The Mind-Controlled Bionic Arm With a Sense of Touch
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Published 2016-08-18
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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All Comments (21)
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The one thing that is amazing is that she actually feels touch in her phantom. Like I can't even believe that.
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Serious props to the scientists that actually take their time and effort into developing the future!
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"Hey, can you pass the salt?" "Yeah sorry, my arm is lagging."
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The nerve system reading ability is crazy, but the fact that she can feel through the arm too is insane. When the tech gets even better, I can’t wait for whole new groups of people to have access to tasks that require a lot of dexterity.
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future tutorials are gonna be like "How to add a flamethrower to your bionic arm NO ROOT 2120"
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While watching this, I look at my arm, moving it, feeling it, and said to my self, boy im so lucky your still attached to me.
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7:30 they all are so calm about the fact that SHE IS MOVING BIONIC ARM THAT EVEN ISN'T ATTACHED TO HER BODY
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I'm in tears. This is absolutely amazing what these brilliant people have designed and what they continue to accomplish.
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Hopefully one day we'll look back at this technology the same way we look at computers from the 1970s
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"It's more expensive than my whole life" lmao
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Did they improve on anything yet? Or make this more affordable? It's been nearly 5 years and this seems to be the only video with an arm this advanced
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And this was 5 years ago, i can't imagine what they have cooking now.
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Sucks that I won't be alive in a couple hundred years to see how far our technology advances
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Everyone gangsta till the arm starts winning everyone in rock paper scissors
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That lady didn't deserve to lose that arm! Bless her soul :(
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This is just incredible. A bright shine of hope for all who lost an limp. Also it takes a bit of fear, if something ever happen to oneself.
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This is incredible, I hope every amputee will have access to this technology sometime in the future
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Heartfelt thanks to all the doctors, scientists and engineers who have enabled this.
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I can't wait until an NFL qb gets a bio arm and throws a 100 yd pass. Seriously now, it makes me tear to see how marvelous it must be for an injured person to get a piece of life back. I love it!
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09:02 the guy was trying not to cry knowing that he’s helping someone.
