Man Controls Prosthetic Arm With His Mind

[JMcEntegart]

European scientists have successfully managed to build a robotic arm that can be controlled via thoughts from the user.

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[gwolfman]

wow, interesting!

 

[sciggy]

we are the borg....

 

[sunflier]

Honestly, your Honor, I didn't mean to slap her this thing has a mind of it's own.

 

[N19h7M4r3]

The Cybermen are comming... run...

 

[zak_mckraken]

That's a 50% economy over the 6 million dollar man!

 

[Parrdacc]

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[Guest]

The still in that movie clip bears a close resemblance to the hand in the Cyberdyne lab in T2. Spooky!

 

[vider]

*Paul Houseman - The Terminator Theme playing in the background*
*With Arnold Schwarzenegger voice*
Hasta La Vista Baby!

 

[extremepcs]

I wonder if he can play Crysis with it... sorry, couldn't help myself 😉

 

[Raid3r]

I have nothing nice to say....really just, duh?

 

[JuiceJones]

3 million sounds dirt cheap for something so frickin' amazing!

I wonder if they'll be able to tap into nerve endings that aren't severed, so we can go willy-nilly adding extra limbs. Four arms doesn't sound too bad! 😀

 

[ssalim]

[citation][nom]Raid3r[/nom]I have nothing nice to say....really just, duh?[/citation]

Ass

 

[rajaton]

I can definitely see this being used for more...mature...applications?

 

[Gin Fushicho]

This is great! =D people can walk again , people can have two arms again , I smell success.

 

[jonpaul37]

resistance is futile...

 

[Ehsan w]

omg mudkip reference?

 

[ominous prime]

More refined grips in upcoming models? To what use?

To steal a quote from the article, "It felt almost the same as a real hand. They stimulated me a lot"

*wink wink*

 

[bogcotton]

[citation][nom]JuiceJones[/nom]I wonder if they'll be able to tap into nerve endings that aren't severed, so we can go willy-nilly adding extra limbs. Four arms doesn't sound too bad![/citation]

It's very likely that they could, however, you can only control parts of you're body your brain is familiar with. This guy will be imagining he's moving his hand which no longer exists.
I can't see us being able to move extra limbs independently.

 

[igot1forya]

[citation][nom]bogcotton[/nom]It's very likely that they could, however, you can only control parts of you're body your brain is familiar with. This guy will be imagining he's moving his hand which no longer exists. I can't see us being able to move extra limbs independently.[/citation]
If you start young enough, while the mind is still forming synapses you could conceivably engineer multiple limbs or even other forms of sensory abilities... as long as your brain is still under construction, it's pretty darn adaptable.