Terminator-Like Carbon Fiber Prosthetic Arm

I'm thinking more Luke at the end of ESB. Carbon fiber for the mother fucking win.

I wonder what the weight is like, as well as the power system.
 
I wonder how long the power would last. I want one. Now, to have a slight work related accident! :D
 
When he spoke about typing on a computer.. I can't wait for these to be advanced enough that people will be able to type with every finger just as they would with a real hand. I love seeing regular advances with prosthetics.
 
DOOMHAMMA said:
When he spoke about typing on a computer.. I can't wait for these to be advanced enough that people will be able to type with every finger just as they would with a real hand. I love seeing regular advances with prosthetics.
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I want to see the kind of prosthetics depicted in Ghost in the Shell. Cyber brains, fingers that split into more fingers that can type at thousands of words per minute...the works.
 
I saw something on TLC not too long ago about a company that laser scans your leg and make a mirror image of it to make a prosthetic leg. The guy that had it was on the show and you could hardly know.
 
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That's so awesome.
It really is cool that we live in a world where we have this kind of tech now.

10 years ago, losing one's arm would have sucked.
I wonder if this prosthetic arm has an ARM CPU. :p

I no longer fear losing my arm, in fact, this would be so cool to show off and freak people out with.
Too bad it costs an arm and a leg. ;)
 
CaptNumbNutz said:
I want to see the kind of prosthetics depicted in Ghost in the Shell. Cyber brains, fingers that split into more fingers that can type at thousands of words per minute...the works.
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I thought of Ghost in the Shell too, but what I thought of was in the TV show where they have a character (Saito) who is the teams tactical sniper. He has a prosthetic arm, eye and neural implant that he uses for his sniping.

Also, Deus Ex.
 
All jokes aside, this really is amazing!!! Not because it's CF, but because it gives people their lives back.
 
Thats awesome. But be careful, this is partly how Skynet came to be.....
 
amazing stuff --

wonder if there is a secret muscle combo to make it shoot the finger to someone :)

Sorry he lost his arm - but if you gotta have something, that looks to be THE thing to have.

Just imagine what we will have in another 10 or 20 years.
 
put one on a quadcopter and you got yourself an early version of the terminator
 
DOOMHAMMA said:
When he spoke about typing on a computer.. I can't wait for these to be advanced enough that people will be able to type with every finger just as they would with a real hand. I love seeing regular advances with prosthetics.
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As well as being able to use more than just a plain vanilla 2 button mouse. I'd be totally screwed since I can't let go of my old MS Trackball Explorer.
 
That's pretty cool. My first thought was how it's powered and how long the power lasts.
 
Truth of the matter is in the recent decade alot of the soldiers returning home have been amputee's as a result of limbs lost because of IED's. The good out of it is much government money between America and Europe has been spent on advancing prosthetic technology to return standard of life among amputees. If a man that can make some eggs and poor himself a nice cold beer is a man who's quality of life is pretty damn good for having a missing limb.
 
Maybe not Terminator, but Will Smith's arm in I, Robot is a better resemblance.
 
mesasone said:
I thought of Ghost in the Shell too, but what I thought of was in the TV show where they have a character (Saito) who is the teams tactical sniper. He has a prosthetic arm, eye and neural implant that he uses for his sniping.

Also, Deus Ex.
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Just to clarify, the neural implant is used for GPS guidance and satellite uplink.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_Ua5LIj-k8

Too bad he got hacked.
 
cool but what i really liked on that video was that the guy seemed all happy with his new toy :D
 
These things need more direct brain control. Having to select the 'mode' before using it seems to extremely limit its usefulness. I'm sure its good when two hands are needed but most of what was demo'd could have been done in a fraction of the time with his other hand.

But you think with voice recognition on android/ios they'd put mode selection by voice.
 
very very cool, I loved the "crack" when he moved his thumb...
 
jpm100 said:
These things need more direct brain control. Having to select the 'mode' before using it seems to extremely limit its usefulness. I'm sure its good when two hands are needed but most of what was demo'd could have been done in a fraction of the time with his other hand.

But you think with voice recognition on android/ios they'd put mode selection by voice.
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If I understand correctly, he has 2 inputs via the muscles in his arm and then can change what those inputs do by changing the mode. So if he wants to pick something up, he changes to grip mode, then can pick it up, hold it tight, release it and put it back down again all without changing mode.

I know someone with 1 arm who I'm sure would love something like this, as he struggles with a lot of simple tasks where he has to hold something in one hand and do something with it using the other hand. You don't realise how much you actually need 2 hands for basic tasks. He actually has an artificial arm with a claw on the end, and he opens and closes the claw with his shoulder muscle, but it's purely a mechanical system, so the idea for an artificial arm controlled by other muscles like in this video isn't new, his arm would be around 30 years old, it's just using modern materials and methods to improve on it. My friend's artificial arm is very cumbersome and hurts his arm at the joint, so he rarely ever uses it except when riding his motorbike.
 
I can imagine the whir-whir sound being cool for a while, then it would start to drive me nuts. But not having lost an arm I can't really judge.

And it should just keep getting better and better. It's a good/bad thing that arms like this are not in massive enough demand to bring the prices down/quality up by itself.
 
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