artificial hands

Provides information about the history of prosthetics and the difficulty in being able to reproduce the movements of limbs. Describes how the science of bionics and myoelectrics have worked together to create the i-LIMB Hand and the impact it has had on the life of people who have lost limbs. Includes photographs, a glossary, an index, and sources for additional information.

Explores the development and creation of the i-LIMB which is the first commercially available bionic hand.

A child who was born with one hand tells the story of how people at the hospital made a helper hand for her, how the new hand operates, how it feels, and how she can use it.