Roanoke inventor presses on with cheaper bionic prosthetic
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March 12, 2017
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — Lyman Connor can usually be found at a messy workbench on the second floor of an eerily empty downtown Roanoke studio that he calls his "microfactory."
His desk, covered in spare parts, a magnifying glass, wires and soldering gear, used to sit in the sunroom off the back of his house. That's where he worked for three years, trying desperately to invent a cheaper bionic hand for amputees.
These prosthetics can cost tens of thousands of dollars. Connor, a 57-year-old General Electric software engineer, hates the idea that some people might not be able to afford one.
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