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Title: New Prosthetic hand - with nerves...
Post by: Flipside on December 02, 2009, 07:35:24 pm: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/video_and_audio/8392111.stm

Scientists create and install a prosthetic hand that not only is controlled by the brain, but will (hopefully) eventually actually feed data back to the brain as tactile sensation.

Impressive stuff.
Title: Re: New Prosthetic hand - with nerves...
Post by: Stormkeeper on December 02, 2009, 07:39:17 pm: ... Kewl. Any chance of hiding a spring-loaded blade in one of those fingers?
Title: Re: New Prosthetic hand - with nerves...
Post by: Flipside on December 02, 2009, 07:46:51 pm: If I was getting my forearm replaced, I'd go the whole wolverine thing and be done with it ;)
Title: Re: New Prosthetic hand - with nerves...
Post by: redsniper on December 02, 2009, 08:08:06 pm: So like... if my dad should someday cut off my hand with a lightsaber, I'm covered?
Title: Re: New Prosthetic hand - with nerves...
Post by: Flipside on December 02, 2009, 08:11:00 pm: Yes, but take my advice and DNA check the girlfriend first ;)
Title: Re: New Prosthetic hand - with nerves...
Post by: Mongoose on December 02, 2009, 10:07:36 pm: About damn time.
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Post by: Blue Lion on December 02, 2009, 10:19:21 pm: Ghost in the Shell, here we come
Title: Re: New Prosthetic hand - with nerves...
Post by: BloodEagle on December 02, 2009, 10:19:50 pm: I'm so getting a freaking gatling gun installed. ;7
Title: Re: New Prosthetic hand - with nerves...
Post by: General Battuta on December 02, 2009, 10:50:02 pm: Quote from: redsniper on December 02, 2009, 08:08:06 pm
So like... if my dad should someday cut off my hand with a lightsaber, I'm covered?

You mean Vader's new girlfriend? (http://static.funnyjunk.com/pictures/hand6.jpg)
Title: Re: New Prosthetic hand - with nerves...
Post by: Stormkeeper on December 02, 2009, 11:14:18 pm: Quote from: BloodEagle on December 02, 2009, 10:19:50 pm
I'm so getting a freaking gatling gun installed. ;7
Unwieldy in close quarters. Gatling gun with a spring loaded bayonet is better.
Title: Re: New Prosthetic hand - with nerves...
Post by: Dilmah G on December 02, 2009, 11:27:43 pm: Oooh, cool!
Title: Re: New Prosthetic hand - with nerves...
Post by: BloodEagle on December 02, 2009, 11:32:41 pm: I could get a drill on the end. :D
Title: Re: New Prosthetic hand - with nerves...
Post by: Mars on December 02, 2009, 11:49:17 pm: How long before I can get a new pinky?
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on December 03, 2009, 04:10:11 am: I'd settle for a standard hand. No extra strength. Just be nice if I lost my hand to get it back i'd imagine.
Title: Re: New Prosthetic hand - with nerves...
Post by: NGTM-1R on December 03, 2009, 04:17:19 am: Quote from: General Battuta on December 02, 2009, 10:50:02 pm
You mean Vader's new girlfriend? (http://static.funnyjunk.com/pictures/hand6.jpg)

Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father...all the slashfics he starred in...
Title: Re: New Prosthetic hand - with nerves...
Post by: Retsof on December 03, 2009, 10:28:01 am: This is awesome. I gather that it can send sensory information back, which is pretty amazing. Makes you wonder what it actually feels like though. Or what it would feel like when one of you people triggered your various implements of destruction. Hm... you think they'll include pain? or atleast a dull ache or something to let you know your thumb is about to fall off or your finger needs some WD-40.
Title: Re: New Prosthetic hand - with nerves...
Post by: Mars on December 03, 2009, 10:51:57 am: How far out is this really? And how much will it cost?
Title: Re: New Prosthetic hand - with nerves...
Post by: Retsof on December 03, 2009, 11:37:14 am: I'm sorry, I just had the image of someone with thier hand duct-taped together.
Title: Re: New Prosthetic hand - with nerves...
Post by: Kosh on December 04, 2009, 09:19:07 am: Deus Ex is coming true day by day......

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And how much will it cost?

An arm and a leg. :lol:
Title: Re: New Prosthetic hand - with nerves...
Post by: headdie on December 04, 2009, 11:52:27 am: Quote from: Kosh on December 04, 2009, 09:19:07 am
Deus Ex is coming true day by day......

Not to mention the C&C Kabal rebellion
Title: Re: New Prosthetic hand - with nerves...
Post by: terran_emperor on December 04, 2009, 12:01:06 pm: Quote from: BloodEagle on December 02, 2009, 10:19:50 pm
I'm so getting a freaking gatling gun installed. ;7

Nice to see a fan of Barret Wallace here.
Title: Re: New Prosthetic hand - with nerves...
Post by: starbug on December 04, 2009, 02:35:33 pm: cool, looks the idea of Cybermen is becoming more fact than fiction :nervous:
Title: Re: New Prosthetic hand - with nerves...
Post by: Stormkeeper on December 05, 2009, 06:00:14 pm: Quote from: terran_emperor on December 04, 2009, 12:01:06 pm
Nice to see a fan of Barret Wallace here.
I like his Advent Children gunarm better, though.