THE VIDEO SHELF · prosthetic limbs
Amputee Makes History with APL’s Modular Prosthetic Limb
Johns Hopkins APL shows Les Baugh, a bilateral shoulder-level amputee, controlling two Modular Prosthetic Limbs by thought after a short training period. Nerves rerouted to his chest drive the arms.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN cites it as an astonishing glimpse of advanced thought-controlled prosthetics.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
- Topic
- prosthetic limbs
- Format
- news
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2014–2016
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From the original HN conversations
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That's a great point. I described the next revolution as possibly one of automation, but that might not be enough. Maybe automation and robotics is better... hmm. This particular thing from Johns Hopkins is just incredible and gives us a glimpse of what might be …
jmsdnns on Hacker News · 2016-01
In New book argues we can’t expect new tech to rekindle rapid economic growthI'm sceptical the school kid project shown in your link actually works significantly. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory made a real one, I think by surgically moving 'spare' nerves to various points at the inside surface of the patients chest and then putting electrodes …
tim333 on Hacker News · 2015-10
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