1 / 5   A Chinese man who lost almost the whole of his arms and legs in an explosion has regained partial mobility with help from an advanced artificial hand. The patient named Mr. Liu was given the brain-controlled hand at the Occupational Injury Recovery Hospital in Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong Province. It has 16 grip patterns and allows Liu to control his fingers as he wishes. /VCG photo

2 / 5   Doctors were only able to install a basic prosthesis in place of Liu’s right arm, all of which was lost. But the fact that Liu had a small portion of his left arm remaining allowed them to attach an intelligent bionic hand, controlled by his mind. /VCG photo

3 / 5   The hospital had already customized an electronic wheelchair and artificial legs for Liu, and then trained him to walk and deal with everyday tasks such as drinking and eating. The new hand can help him grab, scratch and hold things. /VCG photo

4 / 5   He can also type slowly on a computer. /VCG photo

5 / 5   “I am so glad to regain the ability to cope with so many things in my daily life, which was out of my imagination,” Liu told local media. /VCG photo