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Weekend Woman's Hour: Megan Thee Stallion, Students Living at Home, Sarah de Lagarde, Dr Nadia Nadim

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The Bionic Arm: A Bionic Technology That Will Never Replace My Arm

The arm is an incredible piece of technology and I was so excited to test it out. My brain instructs the muscles to make a combination of movements. These twitches are then translated into electrical impulses that then feed the elbow and the hand ultimately. It's exciting because it will never replace my arm, so we have to be realistic about that - but it can help me with some basic functions. And then from basic functions, it canhelp me do some more intricate movements. The socket that you can see here has got electrodes embedded within and these electrodes are measuring my muscle movements. There's a top of the arm where it connects to almost your shoulder and that can sense your muscle movements.

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