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A 50-year-old Swedish woman who lost her hand in a farming accident has been fitted with a cutting-edge prosthesis that has proved transformational.

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[-] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 64 points 11 months ago

This is one of the coolest damn things I've seen in a while, she's a true cyborg!

I think the coolest thing is that she has a limited sense of touch.

[-] shectabeni@sh.itjust.works 31 points 11 months ago

There's always lots of jokes about what a shame it is we don't have the flying cars people dreamed about in the past but if you ask me things like this not being more ubiquitous is the real shame! This is incredible and I hope we see more in this space soon.

[-] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Totally agree, this makes a lot more difference than all the stuff they predicted in to 40s and 50s.

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