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The purpose of this article is to show how new technologies can majorly alter the use and the place of human hands, and how this raises issues that would be wrong to neglect, since they concern the profile of future workers, customers and users. First addressed is the place of the hand in human history: its role in the evolution as a marker of identity, and a tool of action, interface and communication. Then summarized is the knowledge on the hand-brain couple. The functions likely to be profoundly modified by technological advances are then adressed: memory, communication, information gathering (tactile), creativity, and know-how. Music and writing are identified for the quality of symbiosis regarding the hand and are addressed in each of the three sections. The concluding comments target six points.
Keywords: Technology news, Nouvelles technologiques, human hand, main humaine, functions, fonctions, transformation, transformation
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