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The Mind-Controlled Bionic Arm With a Sense of Touch



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In the first episode of Humans+, Motherboard dives into the world of future prosthetics, and the people working on closing the gap between man and machine.

We follow Melissa Loomis, an amputee from Ohio, who had experimental nerve reversal surgery and is going to Johns Hopkins’ Applied Physics Lab to test out its latest Modular Prosthetic Limb, a cutting-edge bionic arm funded in part by DARPA. Neuro-interfacing machinery is a game changer in terms rehabilitating patients, but what possibilities do these advancements open for the future?

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27 thoughts on “The Mind-Controlled Bionic Arm With a Sense of Touch
  1. The possibility of a city crawling with homeless veterans equipped with military-grade prosethic limbs is gradually getting less remote. I’ve been reading way too many cyberpunk stories

  2. The biggest issue I can see is in how long this arm will last. Generally, these computer prosthetics have a rather limited lifespan, especially considering heavier work.

  3. I bet it'll take a brain implant before the control and sensory perception gets as good as with a real arm. The reinnervation is just inherently very difficult and not as precise as a brain implant, but, of course, it's the state of the art with this prosthetic technology.

  4. Not really mind controlled it's controlled by what's left of the muscle and nerves yes those are control by the mind but ultimately the arm is controlled by the muscles left in her arm

  5. How far will this go? Currently people work on hands, legs, hearts and this can possibly affect all parts of the body sometime. And maybe it will be even possible to copy ones conciousness into a computer. I mean, the brain is an electrochemical computer, so theres no real difference.
    This could actually work.

    Magic is science we yet dont understand.

  6. she is a nice lady, thanks john Hopkins Hospital. thanks giving people more feeling of normal, and recovery as great people. thanks doctors and engineers. Amen, God Bless.

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