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Man Controls Cybernetic Hand With Thoughts

Posted by Soulskill on from the i-thought-john-connor-destroyed-that-thing dept.

MaryBethP writes "Scientists in Italy announced Wednesday that Pierpaolo Petruzziello, a 26-year-old Italian who had lost his left forearm in a car accident, was successfully linked to an artificial limb that was controlled by electrodes implanted in his arm and connected to the median and ulnar nerves. He has learned to control the artificial limb with his mind. According to CNet, Petruzziello says he could feel sensations in it, as if the lost arm had grown back again. The BBC has a brief video showing the arm in operation."

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  1. Thank goodness by DrMrLordX · · Score: 3, Funny

    At least we now know the identity of Dr. Claw and why he was able to leave his arm with a bomb in an armchair like in the intro. But will Gadget ever figure it out? Probably not.

  2. That second link by Vyse+of+Arcadia · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Scientists go out on limb and declare robot hand a success"

    C'mon, that's terrible even by my standards!

    1. Re:That second link by benjamindees · · Score: 5, Funny

      You have to hand it to them though, I think they really pulled it off!

      --
      "I assumed blithely that there were no elves out there in the darkness"
  3. This raises important questions... by monkeySauce · · Score: 4, Funny

    Like, will it still count as masturbation if he uses the cybernetic hand?

    And, can they give you control without feeling sensation? Because that would totally feel like somebody else's hand...

    1. Re:This raises important questions... by Solandri · · Score: 2, Funny

      And, can they give you control without feeling sensation? Because that would totally feel like somebody else's hand...

      Heck, go whole hog. Have two amputees chatting with each other via webcams connect to each other's artificial arm over the Internet. Cybersex will never be the same.

    2. Re:This raises important questions... by Dekker3D · · Score: 3, Funny

      ah, they can rebuild it. they have the technology! in other news: OUCH!

  4. God moved the hand by Admiral+Ag · · Score: 2, Funny

    More proof that God synchronizes mental and physical events. Substance dualists rejoice! ;)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occasionalism

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    "by that I mean people who don't sit on slashdot all day wondering why everyone else isn't building robots" DECS
  5. Scary headlines... by Genda · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm still waiting for the newspaper headlines reporting a nose-picking fatality caused by a short in the sensing circuits!!!