EPTA team of scientists from Italy and Sweden has developed what is believed to be the first artificial hand that has feeling:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8313037.stm
Bionic hand can "feel."
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Loophole
United States867 Posts
A team of scientists from Italy and Sweden has developed what is believed to be the first artificial hand that has feeling: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8313037.stm | ||
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JohnColtrane
Australia4813 Posts
i wonder how advanced this will be like in 20 years time | ||
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Rice
United States1332 Posts
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konadora
Singapore66358 Posts
automails may become a reality! | ||
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DrainX
Sweden3187 Posts
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Dr.Lettuce
United Kingdom663 Posts
On October 20 2009 16:57 Rice wrote: this is almost approaching immortality imo. imagine a full artificial body with a human brain...... I don't quite think we're near immortality just yet  . The video for me doesn't work, I'm at work. But did they explain the science behind it? I mean I sort of assume they fused the nerve endings together, because nerves work on a series of reactions. It's been a long time since I've done any biology, but how would they recreate the synapses, sodium gates and chemical pathways etc? Would this also make his arm- immune to any diseases in the motor neurons etc. e.g Parkinsons. On a side note, I'm really impressed, that's such a huge advancement, being able to simulate the human sense of touch. Go science! | ||
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Murlox
France1699 Posts
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disco
Netherlands1667 Posts
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BalliSLife
1339 Posts
On October 20 2009 16:55 JohnColtrane wrote: this sounds awesome i wonder how advanced this will be like in 20 years time in another 20 years you would probably get a real arm back again somehow. | ||
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Frits
11782 Posts
On October 20 2009 17:37 BalliSLife wrote: in another 20 years you would probably get a real arm back again somehow. but why get a real one when you can get a robotic one that's 10 times as powerful! | ||
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zerotol
Belgium508 Posts
On October 20 2009 17:37 BalliSLife wrote: in another 20 years you would probably get a real arm back again somehow. Perhaps. Bionics are difficult since the brain has to be able to control mechanical parts. | ||
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BalliSLife
1339 Posts
On October 20 2009 17:45 Frits wrote: but why get a real one when you can get a robotic one that's 10 times as powerful! Then I'd rather have them discover something that makes you're body deteriorate slower. Or maybe transferred to a new body with everything else being the same. | ||
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Cu(oCo)
Italy358 Posts
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DrainX
Sweden3187 Posts
On October 20 2009 17:50 Cu(oCo) wrote: sounds weird italy actually can do something like this. but its just awesome Together we can do anything. | ||
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Bearigator
United States233 Posts
On October 20 2009 17:48 BalliSLife wrote: Then I'd rather have them discover something that makes you're body deteriorate slower. Or maybe transferred to a new body with everything else being the same. You would rather have a normal, young healthy body? You could have a giant robot body! Or at least robot limb. Think FMA. | ||
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Geo.Rion
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opsayo
591 Posts
On October 20 2009 17:45 Frits wrote: but why get a real one when you can get a robotic one that's 10 times as powerful! sometimes there ain't nothing like the real thing | ||
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winterBlossom
Australia27 Posts
Sounds like you and Cu(oCo) have a really special productive relationship. | ||
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pyrogenetix
China5098 Posts
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BloodDrunK
Bangladesh2767 Posts
so...... | ||
Bockit
Sydney2287 Posts
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Zilver
Finland282 Posts
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Biochemist
United States1008 Posts
On "immortality:" unless they make you an artificial brain too, extending your lifespan just means you'll live long enough to get Alzheimer's. | ||
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Licmyobelisk
Philippines3682 Posts
LOL! I'm talking out of my ass when I said resurrection ! | ||
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georgir
Bulgaria253 Posts
