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Title: Advanced prosthetic arm is approved for US market
Post by: riky on May 11, 2014, 09:00:23 AM
Advanced prosthetic arm is approved for US market

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/advanced-prosthetic-arm-approved-us-market-055510300.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bLx9DTHkVecjnAtdnSyETA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/shutterstock_15.029cf154908.original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Advanced prosthetic arm is approved for US market" align="left" title="Advanced prosthetic arm is approved for US market" border="0" /></a>US regulators on Friday approved for market a new kind of prosthetic arm that allows a person to flex certain muscles in order to perform complex tasks. The development of the DEKA Arm System -- nicknamed the \&quot;Luke\&quot; arm after Luke Skywalker in Star Wars -- was funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).</p><br clear="all"/>

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