pianoarm.jpgThat may be one of the best headlines of all time!  And it’s totally true too. 

This article from CNN’s website talks about the scientific achievement.  The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (or, Darpa) has been working on a $55 Million project to create prosthetic limbs capable of performing the same functions of a natural arm, including specific joint movements such as piano playing. 

The project was inspired by returning Iraq war veterans who had lost limbs. 

They hope to petition the Food & Drug Administration by 2009 for clinical trial permissions, with full-scale production of the arm to hopefully follow. 

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