Amputee Makes History with APL’s Modular Prosthetic Limb
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN cites it as an astonishing glimpse of advanced thought-controlled prosthetics.
What it is
Johns Hopkins APL shows Les Baugh, a bilateral shoulder-level amputee, controlling two Modular Prosthetic Limbs by thought after a short training period. Nerves rerouted to his chest drive the arms.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2014 to 2016.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec jmsdnns · 2016-01 · on “New book argues we can’t expect new tech to rekindle rapid economic growth”
That's a great point. I described the next revolution as possibly one of automation, but that might not be enough. Maybe automation and robotics is better... hmm. This particular thing from Johns Hopkins is just incredible and gives us a glimpse of what might be in 50 years: [this video]
Recommends tim333 · 2015-10 · on “What Would Real Brain-To-Brain Communication Look Like?”
I'm sceptical the school kid project shown in your link actually works significantly. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory made a real one, I think by surgically moving 'spare' nerves to various points at the inside surface of the patients chest and then putting electrodes on the exterior surface. There's an interesting video explaining a bit: [this video] from [LINK]
Cites mparlane · 2014-12 · on “Amputee controls prosthetic arms by thinking about them [video]”
Must not have watched the video: [this video] This part of the video shows the arms are not attached. I'm sure he was trained to use the arms when they were not on him first.
Cites eli_gottlieb · 2016-01 · on “New book argues we can’t expect new tech to rekindle rapid economic growth”
>This particular thing from Johns Hopkins is just incredible and gives us a glimpse of what might be in 50 years: [this video] Who's going to be able to afford those?