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U.S. Soldiers Recipients of Newest Prosthetic Technologies
plaastik writes "The next generation of naturalistic and touch-sensitive artificial limbs are being worn by U.S. Soldiers. Instead of the old velcro strap and cup these new models are fused directly to the bone and are controlled by controlled by the wearer's brain. From the article: 'Future prosthetic arms will fuse to existing bone, eliminating the need for awkward attachment systems. These more naturalistic limbs will use bionic nerves attached to natural nerves to send and receive signals from the brain. Chips embedded in the user's brain will help command artificial-muscle-activated, touch-sensitive, fully articulating hands.'"
Every other post that talks about being modded down gets modded up on /. I see it as a cheap tactic to get points regardless of the merit of what is being said.
But then, I'd probably get modded down:P
The US soldiers wouldn't need to be getting new, hi-tech prosthetics if they hadn't been sent into a country illegally by an idiotic President controlled by fascist advisers.