Comments on: Amazing footage of next generation prosthetic arm http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/amazing-footage-of-n.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: cinemajay http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/amazing-footage-of-n.html#comment-917766 cinemajay Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917766 What if I want to use them as <i><b>extra</b></i> arms? Can that happen? What if I want to use them as extra arms? Can that happen?

]]> By: x4e71 http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/amazing-footage-of-n.html#comment-917769 x4e71 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917769 Mind controlled prosthetic arms are already in use. Search for "First Mind-Controllable Artificial Arm Gives Hope of Independence" on youtube. (As it happens, the first receiver -- featured in this video --, died today as a consequence of an accident he had a few days ago.) Mind controlled prosthetic arms are already in use. Search for “First Mind-Controllable Artificial Arm Gives Hope of Independence” on youtube. (As it happens, the first receiver — featured in this video –, died today as a consequence of an accident he had a few days ago.)

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/amazing-footage-of-n.html#comment-918058 Lobster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918058 Does the coffee bean have to be chocolate-covered? Does the coffee bean have to be chocolate-covered?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/amazing-footage-of-n.html#comment-917807 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917807 Love the name: the inventor is obviously a movie buff as well. Love the name: the inventor is obviously a movie buff as well.

]]> By: mincus http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/amazing-footage-of-n.html#comment-917828 mincus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917828 Heard a great TED talk with him discussing the emotional side of this as well - "TEDTalks : Dean Kamen: The emotion behind invention - Dean Kamen (2009)" Heard a great TED talk with him discussing the emotional side of this as well – “TEDTalks : Dean Kamen: The emotion behind invention – Dean Kamen (2009)”

]]> By: arboretum.ind http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/amazing-footage-of-n.html#comment-918341 arboretum.ind Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918341 Next stop: Automail? Next stop: Automail?

]]> By: lecti http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/amazing-footage-of-n.html#comment-917841 lecti Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917841 Yes, I believe there was an experiment using a primate that allowed the use of third arm, and that enabled its use. I'd like two extra - one for the mouse and another for coffee mug. Yes, I believe there was an experiment using a primate that allowed the use of third arm, and that enabled its use. I’d like two extra – one for the mouse and another for coffee mug.

]]> By: Frank http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/amazing-footage-of-n.html#comment-917849 Frank Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917849 If only Kamen could do something about the guy's prosthetic hair. If only Kamen could do something about the guy’s prosthetic hair.

]]> By: naty2101 http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/amazing-footage-of-n.html#comment-918621 naty2101 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918621 It is great that a person can create something so important to help other people. This is something incredible and very good because this way people that have had an accident can be closer to having a normal life and be able to do things they couldn't do before, they can do different activities with their families and friends. with this the people may feel they are owners of their own lives, they do not have to rely on other people and can have their free lives again. It is great that a person can create something
so important to help other people.

This is something incredible and very good
because this way people that have had an
accident can be closer to having a normal
life and be able to do things they couldn’t
do before, they can do different activities
with their families and friends.

with this the people may feel they are owners
of their own lives, they do not have to rely on
other people and can have their free lives again.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/amazing-footage-of-n.html#comment-918127 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918127 You would prefer it covered in...? You would prefer it covered in…?

]]> By: dainel http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/amazing-footage-of-n.html#comment-923528 dainel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-923528 I'll like mine to be 20 feet long with 3 elbows. I’ll like mine to be 20 feet long with 3 elbows.

