World's most advanced prosthetic arm, Deus Ex here we come. - General

It's so fucking noisy.

[QUOTE=Cone;38370933]I was just watching him pour that beer, all casual, just a day to day thing, and then I thought [I]"Holy shit, this is a man with an entirely synthetic right arm, and it's actually functioning pretty damn well."[/I] You guys probably hear this a ton, but we really are living the future here.[/QUOTE] It's just his hand.

[quote]this is for shaking hands, being human.[/quote] that hit me hard.

Looks expensive, like as if it costs an arm to purchase.

I want one that looks real (like skin and all) that way when I go to pay, I can just have my wrist start doing full on 360's and blow the cashiers mind.

wonder when they'll be able to integrate synthetic nerves into prosthetics

But does the elbow have a blade?

The way he turned his hand round and did the "c'mere" motion was really badass Just imagine a silent standoff and that guy lifts his arm up, and all you hear is the whirr and his hand comes over and he wiggles his finger like "bring it on" [editline]9th November 2012[/editline] That and if I owned one I would want various attachments, such as chainsaw hands or cup hand

that is really cool

I was hoping at the end he would smash the bottle in his hand but yes this is truly an alternative. I can imagine people writing everyday things off, like we were shown the mouse function typing, this arm could bring joy to alot of people. Bet it costs a fucking fortune though.

[QUOTE=entertainer89;38370145]He didn't ask for this.[/QUOTE] Yes, he did.

[QUOTE=Reds;38377482]Yes, he did.[/QUOTE] I would too.

Imagine how advanced prosthetics will be in another 10 years.

[QUOTE=FlashFireSix;38376201]That and if I owned one I would want various attachments, such as chainsaw hands or cup hand[/QUOTE] So in other words you want to be Hoss Delgado.

[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;38369826]It looks cool, but I can't really see any application for it beyond people who lost an arm. The entire idea of a Deus Ex-style future is kinda silly, to be honest.[/QUOTE] There isn't any and there won't be for a very long time. Most technophillic fantasies dramatically overstate the capabilities of artifical limbs and have no understanding of how amazing biological limbs are. It usually comes back to some stupid argument about strength which is pure idiocy. Right now you have attached two fully integrated, self-repairing, highly-dexterous limbs that require little active maintenance, can outmuscle robotic limbs per weight, can give response times and complex movement beyond all but the most specialised robot, will last a good 50 years longer than the average artificial counterpart, can provide full force feedback along with temperature and minute pressure sensors across the entirety of its surface, all of this for no cost to you. Yet some think it's a viable alternative to hack it off and replace it with crude servos which are unlikely to ever outperform it. [editline]9th November 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=RainbowStalin;38378423]Imagine how advanced prosthetics will be in another 10 years.[/QUOTE] Moore's law doesn't apply to physical tranducers and robots haven't improved significantly in decades. Do you really think the shitty motors and pneumatic systems we have now will ever provide better results than organic actuators structured at the cellular level for performance and low weight?

[QUOTE=PulpedFiction;38370908]DARPA had a cool cntract out on prosthetics a while back, I don't know how it's progressing today but this is where it was at back in '05. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0QJeRuWijs[/media][/QUOTE] DARPA has a t800 terminator statue in their office? how incredibly fitting :v:

That one actually looks very cool (and straight out of Deus Ex). Though I don't think people fully understand how hard it will be to make a prosthetic arm that comes close to a normal one, let alone one that is better. By that point you might as well just get an exosuit.

I think prosthetic arms/hands are a long way off from becoming something akin to what is seen in Deus Ex, but legs/feet are getting really close to matching their biological counterparts. It won't be too long until they perform better than the legs millions of years of evolution created for us.

This is the kind of shit I want to do in life. Making prosthetics or helping make prosthetics for people who need them. Kind of silly, but Deus Ex HR kind of made me think of how cool this shit is.

Remember that kid who lost his arm to an alligator? Check this out: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a9D1VtdvbA[/media]