Prosthetic, robotic 'Smart Hand' has feelings, too - Polidicks

[quote]Researchers in Italy and Sweden have spent the last ten years developing what they call the "Smart Hand," a prosthetic hand which enables feeling in its fingertips. The hand -- which was recently wired up to a test patient through a surgical procedure -- has four motors and forty sensors which are linked directly to the brain. In the surgery, the nerve endings of the patient were linked up to receptors in the hand, which allows for feeling in the fingertips of the hand, even though the hand is not really a part of his body. In the video after the break, you can see the greater precision and dexterity this hand allows for. Though the research still needs to be refined before practical use, it looks pretty far along -- and pretty awesome -- to us.[/quote] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X85Lpuczy3E&feature=player_embedded[/media] Robot thumbs up.

That's handy

I thought it was going to be a sentient robotic hand that had emotions. This is really cool too, though.

They asked some of the best scientists to lend a hand.

god I love medical science shit's so cool

Would he be able to sock someone in the face with that, or is it not fastened too tightly to his arm?

i wonder what it feels like when he jacks off with it [editline]03:31AM[/editline] oh god prosthetic dick with sensors

Soon brain interface controlled robots.

So many great advances happening all together, this is awesome for him, but for the people with no hands at all that need help all the time this is going to be amazing.

:iia:

Just watch out for Metalosis Maligna.

Dark Age of Technology, we are getting closer! [sp](wh 40k reference)[/sp]

Ahoy matey, swab the deck or walk the plank. Ya scruvy landlubber.

[QUOTE=johanz;18694740]Soon brain interface controlled robots.[/QUOTE] [img]http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg241/Renfield286/781px-Robobrain.png[/img]

First step towards surrogates.

I want a prosthetic arm that can lift cars with ease. :frown:

Awesome. It's not every day you get to be a cyborg.

I want the prosthetic arm from I Robot

His arm reminds me of the borg :tinfoil:

[QUOTE=johanz;18694740]Soon brain interface controlled robots.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Swimbound;18696779][img]http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg241/Renfield286/781px-Robobrain.png[/img][/QUOTE] Fuck that, Cortex Command all the way babe.

I won't really take an interest these things until one day they graft a minigun onto someone's arm If they did that I would shake the guy's (minigun)

[QUOTE=Umi-hebi;18704649]I won't really take an interest these things until one day they graft a minigun onto someone's arm If they did that [B]I would shake the guy's (minigun)[/B][/QUOTE] rated optimistic

lol i like his ghandi shirt

Chase? [editline]10:10PM[/editline] that's really awesome though