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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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The girl's family could not afford the cost of getting her a prosthetic leg, so she used a tree branch as a crutch to help her walk. From that encounter, Akhtar decided that one day he would develop affordable artificial limbs. He reported that he felt as though a part of him had come back thanks to the prosthesis.

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Weaponized Robots Letter Calls for Policy, Tech Fixes

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These new generations of robots are more accessible, easier to operate, more autonomous, affordable, and adaptable than previous generations, and capable of navigating into locations previously inaccessible to automated or remotely-controlled technologies. The letter focuses on “weaponized” robots. What does “weaponized” mean, exactly?

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