News tagged with hand muscles
Whether grasping Easter eggs or glass bottles -- this robotic hand uses tact
Researchers at Saarland University together with associates in Bologna and Naples have developed a robotic hand that can accomplish both tasks with ease and yet including the actuators is scarcely larger than ...
Mar 30, 2012 |
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1st US 2-hand transplant patient yearns to feel
(AP) -- The nation's first double hand transplant patient can wriggle his new fingers a litte bit now and grab a tennis ball, but what he really wants to do is be able to feel his wife's hands when he holds ...
Jul 17, 2009 |
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One-finger exercise reveals unexpected limits to dexterity
"Push your finger as hard as you can against the surface. Now as hard as you can but move it slowly - follow the ticking clock. Now faster. Now faster."
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 08, 2009 |
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New device could benefit treatment of hand injuries
A team of Rice University bioengineering students who invented a device to measure intrinsic hand muscle strength has won two prestigious honors for their patent-pending creation, PRIME. The device could revolutionize ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 07, 2009 |
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