Man Chooses to Swap Disabled Hand for Bionic Replacement

[thethingthatlurks]

This is so cool, and not just a guy regaining use of his hand! I'd totally get one of those, but I have full use of my hands. Seriously, how is bionic augmentation not the most awesome thing we could do with our bodies? Somebody please invent bionic eyes...I'm kinda sick of having to wear glasses and only being able to see between ~450-750nm.

That's what laser eye surgery is for.

About $3000 per eye, and it won't do anything about that limited range. I want to see in the IR-UV range, damnit!

Whatever, man. Once the inevitable EMP terrorist apocalyptic strike shuts down North America I'll be sitting pretty with my 20/20 vision while you're stumbling around blind.

This amuses me.

I'm pretty sure you'd die in that attack, along with everybody else in the blast radius who happens to be exposed to the atmosphere. Sooo...let's assume we both live. I get to have my awesome vision, and you...get to be food? idk, what would you inferior unaugmented humans do in the post-apocalyptic world? Aside from, you know, being hunted for sport...

The Monster Girl Encyclopedia happens. Google it.

Unless you're at work or near your family. In that case, don't.

What, this?

Spoiler: thpoilerth and/or possibly nsfw

I was expecting something more...fap-worthy, I guess. That's barely DeviantArt material

 

[Sinclair Solutions]

He should make sure that

Spoiler

the hand is not actually his wife

Spoiler

 

[Kopikatsu]

This is so cool, and not just a guy regaining use of his hand! I'd totally get one of those, but I have full use of my hands. Seriously, how is bionic augmentation not the most awesome thing we could do with our bodies? Somebody please invent bionic eyes...I'm kinda sick of having to wear glasses and only being able to see between ~450-750nm.

That's what laser eye surgery is for.

About $3000 per eye, and it won't do anything about that limited range. I want to see in the IR-UV range, damnit!

Whatever, man. Once the inevitable EMP terrorist apocalyptic strike shuts down North America I'll be sitting pretty with my 20/20 vision while you're stumbling around blind.

This amuses me.

I'm pretty sure you'd die in that attack, along with everybody else in the blast radius who happens to be exposed to the atmosphere. Sooo...let's assume we both live. I get to have my awesome vision, and you...get to be food? idk, what would you inferior unaugmented humans do in the post-apocalyptic world? Aside from, you know, being hunted for sport...

The Monster Girl Encyclopedia happens. Google it.

Unless you're at work or near your family. In that case, don't.

What, this?

Spoiler: thpoilerth and/or possibly nsfw

I was expecting something more...fap-worthy, I guess. That's barely DeviantArt material

That's just the main article where it describes everything. You have to check MonsterGirlBooru and other various sites to get the fap-worthy material.

Protip: Search 'gif' or 'animation' on MonsterGirlBooru.

Again, this is NSFW. Don't blame me for anything that you find there.

 

[Andy of Comix Inc]

So what happens if the scene from Evil Dead II happens? Only now it's a robot. Not a zombie. So that's worse!! WE'RE ALL DOOMED I TELLS YA

But no seriously this is pretty damn cool and I'm happy for the guy.

 

[En Row]

After several hand puns later
I am glad to know that humanity is making progress..

....now all I have to do is wait for an artificial vagina

Yes, I fu*king bolded that word

 

[Frotality]

i wonder how effective this robot hand will be... they say you have to turn the wrist manually, but i cant imagine everything else works like a perfectly functioning human hand either; can it do the vulcan salute? flip someone off? how fluid is the motion? im curious...

at any rate, we're one step closer to ghost in the shell...ah, the day were everyone can ditch their flabby human bodies for supermodel-sexy android bodies...

 

[kayisking]

This is so cool, and not just a guy regaining use of his hand! I'd totally get one of those, but I have full use of my hands. Seriously, how is bionic augmentation not the most awesome thing we could do with our bodies? Somebody please invent bionic eyes...I'm kinda sick of having to wear glasses and only being able to see between ~450-750nm.

That's what laser eye surgery is for.

About $3000 per eye, and it won't do anything about that limited range. I want to see in the IR-UV range, damnit!

I'm sorry but if you're complaining about the price of laser eye surgery, then I do not think bionic eye's are the thing for you.

 

[kayisking]

It just goes to show what science is capable of when we really knuckle down.

I agree. Science sure is handy. I give those doctors the thumbs up! I just wish I had a grasp on how it all works.

Truly we are living in the digital age.

Oh snap, I missed that one! You really nailed me.
*facepalm*
You'll have to give me a helping hand next time.

