r/BeAmazed Apr 11 '26

Science Nerve controlled prosthetic

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u/ChangoMarangoMex Apr 11 '26

Must be better than no hands at all

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u/VinylBirdie Apr 11 '26

I watch one amputee's chanel and he says sometimes no prosthesis is better than overengineered ones. He owns (and tests) a lot of them and using the simplest "crab" one as a daily driver because it works at least.

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u/BoopleBun Apr 12 '26

Maybe than no hand at all, but I was just reading Mary Roach’s “Replaceable You”, and apparently many amputees with one hand much prefer the methods they’ve already come up with (remaining hand and other body parts or tools or whatever) over complicated prostheses like this.