COLCHESTER, England: Sixteen years after losing his right arm in a car crash, a trainee vicar from Colchester has had his prayers answered thanks to a bionic arm. What Aaron had found was the bionic ‘Hero Arm’ from British company Open Bionics. The prosthetic Hero Arm uses myoelectric sensors which detect underlying muscular contractions generated from specific muscle groups in the arm. These are then amplified and converted to intuitive and proportional bionic hand movements. But bionics and being bionic, I’ve been dubbed ‘the bionic Rev’, I believe it’s the most empowering language I’ve seen around disability.” – Reuters

Source: The Star April 02, 2021 01:35 UTC