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This page is a collection of prosthetic arm concepts that represent what is NOT available. Fueled by science fiction and the fictionalization of science, prosthetic arms have been imagined as being capable of all kinds of things that they are not. Yet. These examples represent arms that would be great to have, if they existed.

Hans Huseklepp's [WWW]Immaculate Prosthetics Arm is an industrial design concept speced in corian, with ball joints powered by... TBD.

The [WWW]iArm (not to be confused with the iHand, iLimb, or the Intelligent arm) is a video short featuring industrial design of a similar looking arm by Frank Kleemann, at the Stuttgart Media University, as part of a school project.

This arm is even more a fantasy arm then either of the others, in that it is not even presented a if it's a real product. It's an entry into a Worth1000Words contest, [WWW]Future Glimpse 6. As the creator, fishdaddy, puts it, "When your all-in-one prosthetic arm's alert light goes on you are in a tight spot." In some sense, it's probably more realistic, because it shows a user fixing an arm that is [WWW]displaying the blue screen of death on the heads up display.

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