<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>userbinator</author><text>How appropriate is the term &amp;quot;sentient&amp;quot; here, given that the hand is still controlled by the brain of the human it is attached to?</text></comment>