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Science

Prune Fingers May Help You Hold Onto Things

4:50PM September 14, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Scientists know a lot about the body, but they don’t know everything. Take, for example, the pruning that occurs when you spend too much time in the water. Scientists don’t know why these wrinkles occur only on the hands and feet. More »

Geek Out

I’m Pretty Sure This Hand Soap Is Trying To Kill Me

6:00AM August 8, 2011 | Jack Loftus

We love design at Gizmodo. It’s one of our things. But what happens when design doesn’t love us back, comes alive one night (I dunno, because of the debt ceiling or something) and decides to strangle us in our sleep? More »

Science

Prosthetic Hand Isn’t Electric, But Performs Just Like It Is

2:00AM May 25, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

I’d rather have a hook if I lost my hand in some sort of freak accident, but realise that’s not exactly conducive to typing. Rather than chucking in the tech-blogging for piracy, Mark Stark’s prosthetic hand is a worthy alternative. More »

These Are The Hands Of The Apollo Astronauts

12:20PM November 18, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

There are Neil’s. And there are Buzz’s. And Pete Conrad’s. And Alan Shepard’s. These are the hands of the Apollo astronauts, the plaster casts created to make their custom gloves in Houston, Texas, 1968. High five! More »

Science

A Bionic Hand Is The Ultimate Bluetooth Accessory

1:00AM May 6, 2010 | Brian Barrett

The i-Limb bionic hand has always been a favourite around here, and it keeps getting better. Today, Touch Bionics announced that they’ve enhanced their incredibly capable prosthesis with the i-Limb Pulse. It’s got better gripping action, thanks to Bluetooth-enabled software. More »

Geek Out

The Faces That Belong To Famous Hands

12:40PM March 11, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Hand models have it pretty good, don’t they? Show up, hold something for a few hours, collect cheques, repeat. It’s such a sweet gig, there’s gotta be something wrong with them, right? Wait… they’re all attractive, too? Well nuts. More »

Robots Making Your Food

2:40PM February 25, 2010 | Jason Chen

This sushi-making robot, along with the Okonomiyaki robot and the omelet robot, aren’t new, but they are featured in this NYT story about chef robots to get you up to speed on machine-prepared cuisine. More »

Gadgets

Potato Chip Hand Solves The Chip/Keyboard Problem Japanese Style

6:10AM January 22, 2010 | Jason Chen

The age old conundrum of how to eat chips at a keyboard without making a giant mess has finally been solved. So how do you keep your hands clean? By using another hand. A robotic hand. More »

Science

Are Trackpads Making Our Hands Mutate?

3:43PM December 22, 2009 | Hemmant Jha

Hemmant Jha recently noticed something odd. Two fingers on his dominant hand are somehow more rigid and firm than any of the others. He suspects that years of two-finger scrolling on his MacBook Pro are the cause. More »

The Robot Uprising Will Begin With A Game Of Catch

4:00AM August 3, 2009 | Jack Loftus

Forget running humanoids, autonomous drones and the like. As this video demonstrates, our future robot masters will in fact disarm us with their lightning reflexes and squishy rubber balls. [YouTube via Geekologie] More »