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Message no. 1
From: "Ubiratan P. Alberton" <ubiratan@**.HOMESHOPPING.COM.BR>
Subject: REAL Cyberhand
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 22:11:30 -0300
I heard a little while ago that someone had developed a cyberhand...
I think it was in USA, but don't know for sure... This is really recent
news. Can anyone add up some info to this?

Bira
Message no. 2
From: Avenger <Avenger@*******.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: REAL Cyberhand
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 02:25:36 +0100
In article <358474C2.E3BF6A7D@************.com.br>, Ubiratan P. Alberton
<ubiratan@**.HOMESHOPPING.COM.BR> writes
>I heard a little while ago that someone had developed a cyberhand...
>I think it was in USA, but don't know for sure... This is really recent
>news. Can anyone add up some info to this?

I caught it on the news last night. No it's not a cyberhand as such.
It's a clamp on prostetic that uses muscle movement to control the
fingers of the hand. It does allow individual movement of the fingers
but is a little clutzy at the moment. They think that with refinement
the user may be able to play a keyboard though not at a concert. Give
it three years, and give it to the Japanese, and you'll have a current
day version of the cyberhand. There are no nerve interfaces, no neural
links and no surgery. It fits on just like a normal prosthetic.
However, the unique part is in the "sleeve" that mounts onto the
remaining portion of the limb - the elctronics in there are used to read
the muscle movements. It was part of a research project at some
university in the states If I recall correctly

That's about all I can remember from the article and I've not seen it
repeated anywhere yet. It might be worthwhile running a web search on
prosthetic replacement (research) and see what that throws up

--
Avenger
Message no. 3
From: Machine-gun Kelly <MgkellyMP5@***.COM>
Subject: Re: REAL Cyberhand
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 15:23:01 EDT
In a message dated 98-06-15 04:20:38 EDT, you write:

<< I heard a little while ago that someone had developed a cyberhand...
I think it was in USA, but don't know for sure... This is really recent
news. Can anyone add up some info to this?
>>

I can't recall who invented it, but I rmember reading about the research about
10 years ago and now itseems to have gone past the theory stage. If you have
the Sci-Fi channel, i would advise checking out the Sightings show
'Bioperfection'. Some of the material presented there is incredible. We seem
to be getting very very close to true Cybernetic implants.

Mgkelly
Message no. 4
From: K is the Symbol <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: REAL Cyberhand
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 00:26:37 EDT
In a message dated 6/15/98 3:20:29 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
Avenger@*******.DEMON.CO.UK writes:

<snipped parts of the article>
> It was part of a research project at some
> university in the states If I recall correctly
>
> That's about all I can remember from the article and I've not seen it
> repeated anywhere yet. It might be worthwhile running a web search on
> prosthetic replacement (research) and see what that throws up

I have seen one of these hands, and it was on a show about two months ago as
well. There is a gentleman who has been using his "arm" (with hand) in the
fashion that Pete mentions (muscle twitching to make a "movement"). This guy
still works on roofing and the like, and has been using his arm for years now
(forget how many exactly). He also said in part of the interview how long it
took him to retrain his muscles to make certain movement combinations of the
prosthesis actually occur (months to years).

-K

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