Fringe: A Robotic, Prosthetic Hand (a la Darth, Luke, etc)

On last night's episode of Fringe, practically the first thing we see is a gunshot wound victim rolling into the ER, but the nice EMT has a surprise for the doctor: The patient has a robot hand! Yep, erstwhile Massive Dynamic rep Nina Sharp has had her hand hacked off, and in its place Sharp has been granted a robot wrist and hand that was probably last seen attached to an Austrian-accented terminator (when it was wrapped in some manly skin, of course). It's got some nice capabilities, this hand: Sharp has full range of motion and dexterity with her robot fingers, something real-world technology still has not achieved. But for all of Massive Dynamics' evil know-how, they're actually behind the times when it comes some elements of hand technology. The most fascinating robot hand has to be the Shadow Hand, which relies on air compression for its "muscle" power. ...