Animation: 

 Modeled in Softimage XSI and rendered in two passes using ocular occlusion to simulate global lighting.  Uses some inverse kinematics to move the arm.  Video compositing was done with Jashaka.

Links:

·        Flash animation and interactive 3D graphics done with action script see the top left flash object at http://smartwaytobuild.com/

Sample animated gifs:

·        Additional gifs