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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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On a visit to Pakistan with his parents, 7-year-old Aadeel Akhtar met a girl his age who was missing her right leg. The Ability Hand contains six motors housed in a carbon fiber casing. That was the first time he had met a person with a limb difference. Most prosthetic hands weigh about 20 percent more, Akhtar says.

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