Watch: the bionic arm that can handle a raw egg

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Watch: the bionic arm that can handle a raw egg

An arm so sensitive that its owner, Nigel Ackland, can touch type.

By Martha Gill [1] Published 06 November 2012 19:09

An arm so sensitive that its owner, Nigel Ackland, can touch type.

Photograph: Getty Images
Photograph: Getty Images

Nigel Ackland lost his arm in an accident six years ago - but now he has a bionic one which is so sensitive he can touch type.

He can also peel vegetables, tie his shoelaces and hold an egg without breaking it. The arm is a new model - called the bebionic3 myoelectric hand - and moves by responsing to Nigel's muscle twitches. Watch it in action here:

 
 
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