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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    12/03/09

    In reply to Luke Skywalker's Robotic Hand Comes Even Closer to Reality
    the next upgrade needs a rocket propelled fist launching funtion
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    12/03/09

    In reply to Luke Skywalker's Robotic Hand Comes Even Closer to Reality
    How trippy must that be to not only watch a hand across the room move in response to your thoughts, but to actually feel through it as well.

    Call me when we've perfected the technology; I want a big sexy blue cat body to run around in.
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    12/03/09

    In reply to Luke Skywalker's Robotic Hand Comes Even Closer to Reality
    I would remove my legs for cybernetic replacements in a heartbeat. No more pain and restored functionality...
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    12/03/09

    @Makidian: Amen, brother! I live with nerve damage in my left leg and I'd do it in a heartbeat!
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    Image of Nefilim Nefilim
    12/03/09

    @Makidian: "...I'm thinking about getting metal legs. It's a risky operation, but it'll be worth it."
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    Image of Nefilim Nefilim
    12/03/09

    @Nefilim: one more i swear...
    "My name is J.P. I am a robot. I have a robot vagina."
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    Makidian promoted this comment Nefilim was starred Nefilim was unstarred
    Image of Makidian Makidian
    12/04/09

    @Nefilim: Grandma's Boy is one of the funnies movies ever quote it often.

    @Smeagol92055: I have Fibro in both my legs andit makes me feel like a worthless old man and I am far from that stage of my life. I hate taking meds because I have to and not being able to do hardly any of what I used to. Hands are a step in the direction of legs but this has decent implications for someone like my cousin who has a dead arm from an old car accident and has massive nerve damage.
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    Image of RoboBagins RoboBagins
    12/03/09

    In reply to Luke Skywalker's Robotic Hand Comes Even Closer to Reality
    alright! can I order an attachment so I can add an extra thumb to each of my hands and maybe get some some extra arms that attach Doc Oct. style?
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    Image of aubreyf aubreyf
    12/03/09

    @RoboBagins: Extra fingers would be useful for piano players. Extra arms would be useful for one man bands.
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    Image of ProfessorSara ProfessorSara
    12/03/09

    @RoboBagins: That depends. Did you want arms that make you evil? Because that will cost extra.
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    Image of BangarangRufio867 BangarangRufio867
    12/03/09

    In reply to Luke Skywalker's Robotic Hand Comes Even Closer to Reality
    This is definitely really cool stuff, however, you know a man's got needs. One of these days one of those "complex movements" may lead to a handful of new problems.

    I'm talking about masterbation.
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    Image of Belabras Belabras
    12/03/09

    In reply to Luke Skywalker's Robotic Hand Comes Even Closer to Reality
    Still no flying cars, but cyborgs are just around the corner...
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    Image of The_Sporean_Bob The_Sporean_Bob
    12/03/09

    @Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!: If we combined the efforts, we could have cyborg flying cars within about 10 years or so!

    or would they be car flying cyborgs?
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    Image of Belabras Belabras
    12/03/09

    @The_Sporean_Bob:
    I think the word you are looking for is 'awesome'. They would be awesome.
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    Image of aubreyf aubreyf
    12/03/09

    In reply to Luke Skywalker's Robotic Hand Comes Even Closer to Reality
    I wonder if you can tell it to *not* register things like needle pricks. You know, so you can just grab that tray of cookies right out of the oven.

    Kudos to the people making this stuff. I really gotta hand it to them.
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    12/03/09

    @aubreyf: Not a good idea. You need some sort of sensory registration or you could damage that hand or what ever it is in contact with.
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    Image of BangarangRufio867 BangarangRufio867
    12/03/09

    @aubreyf: that's why they make robotic oven mitts
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    Image of aubreyf aubreyf
    12/03/09

    @LittleDragon: Oh you and your logic. How about a removable "skin glove" (like on Fringe) that has the feeling embedded in it? Take it off when you don't need to feel.
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    Image of Starwatcher Starwatcher
    12/03/09

    In reply to Luke Skywalker's Robotic Hand Comes Even Closer to Reality
    Oh, I'm gonna look so cool with one of those on.
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    Image of HyMinded HyMinded
    10/20/09

    In reply to Bionic Hand Lets the Wearer Feel, Not Just Touch
    I'd love to see Dremel get into this field. #robothand
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    Image of AshThePirate AshThePirate
    10/20/09

    In reply to Bionic Hand Lets the Wearer Feel, Not Just Touch
    And so we are one step closer to our cyborg Overlords. #robothand
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    10/20/09

    In reply to Bionic Hand Lets the Wearer Feel, Not Just Touch
    Finally!! Get me some bandages and a saw! Im getting me one of those fitted. NowI can look Stallone straight in the eyes and win my hard earned Arm wrestling match. Over the Top....pah!! #robothand
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    Image of Trystero Trystero
    10/20/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Not if he turns his hat backward. Nothing can beat him then. #robothand
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    Image of jp182 jp182
    10/21/09

