Flesh-eating bacteria amputee Aimee Copeland now uses the latest technology in prosthetic hands to chop vegetables , pick up tiny items like Skittles , and comb and iron press her hair . With the bionic hands , Copeland is looking forward to cleaning her house -- she 's a neat freak , she tells CNN -- and cooking her own food . She 's something of a foodie but has been able to eat only microwaveable foods , she adds . `` I really want to be able to get back in the kitchen and start cooking some delicious vegetarian meals for myself , '' she said as she used the hands in a demonstration for media outlets this week . `` It just mimics so well a natural hand that it really just reminds me of before the accident , how I would have done things , '' she added . `` I never thought I would actually be able to hold a knife and cut something . That 's just incredible . '' Family counters flesh-eating bacteria with faith . The `` i-limb ultra revolution '' hands can cost up to $ 120,000 each , said a spokesman for manufacturer Touch Bionics . Copeland demonstrated the prosthetic hands at the firm 's office in Hilliard , Ohio , showing how hand positions can also be remotely set with an iPad application using a blue-tooth connection . The `` bioism '' software can also be downloaded to an iPhone and iPod , the spokesman said . On May 1 , 2012 , Copeland , a University of West Georgia graduate student , was outdoors with friends at the Little Tallapoosa River , about 50 miles west of Atlanta when the homemade zip line she was holding snapped . She fell and got a gash in her leg that required 22 staples to close . Three days later , still in pain , she went to an emergency room , and doctors eventually determined she had necrotizing fasciitis caused by the flesh-devouring bacteria Aeromonas hydrophila . Doctors performed amputations to save her life . She lost parts of all limbs : her hands , a leg and a foot . After the surgery , her family home in Snellville , just east of Atlanta , added a 1,956-square-foot `` Aimee 's Wing , '' donated by a builder . In other upcoming milestones , Copeland , whose story raised the nation 's awareness of flesh-eating bacteria , will receive a service dog this summer , when she will work with amputee children in a wilderness camp . She is hoping to receive a prosthetic leg later this year as well . Walking will be a dream come true , she said . Copeland is working to complete her master 's degree before the end of the year . Surviving a flesh-eating disease .
Aimee Copeland receives bionic hands that cost up to $ 100,000 each . Score: 6 ` It just mimics so well a natural hand , '' Copeland says . The multiple amputee says she 's looking forward to cleaning house and cooking . She will work with amputee children in a summer camp .