The prosthetic limb market has seen very little innovation since almost its inception. Prosthetics provide necessary balance and stability to those without the corresponding limb, but they are brutally stationary. When we think of pirates with their wooden peg-legs, or Olympic athletes sporting their curved “blade runners”, and any other replacement limb, we basically think of dead weight. The prosthetic is immensely helpful, but it can’t move and, compared to the original, fully-functional limb, it is quite sad. But this market is finally changing with the Esper Hand. In an article in Time Magazine, Leslie Dickstein says, “Esper Bionic’s prosthetic hand is the first AI powered, cloud-based, robotic prosthetic that gets smarter over time. I love the next sentence: “Esper Bionics CEO and co-founder Dima Gazda, a medical doctor and engineer, sees the prosthetic market as ripe for disruption—and setting the stage for a bionic future.” Using AI and the vast amount of technological resources available, Esper Bionics have built a hand that moves like a human hand and evolves to better help the user the more he or she uses it. When I went to their site, the first thing Esper says about the company is fascinating. They state that “Human augmentation is set to transform the way we live, enhancing our physical abilities and unlocking longer lifespans. We are building the first bionic ecosystem of connected devices to push the boundaries of human potential.” I think this market is begging for innovation and I believe Esper Bionics is the company to provide it. What do you think?