Australian swimmer Jessica Smith has had an uneasy relationship with prosthetics since a childhood accident, but her convictions are being challenged by a British bionic hand that can be updated remotely anywhere in the world.
The 2004 Athens Paralympian was born without a left hand.
Her parents were advised to fit a prosthesis to help with her development, but the device caused her to upset a boiling kettle when she was a toddler, causing burns to 15 per cent of her body...
READ THE STORY: www.globalheroes.com/bionic-hand-can-be-updated-anytime-anywhere/
IMAGE: A view shows a bionic hand developed by COVVI, at Quayside Business Park in Leeds, Britain August 11, 2022. REUTERS/Craig Brough
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