Woman Controls Robot Arm With Her Mind
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...Your telling me that just by thoughts alone she can move that arm? Like a real arm? That is crazy! I had no idea we were that far in neuro robotics to actually simulate what its like to move a real limb. If there already this far, I could only imagine what a decade would do....she would be moving that robotic arm in such a realistic fashion it would perfectly simulate human movement.
Well, does anyone want to pay me a few million dollars for my arm? I think I want to get an upgrade.
You know that "robot" (1920) isn't much older word than "cyborg" (1960) right?Guffe said:No I'm not!blackrave said:I'm pretty sure the term you are searching for is "cyborgs"Guffe said:
Like every zombie movie and show refuses to call them zombies I won't go as low as take some strange sci-fi naming of something and start using it for real life!
[sub][sub]But yeah... maybe...[/sub][/sub]
And both came from science-fiction.
So you either should use both or none.
I always liked "Mandroid".
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That's absolutely amazing. I love seeing all these breakthroughs happening in my lifetime. By the time I'll kick the bucket, I imagine we'll all be upgraded in a way. My favourite thing would probably be an internal hard drive and a text editor recording my thoughts, so I could edit later. Would make writing so much easier.
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That's absolutely amazing. I love seeing all these breakthroughs happening in my lifetime. By the time I'll kick the bucket, I imagine we'll all be upgraded in a way. My favourite thing would probably be an internal hard drive and a text editor recording my thoughts, so I could edit later. Would make writing so much easier.
She sends her input to the device through a grid of electrodes implanted in to her brain near the motor cortex.
Umm, they have this technology with simple sticky pads to the forehead that read magnetic resonance fields from your brain that extend outside the skin.
No need for implants via drilling of brain and skull bits.
Use the force luke, always, but not like that! Bad boy Luke!
Umm, they have this technology with simple sticky pads to the forehead that read magnetic resonance fields from your brain that extend outside the skin.
No need for implants via drilling of brain and skull bits.
Use the force luke, always, but not like that! Bad boy Luke!
That is the coolest thing I've seen in a long time.
Good job science!
Soon Deus Ex: HR will be a real life thing.
Good job science!
Soon Deus Ex: HR will be a real life thing.
Getting witty are we, eh?blackrave said:You know that "robot" (1920) isn't much older word than "cyborg" (1960) right?Guffe said:No I'm not!blackrave said:I'm pretty sure the term you are searching for is "cyborgs"Guffe said:
Like every zombie movie and show refuses to call them zombies I won't go as low as take some strange sci-fi naming of something and start using it for real life!
[sub][sub]But yeah... maybe...[/sub][/sub]
And both came from science-fiction.
So you either should use both or none.
Well I'll tell you lad, 40 years is for me at the youn' age o' 20 pretty much.
As for the sci-fi part, You callin' StarWars sci-fi now?
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Ehm, how does Star Wars came into discussion?
P.S.Also, I was wrong- term cyborg first appeared in scientific publication not science-fiction. That gives it even more credibility than "robot", right? Because that's how these things work.
P.P.S. And yes Star Wars isn't sci-fi, but rather science fantasy (less science, more fiction)
I'm so getting shades like Adam J. when this technology becomes the big thing.
The next big step now will be to attaching the arm to the body to replace the injured/paralyzed one...real big step and maybe they`ll manage to avoid the whole drug-dependent-augmentations like we've seen in Deus Ex.
The next big step now will be to attaching the arm to the body to replace the injured/paralyzed one...real big step and maybe they`ll manage to avoid the whole drug-dependent-augmentations like we've seen in Deus Ex.
This is a great start to a lot of things that could help people, the only way for this tech is forward. Could be at a slow pace, but it will improve.
hey, Im for transhumnism, dont just repair, upgrade!
punching through walls powered by energy-snacks? sounds good!
punching through walls powered by energy-snacks? sounds good!
This is a bit more complicated to control than the "toys" that are controlled via the MRFs in the brain.ViciousTide said:
The MFR toys are programmed to respond to certain parts of the brain triggering, like a really intense concentration on "up" would do, and you could achieve the same results by thinking "chocolate" really hard if it's in the same area.
They could probably make a very crude version that worked with MRF, and it would never be able to achieve the same motorcontrol as she's showing in the video, at least not with the current technology.
To achieve precise motorcontrol such as this, the device would either have to be jacked straight into the skull, like in this patients case, or onto the still functioning nervepaths, which would be impossible since she has no nerveimpulse below the neck.