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4. DEKA Arm System

Among the many cool things that Star Wars has brought into the world over the years, Luke’s prosthetic hand was one of the more practical items. But like most, if not all, inventions from Star Wars, a prosthesis that functions like a real limb was light-years away from becoming a reality.

Everything changed in 2006 when Dean Kamen, the inventor of the Segway, received approval to begin developing such a product. The myoelectrically controlled DEKA Arm System allows prosthetic-wearing veterans to move more naturally by converting the muscle movements detected by the device into motion patterns.