Bionic Hand- Almerina Mascarello
An episode of the Bionic Hand-Almerina Mascarello podcast, hosted by Madisyn Woosley, titled "Bionic Hand- Almerina Mascarello" was published on September 5, 2019 and runs 0 minutes.
September 5, 2019 ·0m · Bionic Hand-Almerina Mascarello
Summary
Almerina Mascarello of Italy has a bionic hand with sensory input. The hand can send sensory waves to her brian, giving her the ability to feel everything around her. She had lost her hand in a workplace accident in 1993. She became part of a six-month experiment at Rome’s Policlinico Gemelli hospital and was fitted with the prosthetic in June 2016. Almerina said, “ It’s almost like its back!”. Something like that isn’t cheap, it costs $11,000 in US dollars! Sadly, she didn’t get to keep it because it was just a prototype. As soon as they get another made specially for Ms. Mascarello that she will keep.
Episode Description
Almerina Mascarello of Italy has a bionic hand with sensory input. The hand can send sensory waves to her brian, giving her the ability to feel everything around her. She had lost her hand in a workplace accident in 1993. She became part of a six-month experiment at Rome’s Policlinico Gemelli hospital and was fitted with the prosthetic in June 2016. Almerina said, “ It’s almost like its back!”. Something like that isn’t cheap, it costs $11,000 in US dollars! Sadly, she didn’t get to keep it because it was just a prototype. As soon as they get another made specially for Ms. Mascarello that she will keep.
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