`Bionic' Arm Brings Back Sense of Touch

bdcrazy writes "Two way communication with prosthetic devices allows man who lost both arms in an accident to feel hot and cold, to sense objects and to actually move the prosthetic device to pick things up and put them down. "

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What does this mean to biotechnology?

[pestilence669]

I keep wondering if advances in prothetics will slow research into regrowing limbs. Once the replacement becomes better than the real thing, will people trade in their real arms for fake ones?

Re:Yes but...

[koreaman]

Supposedly they found his penis and put it back on. This according to the article you linked. I've heard of not R'ing TFA, but you should at least R your OWN TFA.

Re:Prosthetic brain?

[Darth_brooks]

More like one of those instants where your brain, while processing the signals you've just sent to your appendages, says to itself:

Fuck. This guy's an idiot.

I've done stupid things with electricty. Similar things. Not once, but twice, I've touched both metal ends of a Flourescent light tube while the light was on. Once while a box cutter was in my hand, touching the metal end of one of the lights. Not me showing off being an idiot, just having one of those beautiful moments where Darwin should have taken over. My hands got moving faster than my mind could slow them down.

This guy was probably up on a cherry picker. His weight shifted, a gust of wind came along, etc and as he started to fall his insticts yelled:

GRAB SOMETHING!

meanwhile his mind, not really paying attention sees what's happening and says:

Nono don't grab th.....nevermind.

Yeah, the guy probably screwed up somewhere down the line but Shit will invariably, consistently, and always, Happen.