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Climbing 103 Floors On a 'Bionic' Leg

Posted by timothy on from the holy-moley! dept.

An anonymous reader writes "4 years ago I read about experimental targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) surgery on Slashdot. 3 years ago I crashed my motorcycle and had my leg amputated — at which time I had TMR done. Today I climbed 103 floors of the Willis Tower in Chicago with a experimental prosthetic using TMR. Thanks, Slashdot."

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  1. Good Job by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Determination, Strength, and Cool Factor.

    You rock dude, I tip my hat.

    1. Re:Good Job by partyguerrilla · · Score: 5, Funny

      I could walk up those stairs and with a bionic leg it would be even easier.

      He never asked for this.

  2. No, by tfocker4 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Thank you anonymous reader. No one could rightfully call you an anonymous coward.

  3. Post 911 by Anne_Nonymous · · Score: 5, Funny

    You were in the stairwell of a major landmark building, with a strange device strapped to your body? You must be a terrorist.

  4. Re:None of those stupid keyboard/computer jokes by mwvdlee · · Score: 5, Funny

    Which of his legs was bionically enhanced, his left, right or third?

    Also, FWIW, I have both my legs and wouldn't make it up those 103 stairs.

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  5. Enhanced robotics training by foniksonik · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Wondering if the data collected from this cyborg (yes dude you're now a cyborg), could also be useful as training data for independent robotics.

    Have you ever thought of open sourcing your leg data :) Could be a huge contribution to OSS robotics. Maybe get other's with prosthetics to contribute as well; arm, hands, feet.

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