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The skin over the prosthesis helps double amputees like jason use the app, and he can even customize grip patterns to use tools like his electronic drill. dr. sanjay gupta, cnn reporting. >> amazing, amazing tng. elizabeth smart certainly knows the horror of being a captive but says she cant even imagine what it was like for women held for nine years in cleveland. up next, well ask her if its possible to fully recover. ♪ [ agent smith ] ive found software that intrigues me. it appears its an...

Doesnt do much more than that. >> thats it. >> this is the app here. do you mind if i take a look? >> no. >> you hold this up and, lets see here. >> lets see here. so if i want to -- you have -- >> let me make sure. >> well have you control it a little bit to start. >> i have to use this. >> youre picking up a stylus. is that something you could have done before? >> no. >> thats pretty fine movement there. >> so i would get this into a grip form i wanted. close down on it. i have wrist rotators ...

This is part of a new wave in prosthetic technology. the ilimb ultrarevolution are available to the masses. the uk base developers say its the closest thing to a real human hand. unlike most conventional prosthetics, it has five individually powered fingers, including a fully rotatable thumb. the new app technology allows for 24 grip patterns, movements many of us take for granted like this. a tripod grip to pick up a pen. the skin over the prosthesis helps double amputees like jason use the app...

Life with prosthetics as normal as possible. the first is the i-limb revolution now available to the masses. the uk develop rs say it is the closest thing to a real human hand. unlike most conal prosthetics it has five individually powered fingers including a fully rotatable thumb. the new app technology allows for 24 grip patterns, movements many of us take for granted like this. a tripod grip to pick up a pen. the skin over the prosthesis

Around. okay. >> these also have different -- there are 24 different grip patterns. you can also customize one also. so here is one i have customized. i dont know if you know what that is. thats for louisville. >> as a michigan guy, i know it too well. >> you can play with it if you would like. >> all right. since you have louisville right on there, i love it. lets see. we have candies here on the set. let me see if i can find one to help you open it up. >> you put it in that mode. i have wrist ...

He did not let that new reality get him down. making life with prosthetics as normal as possible. five years now after the accident, koger is embracing another first. hes the first double hand amputee in the world to receive prosthetic hands that can be controlled with a mobile application. this is part of a new wave in prosthetic technology. the eye limb ultra revolution is now available to the masses. its the closest thing to a real human hand. unlike most conventional prosthetics, this hand b...