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Bionic Arm Provides Hope for Amputees

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the thinking-differently dept.

Static-MT writes to mention a CNN article about what doctors are referring to as the first thought-controlled artificial limb. Arm owner Jesse Sullivan has two prosthetic limbs, and the left one is an advanced prototype in development by the folks at DARPA. From the article: "Sullivan's bionic arm represents an advance over typical artificial arms, like the right-arm prosthesis he uses, which has a hook and operates with sequential motions. There is no perceivable delay in the motions of Sullivan's flesh-colored, plastic-like left arm. Until now, it has been nearly impossible to recreate the subtle and complex motion of a human arm."

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  1. So he's no longer... by Kingrames · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...Mostly 'armless?

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    1. Re:So he's no longer... by PrescriptionWarning · · Score: 2, Funny

      Ya gotta hand it to em, it was funny

    2. Re:So he's no longer... by Darth_brooks · · Score: 3, Funny

      Easy. He just uses his right arm to put on his left, then his left arm to put on his right. Duh.

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  2. DARPA funds some cool technologies. by KIFulgore · · Score: 2, Funny

    I approve of this little internet thing of theirs too (sorry Al).

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    1. Re:DARPA funds some cool technologies. by mordors9 · · Score: 3, Funny

      The geeks back in the lab couldn't get a date, wanted to keep both hands on the keyboard, so they thought.... hmmm "how about a thought controlled body part to pleasure myself." Of course being geeks they decided on a hand....

  3. Hear hear by OSS_ilation · · Score: 5, Funny

    Lets give this guy a hand.

  4. Thought-controlled? by payndz · · Score: 2, Funny

    But does he have to "theeeenk in Rrrrrussian"?

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  5. And it only cost 6 million dollars... by MrSenile · · Score: 4, Funny

    We can rebuild him.

    Rebuild him... better... stronger... faster...

    1. Re:And it only cost 6 million dollars... by fobbman · · Score: 4, Funny

      If this arm doesn't make that cool "neh neh neh neh" bionic noise already, they should add it.

  6. The Singularity is Near by SevenHands · · Score: 3, Funny

    I am AllStar, A Robot. I can put my arm back on. You can too!

    Ahhh, childhood memories...

  7. Oblig. by Klowner · · Score: 4, Funny

    And that's why you ALWAYS leave a note.

  8. Marital aide? by PIPBoy3000 · · Score: 2, Funny

    What if he thinks "vibrate quickly"?

  9. Re:The next step by dr_dank · · Score: 2, Funny

    the same re-wiring of nerves to the pectoral muscle can be used for feedback. In the case of the female patient, she has two fingers worth of touch,

    So when you shake her bionic hand, she feels it on her chest?

    Oh man, this is gonna be good...

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  10. Re:hope? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Amputees are not hopeless, they can do most things you and I can do, and frankly some of them (my friend included) put their two-limb friends to shame with their dexterity.

    Well that's not fair...comparing (single?) amputees to people with only two limbs. How do they fare against those with four limbs?