I have to say I don't find your request opposable

I'm clutching at straws here. I guess I must be losing my touch.
Maybe you could point me in the right direction?

I...erm...hands...
Yeah, that'll do...

Do you need a hand with that sir?

 

[Vault Citizen]

One word: Skynet.

/thread

Except that Skynet was A.I. and even the cyborgs were A.I. with human skin (and stuff) grown over them. This is just a prosthetic, so an almost completely different thing.

No thread for you, you may however have a consolation cookie http://pective.com/m/cookie

what would you inferior unaugmented humans do in the post-apocalyptic world? Aside from, you know, being hunted for sport...

You laugh now but just wait until we "inferior" humans unionise

 

[draythefingerless]

It just goes to show what science is capable of when we really knuckle down.

I agree. Science sure is handy. I give those doctors the thumbs up! I just wish I had a grasp on how it all works.

Truly we are living in the digital age.

Oh snap, I missed that one! You really nailed me.
*facepalm*
You'll have to give me a helping hand next time.

I have to say I don't find your request opposable

I'm clutching at straws here. I guess I must be losing my touch.
Maybe you could point me in the right direction?

I don't know, you seem to have a good grasp on the concept, but any more and the gloves are coming off!

And the gauntlet is thrown.
I warn ye, we're already snatching each others puns here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QVoFOAvcPU

 

[vxicepickxv]

It's a step in the right direction. Just a few more years, and the new one will have feeling in it, and full range of motion.


I'm afraid we have to close the tread. We've hit Peak Bold. We can't afford to mine more bold text. It's just too expensive, and the demand is too high.

 

[Jandau]

And a few years later we're living in the world from Ghost in the Shell...

 

[Scott Guthrie]

make sure to practice on a sausage so you don't rip your dick off :L

 

[T-Bone24]

I'm assuming that he won't have any feeling in the badass bionic hand? Please tell me they are giving him gadgets.

Also, super-strength? Get to work, science.

 

[mdkcde]

In the future, gamers will no longer fear that amputation will forbid them to play videogames.

I can certainly see Pro's willingly cutthing their hands off, once these devices are more capable than your Mark I hands.

 

[Kopikatsu]

In the future, gamers will no longer fear that amputation will forbid them to play videogames.

I can certainly see Pro's willingly cutthing their hands off, once these devices are more capable than your Mark I hands.

It's probably really pathetic, but I've always been terrified of having something happen to my hands/arms for this very reason.

But my legs? Eh, you can have those.

 

[kayisking]

In the future, gamers will no longer fear that amputation will forbid them to play videogames.

I can certainly see Pro's willingly cutthing their hands off, once these devices are more capable than your Mark I hands.

It's probably really pathetic, but I've always been terrified of having something happen to my hands/arms for this very reason.

But my legs? Eh, you can have those.

I'm with you right there, since I also play piano. I would probably off myself if I lost my hands.

 

[iniudan]

This is so cool, and not just a guy regaining use of his hand! I'd totally get one of those, but I have full use of my hands. Seriously, how is bionic augmentation not the most awesome thing we could do with our bodies? Somebody please invent bionic eyes...I'm kinda sick of having to wear glasses and only being able to see between ~450-750nm.

That's what laser eye surgery is for.

About $3000 per eye, and it won't do anything about that limited range. I want to see in the IR-UV range, damnit!

Damn that expensive where you live, here in Canada the maximum it can cost is 3500$ for the two eye (that the one for those with slim cornea or eye irregularity who cannot get the normal laser surgery).

 

[Kaytastrophe]

And so it begins.


I think it will be about 2015 or 2020 before we see full-on replaced limbs with prosthetic ones that have the same or better range of movement than that of our natural appendages.


Might be not until 2040 though when we can finally get a full body replacement though, but baby steps before running a marathon.

And in 2022 it will actually be entertaining to watch the paralympics! Yeah, I went there.

 

[thethingthatlurks]

This is so cool, and not just a guy regaining use of his hand! I'd totally get one of those, but I have full use of my hands. Seriously, how is bionic augmentation not the most awesome thing we could do with our bodies? Somebody please invent bionic eyes...I'm kinda sick of having to wear glasses and only being able to see between ~450-750nm.

That's what laser eye surgery is for.

About $3000 per eye, and it won't do anything about that limited range. I want to see in the IR-UV range, damnit!

Damn that expensive where you live, here in Canada the maximum it can cost is 3500$ for the two eye (that the one for those with slim cornea or eye irregularity who cannot get the normal laser surgery).

I know there's a range of prices depending on the exact type of operation, but I've never seen anything for less than $2000 per eye. You guys have it good up there, with your evil socialist/communist health care system