Woman with Bionic arm regains sense of touch.

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02-03-2007, 10:39 AM
Dreddz

Woman with Bionic arm regains sense of touch.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../02/warm02.xml
I guess we arent far from what the movies show us.
02-03-2007, 02:12 PM
No.78

Wow, this is real?
02-03-2007, 02:26 PM
Mirage

Yeah, I read about it a few days ago. The next step should be making it a bit prettier, imo.
02-03-2007, 03:15 PM
Madame Adequate

Human science continues to pwn.
02-03-2007, 03:20 PM
Roto13

When they start putting laser cannons in them, I'm getting one.
02-03-2007, 04:09 PM
Old Manus

I bet those things cost an arm and a leg

Sorry.
02-03-2007, 04:19 PM
~*~Celes~*~

I could see the part of her arm where it was amputated.... :barf: :barf:
02-03-2007, 04:28 PM
No.78

It's like full metal alchemist :bigsmile:
02-03-2007, 05:06 PM
oddler

I wonder what would happen if you tried to do pull-ups.
Still, it rocks out.
02-03-2007, 05:25 PM
DK

I would totally ask for a barret arm. That would be so valid
02-03-2007, 05:27 PM
Chloe.

That's kinda scary. :(
02-03-2007, 05:40 PM
Rye

That's just fantastic. Go science. :]
02-03-2007, 06:12 PM
Mirage

Quote:

Originally Posted by ~*~Celes~*~

I could see the part of her arm where it was amputated.... :barf: :barf:

We all could, grow a spine :p.
02-03-2007, 08:27 PM
Dr Aum

Um, is that masking tape that I see holding on the prosthesis?
02-03-2007, 08:30 PM
Sergeant Hartman

I'd want one with a rotating hand.
02-03-2007, 09:47 PM
Madame Adequate

Quote:

Originally Posted by DK

I would totally ask for a barret arm. That would be so valid

And I could get a Dyne arm :jess:

Quote:

Originally Posted by ~*~Celes~*~

I could see the part of her arm where it was amputated.... :barf: :barf:

She has to live with it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr Aum

Um, is that masking tape that I see holding on the prosthesis?

I don't think it's holding the thing on, but it does look like there is some. xD
02-04-2007, 12:36 AM
vorpal blade

Yay science!I wonder if you could give one of those arms some sort of AI.
02-04-2007, 01:11 AM
Vincent, Thunder God

It's amazing; it seems every day there's a new amazing technological advancement.

I'm happy for her, and I hope more people who have tragically lost limbs can also receive a bionic replacement.
02-04-2007, 01:31 AM
Madame Adequate

I wonder if you could trick the brain into thinking it's connected to more than two arms... if so, Goro could rule!

Of course, there are far more interesting things to do than have extra arms.
02-04-2007, 04:19 AM
escobert

She actually doesn't have the only arm like this. I read thing the other day about a guy with a simpiler arm but none the less he was able to control it well with his thoughts. Just no feeling for him.
02-04-2007, 04:24 AM
Mirage

Quote:

Originally Posted by vorpal blade

Yay science!I wonder if you could give one of those arms some sort of AI.

What for?

Quote:

Originally Posted by I'm my own MILF

I wonder if you could trick the brain into thinking it's connected to more than two arms... if so, Goro could rule!

Of course, there are far more interesting things to do than have extra arms.

Doubt it, to what nerves would you connect the extra limb? You'd have to find a few that weren't used for anything else, I'd assume.
02-04-2007, 05:10 AM
Hambone

I like hands. :bigsmile:
02-04-2007, 12:19 PM
No.78

I guess she can't punch people with it though...
02-04-2007, 12:55 PM
Dark Wizard

I wonder how well you could strangle someone with that...
02-04-2007, 02:36 PM
No.78

Hah! She can't leave fingerprints with that arm, imagine the things she could get away with...
02-04-2007, 03:37 PM
Madame Adequate

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mirage

Doubt it, to what nerves would you connect the extra limb? You'd have to find a few that weren't used for anything else, I'd assume.

Well yeah, obviously it's a whole 'nother ball game, but I was just airing the basic idea.
02-04-2007, 03:40 PM
Captain Maxx Power

Quote:

Originally Posted by TrowaBartonIV ^_^

She actually doesn't have the only arm like this. I read thing the other day about a guy with a simpiler arm but none the less he was able to control it well with his thoughts. Just no feeling for him.

That's the big thing, the fact that she's regained feeling in the arm rather than it just being a prosthesis. Since we rely a lot on our sense of touch to co-ordinate our limbs having a "numb" arm that can move is very tricky to use. This on the other hand is much easier for a person to use. It's a two-way street as oppose to a one-way one. Rather than you just telling the arm what to do, the arm's giving you feedback as well.
02-04-2007, 07:47 PM
Jojee

Wth @ the patch of skin on her chest twitching and stuff, that sounds super scary. ._.

Interesting what they can do now, though.
02-05-2007, 08:53 AM
NorthernChaosGod

Looks like I'll be able to have my lightsaber battles and not have to worry as much about losing a hand. :bigsmile:
02-05-2007, 09:11 AM
Monster Hunt

That's great for that woman! :D

But I do wonder how she lost her arm... :(
02-05-2007, 09:22 AM
NorthernChaosGod

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Originally Posted by Monster Hunt

That's great for that woman! :D

But I do wonder how she lost her arm... :(

She was a Marine, I think it's safe to assume it had something to do with that.
02-05-2007, 12:01 PM
Mirage

If you read the article, you'd know she lost it in a motorcycle accident.