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Italian Robo-hand
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A robotic hand has been successfully connected to an amputee, allowing him to feel sensations in the artificial limb and control it with his thoughts, a group of European scientists said Wednesday.
The experiment lasted a month, and the scientists say it was the first time a patient has been able to make complex movements using his mind to control a biomechanic hand connected to his nervous system.
The Italian-led team said at a news conference Wednesday in Rome that last year it implanted electrodes into the arm of the patient who had lost his left hand and forearm in a car accident.
The prosthetic was not implanted on the patient, only connected through the electrodes. During the news conference, video was shown of 26-year-old Pierpaolo Petruzziello as he concentrated to give orders to the hand placed next to him.Visit the Chocolate Hammer IRC channel!
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2009-12-02, 10:13 PM (ISO 8601)Ogre in the Playground
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Awesome.
Simply awesome.
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Looks like Beyonce got picked for the beta.
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2009-12-03, 12:01 AM (ISO 8601)Ogre in the Playground
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That is AMAZING. We're getting close to making prosthetics worthy of FMA.
Science simply is AMAZING.
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2009-12-03, 12:05 AM (ISO 8601)Titan in the Playground
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Yo, Pierpaolo, I'm real happy for you, and Imma let you finish... Originally Posted by Pocketa
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I read the title as ''Italian Robot-Band'' I am slightly dissapointed to find no such thing....
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2009-12-03, 04:04 PM (ISO 8601)Bugbear in the Playground
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Ah good, now even Italian amputees can have their Dolmio Day.
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My wife is studying physical therapy and recently had some lessons about amputation and prosthetic limbs. Over the course of her research, she found this, which appears to be a similar project. The Deka arm project was commissioned at the request of the US military for soldiers returning with missing arms. They're even calling it the Luke arm informally!
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This is big. REALLY big. AFAIK this was the biggest hurdle on the road to cybernetic limbs.
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I can't wait to get my hand cut off.
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Thats actually slightly disturbing ... though im pretty much pro and anti tech, it seems that i am at odds with everything :P but this is awesome, id still want to be wholely organic though ... Originally Posted by Conjob
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You might also find this interesting.
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2009-12-06, 11:06 PM (ISO 8601)Ogre in the Playground
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That is just absolutely amazing. I'd read about that kind of thing. But it still amazes me. I do hope they'll eventually (soon!) have these things available widely for people to use.
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hopefully we'll have cyber-brains before i kick the bucket.
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2009-12-07, 12:18 AM (ISO 8601)Bugbear in the Playground
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The first thing I thought of were the cybernetic limbs in Star Wars.
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On a serious note, this is pretty awesome. I always wondered if and when a thing like this would ever be invented. I now have nothing to worry about if I lose a limb.
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Plus, y'know, spaghetti would be rather difficult to eat one-handed, especially if meatballs are present.
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