Touch Bionics

Owensboro is home to Jason Koger, a bilateral amputee who recently made national headlines when he acquired two brand new bionic hands from Touch Bionics.  Now, our version of The Six Million Dollar Man has a new female counterpart.  Meet Aimee Copeland, The Bionic Woman.  Aimee lost her hands due to a deadly, flesh-eating bacteria.  But, thanks to the same cutting-edge technology that has given J

When I was a kid, I loved watching The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman.  I remember thinking how cool it would be to have a bionic leg or bionic hearing or a bionic arm.  While he never in a million years thought he would have a Steve Austin or Jamie Sommers-style accident and end up with bionic limbs (he was electrocuted), Owensboro's Jason Koger is enjoying his brand new bionic hands