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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

Cars That Think

Akhtar and Nguyen flew to Quito, Ecuador, to test their product on Juan Suquillo, who lost his left hand during a 1979 border war between Ecuador and Peru. The Ability Hand is connected by Bluetooth to a smartphone app, which provides users another way to configure and control the hand's movements. Pierre , 2018–2019 U.S.

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Maersk and IBM launch TradeLens blockchain shipping solution; 154+ million shipping events already captured on platform

Green Car Congress

Customs authorities in the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Australia and Peru are participating, along with customs brokers Ransa and Güler & Dinamik. Pacific International Lines (PIL) have joined Maersk Line and Hamburg Süd as global container carriers participating in the solution.