http://abcnews.go.com/Health/bostom-bombing-amputees-benefit-wartime-prosthetic-technology/story?id=18981301&page=2#.UXCpbKXhDL8
This article talks about how advanced prosthetics will be used to help those who were injured in the Boston bombings. One prosthetic in the process of being cleared by the FDA is the DEKA arm. The goal is for it to look, feel and move like a natural limb. There are already around 700 Americans using some type of advanced prosthetics, mostly wounded soldiers. Users of this prosthetic arm "can fine tune the movements from an app on their cell phone in real time until it's right." It's really amazing how far this technology has come. This is an example of a way advances in technology can really benefit society.
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Things like this are truly remarkable. Advances in medical technology are nearly always a positive. Bettering the livelihood of the human race should always be a goal in society.
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