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Old 09-16-2006, 01:15 AM   #1
9th Engineer
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Bionic Woman

This is the first of a new movement in medicine, completely artificial robotic replacements for failed or amutated body parts. And what more fitting start than the very first neuralmoterprosthetic to be installed on a patient.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbCN9L6ApU4

The video is a little misleading, commenting that she has to flex her chest muscles to make the arm move, but they have basically re-routed the nerves from her arm and grounded them so that she has the sensation of contracting a muscle (helps greatly with the learning curve for her augmentation). They have also greatly reduced the capabilities of the arm I'm saddened to say, I guess they want to start her with limited capabilities and work her into more complicated motions such as digit control. The future begins now.
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