Amputee 'feels again' using Star Wars-style bionic hand

Scientist have developed the first bionic hand with a sense of touch that can be used outside a laboratory. Almerina Mascarello, 62, lost her left hand in an accident in a steel factory in 1993. The married mother-of-two has now been fitted with the robot hand that is not only controlled by her brain, but can also feel what it picks up. It allow her to carry out actions that most of us take for granted but pose great difficulties for amputees – such as getting dressed. Mrs Mascarello says the device, which has been compared to the robotic hand fitted to Luke Skywalker in Star Wars, 'is almost like [her hand] is back again'.