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Man Demonstrates His New Bionic Hand
digitaldc writes with this excerpt from the BBC:
"Last year, Patrick, a 24-year-old Austrian, decided to have his dysfunctional hand amputated and replaced with a bionic hand. He lost the use of his left hand after being electrocuted at work. Here he demonstrates the extra movement his new bionic hand has given him, opening a bottle and tying his shoelaces, and tests a prototype hand which will give him additional wrist movement."
Score +1 for George Lucas' foresight, further proof that 'The Empire Strikes Back' is the best move of all time...OF ALL TIME! ;)
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"Electrocute" means "kill by electricity".
I think you mean "shocked."
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While I applaud the medical benefits of this research, I worry about the implications. If this becomes cost effective, insurance will strong arm people into replacement surgery instead of giving them a helping hand.
tests a prototype hand which will give him additional wrist movement
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The summary (and later in the article):
He lost the use of his left hand after being electrocuted at work.
The article:
The patient, a Serbian national who has lived in Austria since childhood, suffered injuries to a leg and shoulder when he skidded off his motorcycle and smashed into a lamppost in 2001 while on holiday in Serbia.
Milo used a hybrid hand before deciding on the operation
While the leg healed, what is called a "brachial plexus" injury to his right shoulder left his right arm paralysed. Nerve tissue transplanted from his leg by Professor Aszmann restored movement to his arm but not to his hand.
I don't get it. Are they talking about two different people in the same article? They seem to be referencing the same person, but for some reason writing two articles on the same page about it.
I'm confused, I think.
Am I the only one who finds that kind of disappointing? Had he chopped off a perfectly good hand in favor of bionics he would have been king of the geeks for at least a day.
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My guess is six million dollars.
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Reminds me of Deus Ex and Sarif Industries video that Edios just put out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWmeBeRb1RY&feature=player_embedded
What kind of WPM can he get with that thing?
but the next thing you know, he'll be fighting off fembots with bigfoot.
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Not quite as awesome as the augmentations in the latest Deus Ex installment, but we're getting pretty damn close.
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is when it has sufficient dexterity that he can masturbate with it. (Sorry, but it had to be said...)
Steve Austin really had the show stolen from him when Luke Skywalker showed up.
By crushing the esophagus of the doctor that gave it to him and laughing maniacally.
Can he use his new robotic hand to deploy and build mini-sentries?
I've got a fever and the only prescription is more COBOL.
Bionic hand - that is OK and could do many people a lot of good, but how long do we have until a bionic head gets installed? And what would s bionic head mean? For me - abandon ship, abandon ship...
Wow this guy would be the king of using screwdrivers. Lucky bastard.
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Practice on a hotdog first.
that's one of the great things to slashdotters about getting fitted with one of these, it'll be let getting a handjob *from someone else*. A living hand you have to make numb first!
I have had a thought in the back of my head ever since I had started hearing about these prostetic arms. :) :)
How long before someone will use it as a third upper limb? The brain should(?) be able to integrate this after some training.
You could attach it above the waist or somehow above your shoulder.
Imagine typing with 2 hands and speaking on the phone or puring your self a glass of water
Yes, I'd try one
If I'm thinking of this, I can't be the only one. Should be easier to try than implanting a web cam in the back of your head.
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His hand is "robotic". He is "bionic".
It must feel amazing to all of a sudden have the ability to move and act back.
I am happy for him and wish he could have had his own hand fully working. But as a minimun shouldn't you get the ability to crush metal in your bare hand as a side benefit. And I don't mean a coke can.
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More limber at least. Can you imagine freaking people out at a restaurant by making your hand spin?
Go go gadget vomit inducer!
From a section of the text article (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13273348) addressing "Milo", the latest recipient of this type of operation (not the guy shown in the video article):
"But Professor Aszmann has faced opposition in some quarters, with senior colleagues even requesting he cancel this latest operation - requests the professor promptly rejected."
The Professor's reason for continuing seemed interesting for me - "Milorad is now 26 years old and he wants to go on with his life. To biologically reconstruct a hand for him would be a never-ending story and in the end he would still have a non-functional hand."
So, they could maybe have tried to fix his real hand but that would have resulted in a lower quality of life due to the process taking longer and having less certain results. The bionic replacement just speeds up the process of getting some functionality back vs trying to fix what's already there.
Harder.
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I think I just found his theme song :)
(Info: Romeo Knight's remix of Bionic Commando stage 1 music)
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I live with Poland's Syndrome and (even though I love life and would hate to have something harder to deal with) I would love to be able to replace my non-functioning side with this.
Yes, I have a hand and arm, but I can't wait till the day when I can use it like everyone else.
I just hope they have all the connecting bits strong enough. Not having full use of that side of my body for so many years has to be compensated for in order to account for the extra strain.
I imagine that Austrian guy must be ecstatic to be able to open a bottle or tie his shoes again.
Cheers! I wish him only the best!
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Before the first operation, the professor held a symposium to discuss the procedure, to which senior surgeons and a theologian were invited.
A theologian? What?
Now we have a method for high tech fapping!
The guy is actually pretty fit too... I guess he is now the perfect boyfriend for any geek deep into science fiction.
If one was the mechanical or handyman type it could have the screwdriver/nutdriver version :) Instead of flex and open/close it would do left/right and magnetize/demagnetize. Give em time and the hand should be removable while the sensors stay put making it easy. Even simpler: add an attachement for the middle finger :O
I probably should not suggest the impact wrench option around you folks tho ;p
... "additional wrist movement". I wonder if it's been genuinely tested as of yet.
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4 219 409 Euro is more likely :)
Cause that sounds like a pretty cool hand. If he'd been, he could've gotten a pretty nifty nickname, like say... Cool Hand Luke?
Oh, right. You were probably going for the Star Wars reference.
His girlfriend discovered it could be programmed to operate without being attached to him. She now refuses to answer his calls, and won't return the hand.