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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."
I'm married to an amputee, and I am not happy with the current administration's use of my tax dollars going to the other side of the world to cause a ruckus. It's nice that the government is finally supporting work in this area. It's one good outcome from this ill-conceived war.
The determined Real Programmer can write Fortran programs in any language.
No, it was a clear Kharma-whoring sneak-in. It's just a "joke" because he got caught. I, too, don't understand the why though. It's not like there's a number anymore, or that it's hard to get Excellent Kharma. All you gotta do is like five posts or so that people find useful.
If you think your kharma is too low, just refrain from posting unless you have something to say. Even things that are counter to the "groupthink" get modded up if they're at least one of well-written, insightful, or refrain from excessive name-calling.
Can you be Even More Awesome?!
have less wars.
Of course it's possible. War has always driven technology development in various fields, including medical applications.