Meet the first bionic woman

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September 19, 2006 20:12 IST

Claudia Mitchell demonstrates the functionality of her "bionic arm" during a news conference on September 14, 2006, in Washington, DC.

Mitchell is the first female recipient of a "thought-controlled bionic arm", an advanced prosthesis, developed by the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. 

Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images

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