Bionic hands are improving fast.

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Originally shared by Aung Thiha

Bionic hands are improving fast.  We now have prosthetic technology with tactile feedback for natural sensing,  neural signal control for lifelike manipulation of prosthesis. Now this hand is strong enough to handle 45kg—the weight of around 25 bricks.  
Soon enough, people will want to upgrade their parts with robotic counterparts, moving from assistive technology to life improving technologies. That would be one of our ways to immortality.  
#cyborg     #transhumanism  
http://techxplore.com/news/2015-06-lifelike-bionic-functions-precision.html

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