Thursday, August 18, 2011

The bionic girl: Teenager can use knife and fork for first time after being fitted with hi-tech hand

A teenager who lost her fingers to septicaemia as a toddler has been able to brush her teeth for the first time - after she was fitted with bionic fingers.

Chloe Holmes, 15, is the youngest person in Europe to be fitted with the high-tech digits.

Her parents funded £38,000 for a full set of bionic fingers on her left hand, which are controlled by electronic signals from the nerve endings in her arm stump.

Chloe is now learning basic tasks such as using a knife and fork for the first time.  | Mail Online




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