<story><title>The first dexterous and sentient hand prosthesis has been successfully implanted</title><url>http://www.detop-project.eu/news/the-first-dexterous-and-sentient-hand-prosthesis-has-been-successfully-implanted/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>est31</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m a bit uneasy about the fact that they are punching through skin. This always bears a big risk of infections as the skin is the #1 protection from bacteria. Even prosthetics fully under the skin have this risk, and septic shock is a possibly lethal threat. And we humans love to put our hands to various sometimes more, sometimes less, dirty places.</text></comment>
<story><title>The first dexterous and sentient hand prosthesis has been successfully implanted</title><url>http://www.detop-project.eu/news/the-first-dexterous-and-sentient-hand-prosthesis-has-been-successfully-implanted/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jjcm</author><text>The video ( &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=6WQiJPexEDM&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=6WQiJPexEDM&lt;/a&gt; ) provides a bit clearer explanation of what&amp;#x27;s going on. They&amp;#x27;re actually sending signals directly through the percutaneous bone anchors, which is pretty rad in my book. Looks like the hand just snaps on to the anchors and you&amp;#x27;re ready to go, albeit with years of retraining the nerve endings for the new signals.</text></comment>