MOCISKAI, Lithuania, Feb 18, 2015 (AFP) - Martynas Girulis cannot stop moving. He forks a few potatoes onto his plate, pours himself a glass of water, drinks it through a straw, then gets right back up.
This is new. The 21-year-old Lithuanian was born with a neuromuscular disease that left him unable to use his arms. But just last year he got a bionic arm, which he controls with his brain, after undergoing surgery his Austrian doctor calls the first of its kind.
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