Bionic Finger

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Anne Eisenberg, Grabbing Gracefully, With Replacement Fingers. New York
Times, Apr. 11, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/business/11novel.html?scp=1&sq=bionic&st=Search

Note:
(a) bionic (adj): "of or relating to bionics"

bionics (n; Etymology: bi- + -onics (as in electronics)): "a science
concerned with the application of data about the functioning of biological
systems to the solution of engineering problems"

(b) digit (n: Latin digitus finger): "1a: any of the Arabic numerals 1 to 9
and usually the symbol 0  3: FINGER or TOE"
(c) National Health Service
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Health_Service
("the name commonly used to refer to the four single-payer publicly funded
healthcare systems in United Kingdom, collectively or individually, although
only the health service in England uses the name 'National Health Service'
without further qualification")
(d) Bionic hand makes inventions list. BBC, Nov. 6, 2008.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7712976.stm
(i-Limb Hand: "world's first commercially available bionic hand")


-------------------Separately
Ashlee Vance, Inventors Wanted. Cool Tools Provided. New York Times, Apr. 11
, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/business/11ping.html

caption to the first photograph: Mark Hatch, left, and Jim Newton started
TechShop to bring expensive tools to everyday tinkerers. Members pay a fee
and can use any of the equipment.

My comment: There is no need to read this report.

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