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  Dec 9 2010, 08:10 PM
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panda!  Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242  |
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Dec 9 2010, 08:24 PM
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Old Man of the North Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 10,233 Joined: 14-August 03 From: Just north of the Centre of the Universe Member No.: 5,463 |
Seems like an interesting idea. Once you get past the flashbacks to the Species movies. And thoughts of G-spots.
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Dec 10 2010, 04:30 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 332 Joined: 19-September 05 From: Nashville, Tn Member No.: 7,761 |
tentacle arm? not too sure on the game stats for that...
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Dec 10 2010, 06:30 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,656 Joined: 29-October 06 Member No.: 9,731 |
Yeah, that doesn't fall into the uncanny valley for me so much as the nightmare-fuel valley. There's a reason why prosthetics try to replicate the form and not just the function of the missing limb.
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Dec 10 2010, 06:13 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 211 Joined: 11-April 03 From: Maine Member No.: 4,431 |
QUOTE (Tanegar @ Dec 10 2010, 07:30 AM)  Yeah, that doesn't fall into the uncanny valley for me so much as the nightmare-fuel valley. There's a reason why prosthetics try to replicate the form and not just the function of the missing limb. And yet everyone seems ok with metal hooks and claws. Bet you wouldn't feel that way if pirates had been using tentacle hands for the past 500 years (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cyber.gif) |
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Dec 10 2010, 06:49 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,656 Joined: 29-October 06 Member No.: 9,731 |
QUOTE (ShadowPavement @ Dec 10 2010, 01:13 PM) And yet everyone seems ok with metal hooks and claws. Bet you wouldn't feel that way if pirates had been using tentacle hands for the past 500 years (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cyber.gif) People settled for metal hooks and claws because the technology for better things didn't exist. Don't mistake that for being OK with them. Edit: I can see this design being useful and perhaps even popular in the developing world. The dual-cable design is much simpler, and therefore cheaper and less maintenance-intensive, than more sophisticated devices. In industrialized countries, however, I really think it's a nonstarter. Why would you want a tentacle when you can afford a hand? |
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Dec 10 2010, 08:06 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 5-May 09 From: California Member No.: 17,140 |
QUOTE (Tanegar @ Dec 10 2010, 10:49 AM) Why would you want a tentacle when you can afford a hand? Because of a fetish? There are modular cyberlimbs in Augmentation yes? Someone could have a tentacle attachment for those special nights *Starts playing Barry White* |
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Dec 10 2010, 08:24 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 268 Joined: 3-December 10 From: Connecticut Member No.: 19,202 |
Yeah I'd like to think Im a good enough person to get over the fact that a woman has a prosthetic arm, but if a woman had a "tentacle prosthesis" I think I'd back away from that.
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Dec 10 2010, 08:28 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,656 Joined: 29-October 06 Member No.: 9,731 |
QUOTE (WyldKnight @ Dec 10 2010, 03:06 PM) Because of a fetish? There are modular cyberlimbs in Augmentation yes? Someone could have a tentacle attachment for those special nights *Starts playing Barry White* You're talking about a niche market. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure that market exists, but it's still a niche. I'm talking about general distribution: I can't cite sources, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say most amputees want something that both looks and acts like what they lost, which is why mainstream artificial-limb design focuses on replicating natural limbs rather than tacking on something that humans never had. |
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Dec 10 2010, 08:31 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,179 Joined: 10-June 10 From: St. Louis, UCAS/CAS Border Member No.: 18,688 |
QUOTE (Tanegar @ Dec 10 2010, 09:28 PM) You're talking about a niche market. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure that market exists, but it's still a niche. I'm talking about general distribution: I can't cite sources, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say most amputees want something that both looks and acts like what they lost, which is why mainstream artificial-limb design focuses on replicating natural limbs rather than tacking on something that humans never had. Kid Stealth legs notwithstanding. |
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Dec 11 2010, 12:22 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 111 Joined: 21-July 08 Member No.: 16,154 |
I would have my arms replaced for that. Man, that looks awesome. As long as I can have full function (like typing) I wouldn't care about tentacle-arms. Hands look so inefficient..
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Dec 11 2010, 12:32 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,656 Joined: 29-October 06 Member No.: 9,731 |
And twenty-four hours later, after the novelty has worn off and you've realized that absolutely everything on the face of the Earth is designed for people with hands rather than tentacles, you'd be back in the surgeon's office begging him to put your old arms back on.
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Dec 11 2010, 12:34 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 111 Joined: 21-July 08 Member No.: 16,154 |
Thats what I meant with fully function. They'd be design only. That said, I would say yes to any type of bodily replacement.
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Dec 11 2010, 12:48 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,656 Joined: 29-October 06 Member No.: 9,731 |
How are you going to have "full function" without hands, exactly?
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Dec 11 2010, 05:32 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 5-May 09 From: California Member No.: 17,140 |
Tentacles can split into smaller tentacles to simulate fingers?
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Dec 11 2010, 05:51 AM
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Advocatus Diaboli Group: Members Posts: 13,994 Joined: 20-November 07 From: USA Member No.: 14,282 |
QUOTE (Tanegar @ Dec 10 2010, 03:28 PM) I'm going to go out on a limb Ughhh.WyldKnight, those are called fingers. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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Dec 11 2010, 06:12 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 5-May 09 From: California Member No.: 17,140 |
Lol, technically yes but the fact that a tentacle is splitting up to create them won't allow my mind to refer to them as such. The mental image is a little jarring when I think what if they could just keep splitting them and splitting them. My god....it's a tickle monster (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif)
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Dec 11 2010, 06:55 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 134 Joined: 2-November 09 From: Oregon City, OR Member No.: 17,832 |
QUOTE (WyldKnight @ Dec 11 2010, 10:12 AM) Lol, technically yes but the fact that a tentacle is splitting up to create them won't allow my mind to refer to them as such. The mental image is a little jarring when I think what if they could just keep splitting them and splitting them. My god....it's a tickle monster (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif) Or it's Vuffi Raa... |
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Dec 11 2010, 09:56 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
QUOTE (WyldKnight @ Dec 11 2010, 07:12 PM) Lol, technically yes but the fact that a tentacle is splitting up to create them won't allow my mind to refer to them as such. The mental image is a little jarring when I think what if they could just keep splitting them and splitting them. My god....it's a tickle monster (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif) or a bushdroid... |
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Dec 11 2010, 10:33 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 5-May 09 From: California Member No.: 17,140 |
Well we're not playing Eclipse Phase so don't worry about that, I thought of the same thing actually.
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Dec 11 2010, 11:02 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
I don't know how effective a prosthetic arm is at using keyboards. If they don't, I can't think of a lot of day-to-day things in my life that would require a full hand over a tentacle. I mean, getting dressed might be tough, but sitting on the train, reading a book? Eating? Kancho? Not too much there. I could imagine having one of each - tentacle for day-to-day things which are likely to get it misaligned or damaged, and the chrome arm for dinner dates.
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Dec 13 2010, 04:31 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,083 Joined: 13-December 10 From: Rotterdam, The Netherlands Member No.: 19,228 |
Can I get one with vaccuum cleaner powered suction cups?
That would reduce need for fingers too. |
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