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- psxman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20That would require that you first get it amputated.
- gbeirne, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19Or to at least have one in the first place.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18With the strength of five gorillas
- longman2g, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13damnit...i just got owned
- Tracon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12but if you try to pet a kitten you'll crush it
- cable22, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10"If this is all I ever get out of it, then this is my reward," he says. "I think this is just the beginning."
This guy was the perfect choice for this project. Props to Jesse for thinking ahead about the amputees years from now. :) - GiggleStick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10>>did you even watch that movie? They were robots. They were not humans who replaced every
>>piece of flesh with machine.
Yes retard, but the main character played by Will Smith did have a robotic arm. It was a major plot point, representing the conflict within him of hating robots, yet being part robot himself. Way to look like an ass. Next time try putting the joint down while you watch the movie, and maybe you'll remember something about it later. - RabbidSquirrel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10It would be really interesting to see later experiments try arms that work completely differently than human arms - elbows and fingers that go > 180 degrees, extendable forearms... lots of possibilities.
- djork, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Go-go Gadget "take home arms!"
- Khlept0, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Saw this on TV the other day. I wonder where this technology will lead to in 10-15 years.
- datagod, on 10/12/2007, -5/+12Cool tech. Now merge this with that female android chick in Japan, and we can have ourselves a good time...
- OneZeroZeroOne, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7"How much electricity did your body take in?" I asked.
"Seven-thousand two-hundred volts," Jesse said. That's enough to power homes for 9,000 to 10,000 customers, he said, adding a bad shock -- enough to make you jump -- would be around 120 volts.
Well christ..come on, guys....should he really have been working on anything related to electricity if he doesn't know the difference between amps and volts?
A typical stun gun will hit ya for about 50,000 volts. - mrASSMAN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5it isn't actually controlled by his thoughts, they are controlled as if his arms still existed.
- datagod, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6It is NOT iRobot, it is "I, Robot" . Read some Asimov some time.
- EricAnderton, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Not likely. The article mentions that they piggybacked motor nerves in his pectoral muscle to interface with the prosthetic. So, unless this guy exercises really poor impulse control, he's no more likely to throw a punch in that situation than you are. :)
- toad3k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I wonder if it comes with cool sound effects...
- thenativeraver, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I wish there was video, I would love to see this in action.
- nork, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Now if they can figure out how to have that robot arm transmit feedback the other way through his nervous system, we'd be looking at true robotic limb replacement. This is a great first step.
- longman2g, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4not really, it is a misrepresentation of the facts; I saw a guy sit in an electric chair which pumped hundreds of thousands of volts into him, but it had no amps so it didn't harm him.
- JustMatt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4^ That gives way to a whole new branch of hacking. Just wait until people figure out how to hack their own robotic arms and give themselves super human strength. Can't wait. I want one.
- ThomS, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5This is awesome, I'd give my right arm for one of these things.
- joshuamcqueen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Video:
http://www.ric.org/wmv/bionic_arm_BB.wmv
Picture gallery:
http://www.ric.org/bionic/jessephotogallery.php - GiggleStick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3If you asked somebody how much water they were hit with by the police with the high pressure hose at the riots, I would find it reasonable if they said "500 psi", instead of "Oh, about 38 gallons." Also the correct units for "how much electricty" would be coulombes, wouldn't it? Amperage is the rate of current flow, so you have to know how long he was exposed as well. Tread carefully.
- jmcqk6, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This isn't what I thought it was going to be, but very cool never the less. I thought it was going to be similar to the German build 'pong' video game that you control completely with your mind. This appeares to be different technology. Electrodes getting the normal signal from the brain and then communicating that to the artificial limb.
Digg+ - cgwas, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3At first I misread that as "New Robotic Arms Control Brain" and I was like "Oh god Spiderman 2"
- volcompimp, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I wonder what it'd be like to rub one out w/ a robotic arm...
- Woknblues, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4calm down..
- Boredom431, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6That's pretty cool but I have to wonder if he thinks "Damnit I wish I could punch that damn cop" would he punch him? And yes I know thats a really bad example for him trying to punch someone.
- longman2g, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3i know a lot of insurance companies which pay x amounts tens of thousands of dollars if you lose a limb; it would probably be cheaper for them, and more beneficial for you, to pay for the artificial limbs.
