The world’s first wireless bionic hand, built by Open Bionics, can be fully detached and operate on its own.
A UK startup called Open Bionics has just unveiled the world’s first wireless bionic arm, called Hero — and it’s so advanced that the hand can fully detach and amble about on its own, like the Addams Family’s Thing.
19-year-old influencer Tilly Lockey, a double-amputee who’s been using Open Bionics’ arms for the past nine years and has been a poster child for the company’s efforts, recently showed off this incredibly sci-fi capability after being one of the first to receive the new device.
« I can move it around even when it’s not attached to the arm », Lockey said in an interview with Reuters. « It can just go on its own missions — which is kinda crazy. »
Lockey lost both her hands to meningitis as a toddler. Effortlessly, she pulls off the still writhing bionic hand, then places it on her bed to send it inching towards her phone.
