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Page last updated at 10:22 GMT, Sunday, 18 October 2009 11:22 UK

New robotic hand 'can feel'

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A team of scientists from Italy and Sweden has developed what is believed to be the first artificial hand that has feeling.

It has been attached to the arm of a 22-year-old man who lost his own hand through cancer.

Researchers say it works by connecting human nerve endings with tiny electronic sensors.

Duncan Kennedy reports from Tuscany in Italy.

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