]]> By: cinemajay http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/amazing-footage-of-n.html#comment-917914 cinemajay Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917914 Sweet! My transformation into Doc Ock begins! Sweet! My transformation into Doc Ock begins!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/amazing-footage-of-n.html#comment-918171 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918171 Sure, the prosthetic was neat, but the stache was even better. Sure, the prosthetic was neat, but the stache was even better.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/amazing-footage-of-n.html#comment-918683 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918683 @ nuahs I have to say that the Touch Bionics prosthetic looks more advanced than this one. Check out this story from the Daily Mail last year: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1122785/Teenager-lost-arm-car-accident-fitted-10-000-bionic-limb.html @ nuahs

I have to say that the Touch Bionics prosthetic looks more advanced than this one.
Check out this story from the Daily Mail last year:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1122785/Teenager-lost-arm-car-accident-fitted-10-000-bionic-limb.html

]]> By: RuthlessRuben http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/amazing-footage-of-n.html#comment-919711 RuthlessRuben Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-919711 @ Anon I seriously would like to know how he managed to take off his arm scraping a post while driving out of a car park. I mean, I'm not an expert here, but I usually exit car parks slowly because you can't re-merge into traffic worth feces, the way they are usually built. But tragic for him nevertheless. @ x4e71 It was in the news around here as well. Considering that he passed a standard driver's license exam and had been driving for a while both before and after the accident that cost him his arms, it was probably an error on his part and not a malfunction of the prosthetic. @ Anon

I seriously would like to know how he managed to take off his arm scraping a post while driving out of a car park. I mean, I’m not an expert here, but I usually exit car parks slowly because you can’t re-merge into traffic worth feces, the way they are usually built. But tragic for him nevertheless.

@ x4e71

It was in the news around here as well. Considering that he passed a standard driver’s license exam and had been driving for a while both before and after the accident that cost him his arms, it was probably an error on his part and not a malfunction of the prosthetic.

]]> By: Nuahs http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/amazing-footage-of-n.html#comment-917932 Nuahs Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917932 My uncle from Scotland was featured on Discovery Channel with one of these. http://www.touchbionics.com/patient-stories/donald-mckillop Interesting. I wonder who was first? Dean Kamen, or Touch Bionics. Either way, the beginnings of the Matrix! There is no spoon... My uncle from Scotland was featured on Discovery Channel with one of these.

http://www.touchbionics.com/patient-stories/donald-mckillop

Interesting. I wonder who was first? Dean Kamen, or Touch Bionics. Either way, the beginnings of the Matrix!

There is no spoon…

]]> By: sic transit gloria C.F.A. http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/amazing-footage-of-n.html#comment-919994 sic transit gloria C.F.A. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-919994 Prosthetic hand useful but don't want to lose real one. Need it to pat girls if naught else. Prosthetic hand useful but don’t want to lose real one. Need it to pat girls if naught else.

]]> By: Gregory Goldmacher http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/amazing-footage-of-n.html#comment-917973 Gregory Goldmacher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917973 More interesting than control through a joystick is something that is still way off, but coming. Training the machine and the person together, so that an electrode array implanted in the surface of the brain controls the device. It's been done in a very simplified way so far, but you know how technology develops... More interesting than control through a joystick is something that is still way off, but coming. Training the machine and the person together, so that an electrode array implanted in the surface of the brain controls the device. It’s been done in a very simplified way so far, but you know how technology develops…

]]> By: Chevan http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/amazing-footage-of-n.html#comment-918507 Chevan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918507 I heard a CBC piece a couple years ago about a prosthetic arm that used muscle nerve signals for control signals. They put a bunch of electrodes or something like that on the surface of the patient's pectoral muscle, and with training they could control the arm pretty well. I heard a CBC piece a couple years ago about a prosthetic arm that used muscle nerve signals for control signals. They put a bunch of electrodes or something like that on the surface of the patient’s pectoral muscle, and with training they could control the arm pretty well.

]]> By: cinemajay http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/amazing-footage-of-n.html#comment-918253 cinemajay Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918253 I don't think that's him. I think you might be thinking of this gentelman: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39785954/ns/world_news-europe/ I don’t think that’s him. I think you might be thinking of this gentelman: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39785954/ns/world_news-europe/

]]> By: Chentzilla http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/amazing-footage-of-n.html#comment-917759 Chentzilla Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917759 I wonder if these guys got to keep their arms when the testing is finished. I wonder if these guys got to keep their arms when the testing is finished.

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