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Iron hand, 16th century Second iron hand of Götz von Berlichingen, c. 1530. Iron hands are metal prostheses for hands and upper extremities from the Middle Ages and early modern period. These designs combined cosmetic and functional properties. The most famous example of an iron hand was made around the year 1530, being the second prosthetic ...
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After posting a video of the hand on YouTube, he was contacted by South African carpenter Richard Van As who had lost his fingers in a woodworking accident. Owen and Van As worked on prototypes of a prosthetic hand, before Owen decided to incorporate 3D printing into the design process.
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German archaeologists have uncovered a centuries-old skeleton complete with a metal prosthetic hand to replace four missing fingers. Archaeologists in Germany find centuries-old skeleton with ...
Iron Hand may refer to: Iron hand (prosthesis), a kind of prosthetic limb popular in Europe in the 15th-19th centuries Goetz von Berlichingen Iron Hand (c. 1480–1562), German Imperial Knight and mercenary "Iron Hand" (song), 1991 Dire Straits song; Iron Hand Society, a Syrian nationalist group organized in 1921
It is the first prosthesis to feature an electronically actuated thumb which mimics natural human hand movements. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Michelangelo Hand can be used for a variety of delicate everyday tasks, was first fitted to an Austrian elective-amputee in July 2010 [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and has been in use by military and civilian amputees in the ...
Caroline Eichler was born in 1808 or 1809, presumably in Nordhausen [1] or Berlin, as the third daughter of painter Johann Gottlieb Eichler.In those days, young women were usually denied higher education opportunities or apprenticeships, and although no documentation has been found describing her schooling, her work demonstrates a knowledge of physics and technical mechanics.