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DARPA's Artificial Arm Comes With VR Training
An anonymous reader writes "The first prototype of an artificial limb commissioned by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency can reportedly be controlled naturally, provide sensory feedback and allows for eight degrees of freedom — way beyond the current state of the art for prosthetic limbs. Oh yeah, it also has its own VR environment to learn how to use it."
cost me a leg?
:)
*wonk wonk wonk*
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There are probably a few geeks out there considering amputating their own arm so they getting one of these prosthetics to play with.
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What truth?
There is no dupe
Will the VR environment help you play doom?
Will it be programmed to prevent the wearer from going on a shooting rampage?
If the wearer uses it to masturbate, does they violate any laws?
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I think I would want to know what those eight degrees are before signing up. I mean, if they're all the normal articulation points, plus rotations and open/closing the hand, cool. If maybe two are motion and the rest are crap like the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press and so on...well, I don't want to give an opening for these to go from Robot-arm servants to Robot-arm overlords. And letting our arms get their fair say in the media is only the first step...
Start a new "arms" race...
Very sorry, had to say it.
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Ah, okay. Maybe I haven't been around here long enough to realize it :)
FYI: I don't know what you guys are talking about half the time.
would be a virtual circle jerk?
Luke Skywalker's replacement right duelling hand. Optional black glove accessory. Lightsaber not included.
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If it has eight degrees of freedom or whatever, it'd be neat if it had a USB port so while you were asleep you could rent it out to do CNC work, have it do your homework, feed the cat, tidy your room etc. Step right up folks. See the human XY plotter. Dang you could carve good statues! Eventually if they become common enough we might see them available on eBay "second hand". Who's that sponsoring the development? The "army"?
Damn, your doctor must be good to deserve a capitalised He :)
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