BBC Click reporter Paul Carter tries out a high-tech prosthetic promising a 'full range of human motion'.
I was born without lower arms and legs, so I've been around prosthetics of all shapes and sizes for as long as I can remember.
Prosthetic limbs have come a long way since the early days when they were fashioned out of wood, tin and leather. The arm has a full range of human motion in the elbow, wrist, and individual fingers - and it provides haptic feedback to the wearer on their grip strength. Despite avoiding upper-arm prosthetics before, when Atom Limbs said I could have a try at operating a digital version of the arm on a computer screen, via their control software, I was interested enough to say yes.
The assistive devices landscape is littered with products that, while impressive, can cost many times an average yearly salary. That puts most devices out of reach for many disabled people who statistics show are more likely to be among the poorest in society.Atom Limbs says it hopes its arm will be positioned around the $20,000 price point, which - while still a hefty sum of money - is considerably less than many other bionic products on the market.
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