The Bionic Man – Testing a robotic prosthetic controlled with the mind [video]

Posted by clebio on Saturday October 03, 2015 @05:37PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/video/technology/100000003693281/the-bionic-man.html

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Re:The Bionic Man – Testing a robotic prosthetic controlled ... by ibsufupu on Saturday October 03, 2015 @11:31PM (#10326335)

That is one of the most beautiful things I have seen in my life. I can't wait until we can give everyone a fully abled body.

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Re:The Bionic Man – Testing a robotic prosthetic controlled ... by littlewing on Saturday October 03, 2015 @10:38PM (#10326200)

Hopefully the military is supporting this research also. Lots of vets with missing limbs that could use this. Maybe one day a soldier could even go back to active duty after losing a limb if they wanted.

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Re:The Bionic Man – Testing a robotic prosthetic controlled ... by joeyo on Saturday October 03, 2015 @11:01PM (#10326250)

They are. See: http://www.darpa.mil/program/revolutionizing-prosthetics and http://www.darpa.mil/program/hand-proprioception-and-touch-i... among others.

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