Gadgetory

ten years ago in a spot not far from here Jason Coker's ATV struck a downed power line he took 7,200 volts of electricity and doctors had to amputate his arms below the elbow you know the first thoughts the problem with in my mind was I got three kids now but at the time I only had two I had a 21 month old and a three month old little girl and you know I didn't know if I'd ever be able to feed myself or put my own clothes on or or do anything that you know I think people take for granted I mean I did two Koger uses prosthetics called islands made by touch bionics the fingers are made of titanium and the eye limb was the first hand on the market with a motor in each finger he has two but changes them out with other prosthetics including body powered hooks depending on what he's doing after a lot of work kogure we learned how to do everyday tasks like getting dressed and playing with his kids at their home in Owensboro Kentucky he can even crack an egg and open a can of soda aside from the sensors and the prosthetics that help him control the islands there's a mobile app for iOS with the app he could pre-program common grips he might want to easily access so sue she hasn't hit again it automatically goes into a mouse grip so this would be to hold a computer and when I closed and then was if you look see the finger just the first finger moves so that would be a click on your mouse pad he can also use the app to run a health check on the hand and send the data to his prostitutes in Texas or he can look at a graph that shows him how he's using the hand in a real-time touch bionics is also added Apple watch compatibility everybody asked what I can do with this I can do everything except for three things I can't cook clean or change dirty diapers and it's just cuz I couldn't do it before when I had real hands so uh but there and literally allows me to do anything Koger says he's not sure if we'll ever totally replace a person's real hands but by limbs come pretty close