Guest JMT Posted June 23 Report Share Posted June 23 wow.----------------------------------------------------------Bionic Man Moves Artificial Arm With BrainUPDATED: 2:00 pm EDT June 23, 2005CHICAGO -- Researchers have developed artificial arms that can be moved as it if they were real limbs, simply by thinking about making them move, according to Local 6 News.The world's first bionic man, Jesse Sullivan, 54, accidentally touched live wires while working as a utility lineman in Tennessee. He suffered severe burns, causing him to lose his arms.Now, Sullivan is the first to try out the most sophisticated artificial arms ever designed.Surgeons attached his arm nerves to healthy muscles in his chest."So now when Jess thinks, close hand, the impulse is picked up by a transmitter, and goes to his hand," doctor Todd Kuiken said. "He thinks, closes hand and it does."Sullivan's hand rotates 360 degrees, according to the report. When Sullivan's brain tells his arm to do something, it's done in seconds and he has feeling in the bionic arm."This gives me a lot of hope," Sullivan said. "I was an independent kind of guy. I didn't ask anybody for anything. If I could do it, I did it."Eventually tiny sensors in the fingertips will allow Sullivan to feel texture and temperature.Doctors at Chicago's Rehabilitation Center said the breakthrough could change the lives of amputees, patients with spinal cord injuries and stroke victims, according to the report.By the time it's perfected, the cost of manufacturing the bionic arm is expected to be about $6 million, according to the report.For more information on the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Please click www.ric.org.http://www.local6.com/news/4643968/detail.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lulamishka Posted June 23 Report Share Posted June 23 That is unreal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest durrtylexx Posted June 23 Report Share Posted June 23 thats awesome! wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pod Posted June 23 Report Share Posted June 23 We're almost here right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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all4tribal1414779019 Posted June 24 Report Share Posted June 24 saw that at the gym, pretty cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Slide On The Ice Posted June 24 Report Share Posted June 24 By the time it's perfected, the cost of manufacturing the bionic arm is expected to be about $6 million, according to the report.$6 million...no pun, but he really is the Six Million Dollar Man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pod Posted June 24 Report Share Posted June 24 We have the technology, we can fix him...(cue that noise...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Slide On The Ice Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 We have the technology, we can fix him...(cue that noise...)heh heh...now I'm going to bea hearing that opening music for the rest of the night, in my head. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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