Man Controls Cybernetic Hand With Thoughts 81
MaryBethP writes "Scientists in Italy announced Wednesday that Pierpaolo Petruzziello, a 26-year-old Italian who had lost his left forearm in a car accident, was successfully linked to an artificial limb that was controlled by electrodes implanted in his arm and connected to the median and ulnar nerves. He has learned to control the artificial limb with his mind. According to CNet, Petruzziello says he could feel sensations in it, as if the lost arm had grown back again. The BBC has a brief video showing the arm in operation."
Thank goodness (Score:3, Funny)
That second link (Score:5, Funny)
C'mon, that's terrible even by my standards!
Re:That second link (Score:5, Funny)
You have to hand it to them though, I think they really pulled it off!
This raises important questions... (Score:5, Funny)
And, can they give you control without feeling sensation? Because that would totally feel like somebody else's hand...
God moved the hand (Score:3, Funny)
More proof that God synchronizes mental and physical events. Substance dualists rejoice! ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occasionalism [wikipedia.org]
Re:This raises important questions... (Score:3, Funny)
Heck, go whole hog. Have two amputees chatting with each other via webcams connect to each other's artificial arm over the Internet. Cybersex will never be the same.
Scary headlines... (Score:3, Funny)
I'm still waiting for the newspaper headlines reporting a nose-picking fatality caused by a short in the sensing circuits!!!
Re:This raises important questions... (Score:3, Funny)