    @Trystero: OR if he re-grips your hand #robothand
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    10/20/09

    In reply to Bionic Hand Lets the Wearer Feel, Not Just Touch
    Someone call Steve Goldman and Dr. Rudy Wells. The new and improved Steve Austin is arriving soon, and for less than 6 million dollars, it would seem. #robothand
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    Image of Yamato Yamato
    10/20/09

    In reply to Bionic Hand Lets the Wearer Feel, Not Just Touch
    this is pretty cool, it makes me think of Full Metal Alchemist, where they have people who have robotic limbs called AutoMail. #robothand
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    Image of psychiccheese psychiccheese
    10/20/09

    In reply to Bionic Hand Lets the Wearer Feel, Not Just Touch
    How long now before people are cutting their limbs off on purpose just to get one of these? I mean, if these things can do everything a normal hand can do (probably not yet, but pretty close), eventually they'll be able to do more. They'll make you harder, better, faster, and stronger. Who wouldn't want a hand that would never lose a thumb war again? Or a hand so fast that it can switch from scissors to paper faster than someone can notice? #robothand
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    10/20/09

    @psychiccheese: oh great...now we'll have an escalating Thumb War with guerrilla style Rock-Paper-Scissors conflicts breaking out all over the place... #robothand
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    Image of Ghede Ghede
    10/20/09

    @psychiccheese: I give it five years, ten tops. About the time I'll probably be seeing the onset of some kind of debilitating hand condition as a result of my over-keyboarded lifestyle. Carpal tunnel, arthritis, maybe a new condition like "drifting pinky"
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    10/20/09

    @psychiccheese: I'd do it to my leg, to tell you the truth. I've got nerve damage in my left leg, and the pain is so excruciating at times it's almost unbearable. Since it's nerve damage, there's nothing that can really be done short of removing the damaged nerves themselves. If this team could create artificial nerves to hook into the already-existing nervous system, I'd gladly lose my biological leg at the chance to be pain-free. #robothand
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    Image of laylaholic laylaholic
    10/20/09

    @Smeagol92055: Dr. House recommends Vicodin... #robothand
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    Image of Daumier Daumier
    10/20/09

    @laylaholic: Better yet, maybe House will finally get the damned thing cut off too. #robothand
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    Image of bakana bakana
    10/20/09

    @psychiccheese: I remember reading an aside in Ghost in the Shell where super-powered prosthetics were discouraged, as anything significantly stronger than your body would be problematic mechanically.

    Like if your new arm is strong enough to lift a car, if you actually tried lifting a car with it, the force would most likely just rip the arm off of your body! #robothand
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    10/20/09

    @laylaholic: It's never Lupus. #robothand
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    10/20/09

    @bakana: Didn't that actually happen in the film? She tried to pry the lid of a tank off and damn near ripped herself in half, if I remember correctly; it's been about five years since I watched it. #robothand
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    Image of Prolorn Prolorn
    10/20/09

    @Smeagol92055: Major Kusanagi was already a full-body cyborg, though, so it was a mechanical failure.

    Whereas with a hybrid biological-prosthetic body the risk would be if the prosthetic limb tried to exert more force than its foundation (the biological components) were prepared to support. #robothand
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    10/20/09

    @Mysterius: Ah, thanks.

    Spiderman actually demonstrated that concept in the classic Spiderman vs. the Juggernaut crossover. He made a giant web across the street to block Juggernaut's path and Juggernaut simply walked through it. The web net actually held, but the moorings (i.e., the sides of the buildings he attached it to) ripped completely off. #robothand
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    10/20/09

    @bakana: Movie and comics creators forget this stuff all of the time. Also, it probably would take less force to pull you to the ground than rip your arm off, so you would just body slam yourself when lifting the car. The shock of his feat hitting the pavement would likely have killed the Bionic Man when he jumped. Things like that.

    This is much like the "more powerful than a locomotive" fallacy. Superman grabs the back of a train and stops it instead of just pulling off whatever projection he grabs onto. The worst example of this was when He-Man kept two sides of a geologic fault apart by jumping in and pushing with his legs.
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    Image of psychiccheese psychiccheese
    10/20/09

    @bakana: I suppose for larger things yes, it would have a problem. But lets say for mechanical pushing against mechanical. Like a hand crushing a pop can. There would be no external forces acting against the body, simply the rest of the mechanical structure. So theoretically, you could crush a full pop can without any problems. #robothand
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    Image of Anekanta - Go Play! Anekanta - Go Play!
    10/20/09

    In reply to Bionic Hand Lets the Wearer Feel, Not Just Touch
    Wow--that's quite a breakthrough! #robothand
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