Cyborg Arm A Reality & VHS To DVD
Following up on yesterday’s cyborg arm post, Gizmodo had more details from someone who was actually there. Excerpts:
At this point, Dean described what current motorized limbs were like. They strapped against a shoulder, and if they moved at all, they’re controlled by kind of jamming the opposing shoulder which pulls the strapped limb so that a button gets pressed on it. If they’re motorized they have a kind of a hook, or in some cases a cosmetic hand.
These hands are kind of one-size or a couple sizes and a couple of skin colors fit all.
So the first thing on Dean’s list was that these would be the best looking prosthetic arms ever. Number one, these arms would match the person. And this would be achieved by taking a cyberscan of the other arm and making an exact mirror image. With nails, skin tone, size, bone size, everything matching. If the person didn’t have another arm, a match would be found.
The next thing to tackle would be movement. From the looks of the video, this is coming along nicely. I wonder what the control scheme actually is on this video. I don’t know. But I do know that they’re shooting the moon.
And I don’t think there was a dry eye while he was describing this to us. It was like watching the impossible become real.
You can read it in its entirety here. Robot arms plus stem cell technology? Pretty heavy stuff, but definitely good news for anyone who needs an extra limb.
In other news, if you’ve been nostalgic enough not to throw away your old VHS tapes, Sony has something that can convert those relics to DVD. The Sony DVDirect VRD-MC3 can connect to almost anything capable of recording and storing images as long as they’re all Sony-branded. Kidding. Check out the press release for details.
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