- OneZeroZeroOne, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4That isn't an accurate analogy. There are high-pressure water cutting devices that can eat through steel. The amount of water used is relatively small, whereas the pressure is enormous. The same can't be said about electricity, as I and longman have mentioned, you can have 50,000 volts (psi in your analogy) and still not be harmed if the amps (gallons) are low. Try putting your finger under one of those cutting machines and tell me how it turns out ;)
As for the coulombe thing, the coulombe is defined in terms of the amp. In the context of the article it makes sense to say "I touched 100 amp line". To calculate exactly how much current he took, yes, you'd have to know how long he was in contact with the line. But for the purposes of the story it's understood that if you touch a high amp line, you're toast, regardless of how long you touch it for.
Making the argument that most readers of the story will "understand" volts better than amps is just silly. As colinmhayes demonstrates, most people don't understand volts OR amps, so we might as well just start using the correct terms for things and hope it rubs off on people.
Fact is, people "appreciate" volts more than amps because HOLY CRAP 50,000 volts!! is amazing as opposed to .25 amps being able to stop your heart. - longman2g, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3your body using electical signals can say how hard for a muscle to pull, so just write your code for the motion of the robot arm based on that; it shouldn't be that hard considering everything they've done so far.
- lazyguy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Wow...
Cant wait till we can replace every body part. Then my brain in a jar would live a looong time. - colinmhayes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2the heart goes into fibrillation at 80mA.
chest muscles lock up at 50mA. - er0k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2lots more info here, minus stupid crap about the sopranos
http://www.ric.org/bionic/ - nuxx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"We can Rebuild Him...we have the technology...we can make him BETTER than he was...Stronger, Faster..."
- Flankk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Thanks for saving me, champion. I almost went out to buy a white plastic arm at the Apple store.
The irony of losing your arms at the whim of electricity, then replacing them with electrical arms. - theredone447, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Thats my uncle. Cool he made it to the front page of Digg.
- hayden.evans, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5you have a horrible sense of humor, don't comment again. you suck.
- takeda, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2According http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_shock (I know, Wikipedia is not that much realiable source, but is probably way realialbe than comments on the webpages) there is case of death that happened from only 32V.
- oldcyborg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Apparently, they can't teach him how to comb his hair.... A Poster child, he is Not.....
If this all we can do, at this point, I am disgusted. We should have had this stuff licked ten years ago.
Christopher Reeve lived thruought this whole period, and died without even thinking it might happen. Then his wife died from Cancer.. Now, they leave a son, alone, (more or less), to figure it all out. Good Luck, Son....
Cyborg
yes - Cowboy5995, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yeah this is amazing. I remeber seeing this video a while ago of a monkey with a chip in its head controling a robotic arm during a game. First they let him use a joy stick then they turned it off and kept playing by thinking about moving. On a plus sign if you monkey loses an arm you also can get a robitic arm for it. Now to make them talk and want to battle when I get home.
- warmcat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3In related news, I know a guy that can move his own limbs without actually having a brain
- JustMatt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@mrassman
Exactly. I think there are still a few people here who are misunderstanding the whole "with his mind" thing. The robotic arm just acts as if there is an actual limb there, stimulated by nerves in the same way an arm would be. He doesn't just "think" about doing something and it happens. I guess that's pretty obvious, but I just wanted to clear that up just in case. - Galaeron, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2This guy was on digg once b4 what gives? And that link had videos!
But still cool, he doesn't have complete control and he can only do basic things. If I remember correctly he doesnt have control of individual fingers etc. - Woknblues, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1/@longman2 ---awesome.
- simpleblob, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Maybe he does, but the reporter doesn't. To the normal person, this is easier to understand..
- rideagain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It's wonderful how technology can help this person! I hope that this progresses so we get better at helping accident victims.
- Pioto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Pretty cool that they've finally done this. I know that this has been a goal for years, thus far I've only heard of it being done with monkeys.
The Singularity ticks ever closer... - takeda, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Where did you found that 600A accumulator?!?
- The42, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This is some seriously badass tech. The applications are fascinating. Not only could you give an amputee a souped up arm, but what about sci-fi vehicles for those of us who still have all our limbs? Put on a helmet, and then the car/tank/badass super robot/alternating ninja-pirate cyborg/whatever would be like flexing a set of new muscles. Mechwarrior, here we come.
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