Wonder device

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Wonder device

Date4/10/1984

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Dunlop, Al (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Wonder device: This electric hand, with its two fingers and a thumb, allows children to pick up a pencil, eat, brush their teeth and play. It weighs only three ounces and is controlled with electric impulses generated by the flexing of a child's muscle.

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0025601F

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