Slithery D
Sep 14 2006, 03:53 PM
Crusher Bob
Sep 14 2006, 06:45 PM
I'll be in my bunk.
JongWK
Sep 14 2006, 07:45 PM
More information in today's
Washington Post.
lorechaser
Sep 14 2006, 08:15 PM
The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago is part of a multi-lab effort, funded with nearly $50 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), to create more useful and natural artificial limbs for amputees.
Riiiiiiiiight.
DARPA wants to study it to create more natural limbs for amputees.
Very cool anyway, though.
Arethusa
Sep 14 2006, 08:18 PM
Well, if you hack your arms off to replace them with guns, you are technicall an amputee. An awesome amputee.
Kyoto Kid
Sep 14 2006, 08:56 PM
...in the words of a famous green blooded point eared alien...
Fascinating
SuperFly
Sep 15 2006, 03:35 AM
El_Machinae
Sep 15 2006, 12:44 PM
QUOTE (lorechaser) |
The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago is part of a multi-lab effort, funded with nearly $50 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), to create more useful and natural artificial limbs for amputees.
Riiiiiiiiight. |
I would imagine that it's a proactive effort to silence criticism of the status of veterans after the recent combat actions. That, and an attempt to actually compensate them for the damages caused by IEDs and the like.
Cray74
Sep 15 2006, 02:27 PM
These are certainly fairly advanced limbs, but they're not the first. Prosthetics that respond to muscles and nerves have been around for a couple of decades. Some even include limited temperature feedback.
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