
But I think the gesture shown in the pic is closer to-
"Join me! And together we can..."
Darth actually never said "Luke I am your father" he just said
"No...I am your father"
if you care for such stupid details
try it! It feels like a whole other person! no more icewater!
I call it the stranger.
Should have been called the iFist.
Yes. Yes, I do.
By the way Paul,
You've got a typo in the third sentence. You switched the 'u' and 'i' in Fluidhand...
"...with one patient so far testing both prosthetics against each other in a battle to the death."
You can't do that with one person alone. Two people need to be playing arm wrestling with the things to properly test them.
I imagine the force feedback generated would be killer.
The strangers hand ;).
ahhh... the things you could do with that...hmmm
fluidhand... because you wanna get your hands full of fluids?
the 6 million dollar hand job
"...and gives feedback to the stump to let the user sense the strength of the grip."
The stump? You guys crack me up.
Technically, to be "PC", it's called a "residual limb" now.
"hides in shames"? Grammar check your title.
I will be back.
Man--that puts the "Whoopie" in the whoopie cushion.
"Hides in shames" ?