As heavy metal music plays in the background, a doctor grabs a piece of cloth…
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He lost his arm in an accident. A new surgery and a bionic prosthetic are giving him back unprecedented control.
The fact that Burkhard can move any fingers is practically a miracle. The hand he controls is not his own, but a robotic prosthesis clamped to a lab bench 3 feet away.
Source: bostonglobe.com