News of the Weird: Man with Mind-Controlled Prosthetic Arm Dies in Crash

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This could also be found under Science is Cool, were it not for the fact that it is also News of the Sad. I had no idea there was any such thing as mind-controlled prosthetics.  To go through a double amputation, get something as amazing and novel as that, and then to still die at 22-years-old? Harsh, man.  Poor guy.

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Austrian Man With Bionic Arm Dies After Car Crash

The first European to use a mind-controlled prosthetic arm died in Austria after crashing his car into a tree.

Christian Kandlbauer, 22, died Thursday in Graz, a city in southern Austria, The Associated Press reported.

Kandlbauer had a prosthetic left arm that he moved simply by thinking. He also wore a normal prosthesis as his right arm. They were fitted after he lost both arms in an accident in 2005. . . 

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