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A Swedish woman has been fitted with a revolutionary bionic hand that fuses with her bones, muscles, and nerves.(www.sciencealert.com)

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themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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It’s really interesting that it has reduced her phantom limb pain.

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Fraylor@lemm.ee
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That, and that she has limited “sense of touch”. I can’t imagine what that is like.

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Xariphon@kbin.social
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At what point do we start honestly calling this cybernetic?

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s7ryph@kbin.social
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Automail?

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KindleGem@futurology.today
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Nice!

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Blackmist@feddit.uk
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Have to wonder if it would be even more effective in recent amputees.

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