It is even somewhat disappointing to me that all we are able to do so far is just limited sensitivity in a couple of points. Please get me out of stasis again when we are able to do full skin surface with realistic pressure level sensitivity and temperature and all that, with stimulation of the brain directly, bypassing the peripheral nerves and even the spinal cord. No, sorry, I didn't want to downplay the significance of this. It is a fine step and I am glad that such research is finally picking up the pace. This is one area of research that will bring revolutionary changes eventually, and I can hardly wait. LOL, am I a dreamer or what? | ||
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Lovin
Denmark812 Posts
On October 20 2009 20:33 BloodDrunK wrote: i'm not much surprised.i heard that scientists have already created an artificial heart. so...... .... It's just a bloody pump! Doesn't even need brain control -_______________________- | ||
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yooh
China223 Posts
It's a siiiiickkkk showwwww... | ||
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Dr.Lettuce
United Kingdom663 Posts
Anyway, can any biologists comment on this? I'm curious about the actual science behind it. What are the future implications? | ||
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Boundz(DarKo)
5311 Posts
On October 20 2009 17:45 Frits wrote: but why get a real one when you can get a robotic one that's 10 times as powerful! Exactly. This will bring plastic surgery to a whole new level. Doctor: So, what did you have in mind? Ugly fuck: Well, my boobs are a bit small, ass is kind of sloppy and my head is kind of out or proportion. Doctor: Lucky you, today we have a special offer containing a boobjob, an assjob and a headjob. For just $5000! | ||
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Cu(oCo)
Italy358 Posts
!!! hope someone giving group nobel/award (dont know so much about nobel and awards like that) | ||
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omnigol
United States166 Posts
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404.Delirium
United States1190 Posts
On October 20 2009 22:02 Lovin wrote: .... It's just a bloody pump! Doesn't even need brain control -_______________________- Ha! A pun! I've always been interested in robotics; and this is really fascinating The fact that we have control over a machine with our brain as if it were are own... sounds like science fiction. | ||
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Japakazol
United States102 Posts
On October 20 2009 18:05 Bearigator wrote: You would rather have a normal, young healthy body? You could have a giant robot body! Or at least robot limb. Think FMA. Yes, think FMA. Where he spends the entire series trying to get his normal, young, healthy body back to replace his robot limb. lolz | ||
Holgerius
Sweden16951 Posts
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kidd
United States2848 Posts
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Dr.Lettuce
United Kingdom663 Posts
On October 21 2009 01:43 kidd wrote: Science is really cool when you don't have to be the one spending hundreds and hundreds of hours tweaking and perfecting it. There's no such thing as perfecting science, that's the beauty of it. Every trial and error may reveal something. Flemming found penicillin by mistake, look how much that advanced modern medicine. Who knows how far this advancement might take us. Exponential times my friend. | ||
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requiem
United States268 Posts
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intrigue
Washington, D.C9934 Posts
technically, this is a very rudimentary recreation of a basic feedback loop but to have gotten even here is really, really amazing. just a few years ago we were impressed with one-way interfaces, and now we can actually 'perceive' via machinery! when we finally understand the brain (lol) in a few thousand years, the applications are going to be unbelievable. beyond just turning yourself into a gundam, i'm imagining completely new sensory systems where you will feel the data instead of having to read it from a layout. very neuromancer-ish, really | ||
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georgir
Bulgaria253 Posts
it will happen before the end of this century... possibly even while we are still alive. think about it, once we get past our initial taboos and start dabbling with invasive brain-computer interfaces we will be learning things about our brains much faster than we do now. we will probably merge mind with technology very soon after that critical point. understanding the brain and interfacing with it are not the only revolutionary advances that are about to come this century. nanotechnology, genetics, biology and medicine all hold possibilities of very dramatic breakthroughs in the near future. exponential growth of computational power is a given even today, but photonics, spintronics and especially quantum computing advancements in the near future will boost it to a completely different level. all of those fields will help one another and help in our understanding of the brain as well. technology in general is improving exponentially, and a lot of people expect what is called "technological singularity" some time very soon. what that means is that we will get so much revolutionary advancements that will change us and our world to a degree beyond what anyone today can probably imagine or predict. | ||
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