Deus Ex: Human Revolution is coming to real life soon

[hellheaven1987]

Injured soldiers have fuelled bionics research in prosthetic limbs. A university in the US has developed one of the most advanced bionic arms with military funding. It has nearly as much dexterity as a natural arm and independent finger movement.

It responds to the user's muscles that remain in their residual limb. Muscles generate small electrical signals when they contract, these can be detected by sensors placed on the surface of the skin. The bionic arm uses these, so that contracting different muscles produces specific movement, such as opening or closing a fist.

In the video Michael McLoughlin, from Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory, explains how the Modular Prosthetic Limb (MPL) works, while Air Force Tech Sgt Joe Delauriers practises using it.

One of the next steps is to work on using brain implants to control the arm. Initial work with the MPL has used brain cell signals to enable a patient to stroke his partner's hand with his robotic one.

And many more.

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When bionic arm is advanced enough someone would have the brilliant idea to fit a RPG-7 on the arm, much like Iranian fitted the RPG on UAV and created the first UCAV.

[SLN445]

When they fully develop bionic arms to a level where they are are good as or stronger then normal Arms, ill be having my left arm lopped off

[hellheaven1987]

When they fully develop bionic arms to a level where they are are good as or stronger then normal Arms, ill be having my left arm lopped off

I would get them once the arm is stronger and can fit a plasma cannon too.

[SLN445]

I would get them once the arm is stronger and can fit a plasma cannon too.

Id settle for a pointy stick taped to the end

[hellheaven1987]

[The Despondent Mind]

Time to buy a new body .

[Aanker]

The eye enhancement was quite interesting, to say the least. I wonder what would happen if one were to connect the sensor to the back of the head...

[mrmouth]

This 10 year period of war has led to a massive leap forward in numerous medical fields - particularly trauma. In Afghanistan, every two years is allowing for previously unsurvivable injuries just two years prior, to not only become survivable, but easily managed.

While wars always contribute to the greatest advancement periods in medicine, there has never been such an emphasis on developing a lot of this in tech-heavy civilian medical universities, etc. So this stuff is making it to the battlefield, but also staying civilian-side and playing an almost immediate role here at home.

Conservative estimates see a 20-30 year period of advancement in the last decade in trauma, biomedicine, prosthetics, burn care, etc. And the funding for true sci-fi stuff, like regrowing tissues and organs has never been higher, and they are seeing results.

The unfortunate reality is that once these wars end, the funding will too. That can make for an interesting moral argument. History shows that our species benefits greatly from these periods. With the technology today (in just 10 years the advancements are staggering), and the fact that wars are not costing nearly as many lives as before, you can probably begin to make some unsavory conclusions.

[Babur]

This 10 year period of war has led to a massive leap forward in numerous medical fields - particularly trauma. In Afghanistan, every two years is allowing for previously unsurvivable injuries just two years prior, to not only become survivable, but easily managed.

Wasn't Zeke Sanders an ex-marine?

[mrmouth]

Wasn't Zeke Sanders an ex-marine?

Don't know, I never played that series.

Here is the BBC special. Really great doc. Episode 1 is what is happening in Afghanistan, and ep 2 he goes stateside and then you being to see what the massive increase in wartime funding is doing. Some crazy stuff. Missile technology in a prosthetic leg.

[sumskilz]

[Dr. Oza]

Monkeys are cute <3

[Xanthippus of Sparta]

As an amputee, this is pretty interesting to me. Back in January I lost 2.5 fingers on my left hand to a serious machine malfunction at my job, to sum it up quickly.

I still haven't got to the point in my recovery where I look at prostetics, I'm interested to see what they have to offer.

[hellheaven1987]

An interesting BBC article about bionic arm.