How a ‘Shark Tank’-winning neuroscientist invented the bionic hand that stole the show at Comic-Con

How a ‘Shark Tank’-winning neuroscientist invented the bionic hand that stole the show at Comic-Con

A gleaming Belle from Beauty and the Beast glided along the exhibition floor at last year’s San Diego Comic-Con adorned in a yellow corseted gown with cascading satin folds. She could barely take two steps before a cluster of little girls stopped her for photos. As she waved one hand, her other delicately held a red flower with mechanized fingers. The kids stared. It’s not every day you see a fairy-tale princess with a cybernetic hand. Disney me…