First bionic thought powered arm!

Red and White · 15 Sep 2006 at 10:09

amazing stuff this.

story here

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13542653,00.html

video here

http://news.sky.com/skynews/video/videoplayer/0,,30000-bionic_p20939,00.html

wesley · 15 Sep 2006 at 10:12

wondered how many strokes per min it can do

Red and White · 15 Sep 2006 at 10:14

wesley said:
wondered how many strokes per min it can do

dunno if she'll be able to swim in it tho, might not like getting wet

Artemic · 15 Sep 2006 at 10:19

Just saw that myself. Fantastic stuff...

Could even restore her sense of touch :eek:

Fubsy · 15 Sep 2006 at 10:34

Incredible.

Messiah Khan · 15 Sep 2006 at 10:36

Technically not the first thought powered arm though is it? I thought the guy sat next to her was the first, as he received his about a year ago. Still amazing though, and they can only get better from here.

james.miller · 15 Sep 2006 at 10:36

they tried that on starbug. It didnt work too well

jokes aside though, that is actually incredible work.

stuppy · 15 Sep 2006 at 11:07

Terminators are getting closer and closer to being created.

TheMagicPirate · 15 Sep 2006 at 11:13

Just seen this on ITV, thought it was bloody amazing.

She had so much control of the arm, she was seen building blocks and stuff with it.

daveyj27 · 15 Sep 2006 at 11:28

messiah khan said:
Technically not the first thought powered arm though is it? I thought the guy sat next to her was the first, as he received his about a year ago.

It's the first case of a woman receiving a bionic limb, I believe.

red11 · 15 Sep 2006 at 11:34

*Must resist bringing up recent limb losing news story*

Bah too late..

But on a serious note, that's quite impressive.

Plunk13 · 15 Sep 2006 at 11:58

Maybe not terminators, but cyborgs yes. US military for sure will be interested in it. And ROBOCOP for the win

Can't see it ever being available on the NHS though.

kaiowas · 15 Sep 2006 at 12:16

Plunk13 said:
Maybe not terminators, but cyborgs yes. US military for sure will be interested in it. And ROBOCOP for the win

The former US Marine....

It is hoped hundreds of American soldiers who have lost limbs in Iraq and Afghanistan will benefit from the revolutionary treatment.

Those 2 quotes from the article would suggest to me that the US military have had quite a lot to do with it....

Spacky · 15 Sep 2006 at 12:18

Plunk13 said:
Maybe not terminators, but cyborgs yes. US military for sure will be interested in it. And ROBOCOP for the win

Can't see it ever being available on the NHS though.

Thats amazing, wonder if you can download firmware updates

20 years from now I can imagine getting emails with

*increase your bionic penis click here*

(not there is anything wrong with it at the moment, but I will be 20 years older then)

Beren · 15 Sep 2006 at 12:21

US using this...
Sorry but I now have the image of the sergeant on starship troopers... who is sending them on their way at the beginning of the film.
"Mobile Infantry made me the man I am today!"
As he pushes away from his desk with metal arm and two replacement legs as I recall.

Red and White · 15 Sep 2006 at 13:13

Beren said:
US using this...
Sorry but I now have the image of the sergeant on starship troopers... who is sending them on their way at the beginning of the film.
"Mobile Infantry made me the man I am today!"
As he pushes away from his desk with metal arm and two replacement legs as I recall.

dont think he has any legs

Gman · 15 Sep 2006 at 13:30

anyone else having problems viewing this video ?, tried in firefox, IE and opera and it won't start playing in any

iCraig · 15 Sep 2006 at 13:34

Truly amazing. Another barrier broken.

Glaucus · 15 Sep 2006 at 13:36

Plunk13 said:
Maybe not terminators, but cyborgs yes. US military for sure will be interested in it. And ROBOCOP for the win

Can't see it ever being available on the NHS though.

Nah I think exoskeletons will be more of an interest than cyborgs.

This certainly is the way forward. No reason why you can't make legs, feet.

That combined with the eye implant which allows blind people to see, we are coming into a new age.

Plunk13 · 15 Sep 2006 at 13:46

Interesting point though - we've now entered an age where we have tapped into the power of the brain - we can us the nerve impulses (or whatever) to control an external device, i.e. this bionic arm. So the possibilies are endless. Mind controlled cars etc. It'll be a USB connection to begin with, but soon* it'll go wireless

(*after service packs, patches etc)