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I don’t know why the US army keeps sending troops to Iraq. C’mon, let the locals deal with the extremists and stop making people’s lives miserable! Sending poor kids to fight some wacky Arabs is not worth it. I mean, take a look at how many amputees return from Iraq. That makes me wonder… are they deliberately sending them so they can get slaughtered up and then drive advances in prosthetic technology? Grim perspective.

Speaking of which, the latest innovation in the prosthetic hand field comes from a company called Touch Bionics. This model not only has five independently movable fingers, but it also enables its wearers to precisely manipulate even a keyboard or pick up fragile things.

The prosthetic hand is “ingeniously” dubbed the i-LIMB and relies on muscle movements on the wearer's forearm to control the individual fingers. Touch Bionics claims that it also applies pressure back to the user's skin to let them know how much force is being applied to whatever object is being picked up.

The i-LIMB is not a prototype anymore and is available for purchase as we speak. The model is priced at $17,500 so if you somehow got an amputated arm, you know you got to find a generous sponsor for one of these.