Remember at the end of “The Empire Strikes Back” when Darth Vader lops off Luke Skywalker’s hand? Just before the credits roll we see Luke in a medical bay with a droid testing the reflex sensitivity of an easily attached, new bionic hand. That science fiction always seemed awfully convenient. He could bounce back from dismemberment that easily? Well as of this week, reality is one step closer to that convenience.

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