鋼琴大師João Carlos Martins 以巴哈最傑出詮釋者曉諭盛名，過去錄製過最完整的巴哈作品集，但晚年時他的雙手在遭遇多次意外後動了24次手術，從此幾乎所有手指都因神經受損萎縮了，僅剩下“兩根手指”能正常活動；在放棄彈鋼琴之際，工業設計師Ubiratã Bizarro Costa帶著一雙仿生手套找上João Carlos Martins。
仿生手套主要由塑鋼材質3D列印製作而成，且在專業調整後完全依Martins的手部形狀做雛形，能將捲曲的手指撐開，並同時控制向下壓及回彈，讓João Carlos Martins多年後再次能彈上心愛的鋼琴。
Brazilian pianist Joao Carlos Martins poses for pictures wearing bionic gloves at his home in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. Martins, 79, was for decades Brazil’s most acclaimed pianist, but an accident an a degenerative disease forced him to stop playing with both hands since 1998. That changed a few months ago when a new friend came to him with a pair bionic gloves that suit him perfectly. He can now play again with nine out of ten fingers. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
