This hand looks like it could belong to either Edward Scissorhands, Freddy Krueger or Wolverine.
It's actually US Ambassador Mark Lippert, who is recovering from injuries he suffered when a madman attacked him last month in Seoul with a 10-inch knife.
Lippert, 42, who was slashed in the face and left hand, recently went bionic – ditching his regular splint and getting fitted with a sci-fi-worthy exoskeletal contraption, ABC News reported.
The brace allows him to flex his hand, which sustained nerve and possible tendon damage.
"It is a dynamic splint that allows movement of my hand while immobilizing my wrist," the dauntless diplomat wrote on Facebook. "In this way, I can strengthen my hand through motion while simultaneously supporting my fingers. It is an amazing apparatus, one I haven't seen before – so innovative and creative."
He wrote that the splint was custom made at Severance Hospital in South Korea.
"It is very comfortable and has made a huge difference in my recovery as I am able to hold things in my hand," he added. "This is of particular importance when I am walking Grigsby, as I often need two hands to manage Grigsby!"
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Even his social media pals were impressed.
"Very Wolverine like but amazing technology," Robert Camacho wrote on his Facebook page.
"Ambassador Lippert, yours is a magnificent "Iron Man" appliance," gushed Mayer Max.
And Nick Dowling offered some dubious advice: "If you ever wanted to intimidate in a bar fight, now's the time."
The splint – which features a wrist brace and metal spokes attached to his fingers – is similar to devices worn by some stroke victims, said Vanderbilt University engineering Professor Michael Goldfarb, who has built similar devices in the US, but not Lippert's.
Goldfarb said such devices allow patients to open their hands.
"The nerves that help him grasp things to close his hand are probably unaffected by the injury," he said. "But the nerves that help him open his hand were probably damaged."
If his nerves are fully cut, Lippert may need to wear the brace permanently, he said. If not, it may take months for the nerves to heal.
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