Hero Arm: world's first medically approved 3D printed bionic arm

[Sankari]

https://openbionics.com/hero-arm/

Only available in the UK at this stage. Costs ~£2,000. Weighs less than 1kg; can pick up 8kg.

 

[Roar87]

It occurs to me that at some not-so-distance point in time, the arms and legs they can create for people missing them will actually be superior to normal arms and legs. So how long will it be before we're living in Deus Ex?

 

[RaohNS]

Iron Warrior will love that robot porn is a step closer (#MeToo for that matter jk)

 

[Minusorange]

Only available in the UK at this stage. Costs ~£2,000. Weighs less than 1kg; can pick up 8kg.

Says it's open source too so you could technically make one yourself if you had the skills and a 3 printer

Unfortunately they don't seem to have source files up though They do however have the files for their bionic hand - https://openbionicslabs.com/shop/brunel-hand (scroll to bottom)

I wonder if they could get better functioning arms/hands and easier learning intuition from the users by using neural impulse actuators instead of relying on muscle responses ?

 

[Terminal_Boy]

It occurs to me that at some not-so-distance point in time, the arms and legs they can create for people missing them will actually be superior to normal arms and legs. So how long will it be before we're living in Deus Ex?

The problem with making artificial limbs stronger and faster than the originals is that you end up transferring excessive loads to the wearer's skeleton and that won't end well.

 

[Sankari]

So how long will it be before we're living in Deus Ex?

The day they create bionic boobs is the day I instigate a violent insurrection against the tech industry.

#LeaveBoobsAlone
#AllBoobsMatter

 

[adolf hamster]

looks good, nice to see something like this hopefully becoming more mainstream

 

[The_Abyss]

This is very, very cool - such a great enabler for people, especially younger people still growing who need to change artificial limbs far more regularly.

 

[hux]

Old tech now, saw the video ages ago.

Newer prosthetics are tied into the nervous system.

 

[Destination]

I think the featured article is what the kid on the one show had last night.
Sitting beside a bloke who has the one tied to his nervous system, or pec and del muscles iirc.
Was an interesting segment.

 

[NoobCannon]

No doubt we will see these in the next battlfield ww2 game

 

[Dis86]

No doubt we will see these in the next battlfield ww2 game

Along with the bi-trans-nonbinary-genderfluid frontline combat soldiers from Peru?

 

[Tek81]

It occurs to me that at some not-so-distance point in time, the arms and legs they can create for people missing them will actually be superior to normal arms and legs. So how long will it be before we're living in Deus Ex?

I'm going off on a bit of a tangent here, but I never understood why so many people in the DE universe were amputees. Even considering the possible benefits afforded by having a super-duper bionic arm, surely most people would prefer their natural limbs?

 

[NoobCannon]

Along with the bi-trans-nonbinary-genderfluid frontline combat soldiers from Peru?

And those who identify as attack helicopters, or are you a heliracist

 

[hyperseven]

The problem with making artificial limbs stronger and faster than the originals is that you end up transferring excessive loads to the wearer's skeleton and that won't end well.

NP a quick infusion of Adamantium to the old skeleton and jobs a gud un.

 

[Angilion]

Good advertising, but how well does the product work? That point isn't really addressed. Even their website is more concerned about case covers than functionality. I suppose that makes sense as they're primarily marketing it to children as a fashion item, but I think functionality would be rather important to anyone who had a use for the product.

Even if it works only fairly well, that very low weight and cost would make it a very good thing.

Old tech now, saw the video ages ago.

Newer prosthetics are tied into the nervous system.

Yes, but they don't cost £2000. The cutting edge stuff can't be bought at any price because it's not yet a product. I've seen video of an entirely mind-controlled artificial arm with strength and speed at the high end of human normal, an even higher range of motion than human normal and a fully functional sense of touch on the finger and thumb tips. With not much training, the wearer's brain integrated it into their proprioception, i.e. it became their arm. That's spectacular...but it's a prototype and it required a specialised amputation operation by a specialised surgeon to make the stump suitable for the artificial arm and several specialised engineers to customise the arm and software to suit that specific person. It's not available at any price now and when it does become available it will cost a great deal more than £2000...and it will probably be "old tech" by then in the sense that there will probably be a prototype of something better.

The problem with making artificial limbs stronger and faster than the originals is that you end up transferring excessive loads to the wearer's skeleton and that won't end well.

That's true, but there are some other options for the "superior to normal arms and legs" idea.

Reading through the advertising spiel for this product shows the beginning of a simple example of that - this product has a greater degree of wrist movement than a human wrist. Being able to rotate your wrist 180 degrees so that your hand faces the opposite way and is still fully functional is superior to human normal and there are probably some situations in which it would be useful. A more advanced artificial arm could have more advantages in terms of possible ranges and types of movement.

Locking grip and precisely controlled amount of grip could be useful superior functionality in some circumstances, even if the amount of force applied by the grip isn't higher than normal human grip strength. Higher than normal human grip strength could also be possible, since that load wouldn't be transferred to the wearer's skeleton.

Increased resistance to damage is another possibility, essentially making the artificial limb armour/protective clothing. Current ones are too fragile for that, but it's a possibility for the "superior to normal arms and legs" idea without making them stronger and faster than the originals. Being able to hold very hot objects, put your arm in fire or in corrosive substances isn't likely to be useful very often but it is superior to a normal arm and might sometimes be of some use in an emergency.

On a lighter note (but probably one that would be much more useful to many more people) - integrated "phone" holder.

 

[Sankari]

Newer prosthetics are tied into the nervous system.

Which is fine for those who can afford it. This one is cheaper to buy, easier to fit, and still does a great job. It's a terrific breakthrough.

 

[Sankari]

Good advertising, but how well does the product work?

If you go to their YouTube channel you'll see they have videos where it's tested and working very well.

 

[Diddums]

So when you're jacking one off does it feel like someone else is doing it?








(18 posts and no reference to fapping, you're falling apart GD)

 

[MatsyLR]

It will eventually get to a point where one of these is better than a real arm.
Question is would able bodied people be able to get there arm amputated willingly and replaced with one of these? There would be plenty of people who would want to do it.