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Huge Leap Forward In Robotic Limb Replacement

Posted by kdawson on from the arms-and-the-man dept.

BlueshiftVFX sends us to Wired for some video of the impressive, mind-controlled prosthetic robot arm invented by Dean Kamen. "Kamen's arm, dubbed 'Luke' (after Skywalker, I assume), is an incredibly sophisticated bit of engineering that's lightyears ahead of the clamping 'claws' that many amputees are forced to use today. The arm is fully articulated, giving the user the same degrees of movement as a natural arm, and is sensitive enough to pick up a piece of paper, a wineglass, or even a grape without mishap."

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  1. Re:Human Rights Management by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    As some wise /.'er pointed out a while back, democracy means that 51% of the people get to rape the other 49%.

    Democracy is the worst form of government (Winston Churchill & Ben Franklin).

    Democracy has never worked, it does not work now and it never will work. The United States of America is supposed to be a constitutional republic, albeit with a democratic election system, not a straight-up democracy.

    Learn the difference and learn why democracy sucks, because it's what we see in action in the USA today.