Bionic Woman

9th Engineer · 09-16-2006, 01:15 AM

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.

9th Engineer · 09-16-2006, 01:25 PM

The good people at www.howstuffworks.com released an explanation of the process involved. It fills in the holes from the news report nicely.

http://health.howstuffworks.com/bionic-arm.htm

xoxoxoBruce · 09-16-2006, 02:53 PM

I wonder how long it will be before they can bypass the muscles and send the signals into a microprocessor, to operate the motors?

Smart move picking a biker chick for the procedure.

09-16-2006, 01:15 AM	#1
9th Engineer Bioengineer and aspiring lawer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 872	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. __________________ The most valuable renewable resource is stupidity.

09-16-2006, 01:25 PM	#2
9th Engineer Bioengineer and aspiring lawer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 872	The good people at www.howstuffworks.com released an explanation of the process involved. It fills in the holes from the news report nicely. http://health.howstuffworks.com/bionic-arm.htm __________________ The most valuable renewable resource is stupidity.

09-16-2006, 02:53 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I wonder how long it will be before they can bypass the muscles and send the signals into a microprocessor, to operate the motors? Smart move picking a biker chick for the procedure. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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