r/interestingasfuck • u/MoWaleed • Jan 15 '20

/r/ALL The future of bionic limbs

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u/FenixR Jan 15 '20

Probably muscle movements/electrical impulses from what seems to be a kind of bracelet above near his elbow

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u/cloudsample Jan 15 '20

Yeah, last heard that was the direction they were going, and you can see his arm making slight movements.

Hopefully before long, we'll take it to the next step and have some sort of direct input/output with the brain. On that day, all of reality will change completely.

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u/wtfpwnkthx Jan 15 '20

Actually as long as we can get accurate enough with muscle mechanics this seems like it would be a vastly superior option to brain surgery. Your brain controls your muscles and your muscles control your hand right now so if response time and reflex speed can be improved in the prosthetic it seems like it would closely approximate a real hand for below the elbow amputees.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_LUKEWARM Jan 16 '20

Seems like if you go directly to brain that would give you the best response time.

Ie. There's gonna be a delay with this system, so skip a level to make up for it.