Grip test - tying tie one-handed/with Becker hand

Tying a tie with a Windsor one-handed / with a Becker hand (just to show how arbitrary usage of a prosthetic arm can be: can be done without prosthesis just as well).

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Precisely this is why I am not sure the DARPA invested their tax payer's money correctly by *solely* supporting myoelectric technology. Otto Bock also seems to currently neglect the development of sophisticated hand or hooks for cable controlled arms. This is wrong in my view. Cable controlled arms go a far way. You just have to walk that path. This arm is light, robust, does not at all require batteries or electricity, it is very affordable and it also looks technical. The Becker Lock Grip hand can be also ordered customized. If you neglect or ignore this, how are you gonna fry your eggs? Seriously?
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This is a response to TouchBionics "get a grip on functionality" demo videos http://www.touchbionics.com/professionals.php?pageid=44&section=5 and to Darin's demos on http://theadventuresoftheilimb.wordpress.com/

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To the representatives of the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie http://www.hautehorlogerie.org that visually allude to amputees with 'fake people' in their ill fated 2009 ad campaign: I am real, authentic and I wear real watches. What you see is real action. Thank you for taking note. http://www.swisswuff.ch/tech/?p=205

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Science & Technology

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• amputee
• below
• elbow
• amputation
• prosthesis
• cable
• controlled
• body
• powered
• Becker
• Lock
• Grip
• voluntary
• opening
• hand
• grip
• precision
• tie
• knot
• man
• hey
• Windsor