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(VIDEO) First Cyborg Arm? Dean Kamen's New Artificial Limb

video.google.com — Incredible moment in the history of Man and Machine relations. Audience cried when the entire video was displayed.

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  • shadus, on 10/12/2007, -3/+104Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world's first bionic man. Dean Kamen will be that man. Better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster.

    The bionic man jokes aside, that's very damn cool, it would be great to see similar technology developed for legs and specifically hands and fingers. Personally, I look forward to a full cybernetics... I want a neural interface dammit.
    • AKBryant54, on 10/12/2007, -1/+70Real life cyborgs = automatic front page
    • AdmiralAdama, on 10/12/2007, -15/+20I can tell you that in a hundred years, we're gonna have some trouble with our cyborg population. Enjoy it for now tho.
    • D3koy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+36@AKbryant54

      Edit: Cyborg arm WITH LASERS equals auto front page _and_ me cutting off my left arm...
    • superal1394, on 10/12/2007, -7/+6I want a third arm
    • oskite, on 10/12/2007, -9/+4As I said in the other story about this (the non-video one, hence the reason it wasn't made popular), why does everything Dean Kamen's involved with have to be so ***** awesome?

      That guy—I swear he's a modern day Nikola Tesla. Extremely innovative and responsible for so many advancements, but not going to be the one in the history books.
    • evilesttoast, on 10/12/2007, -8/+65Does it have an iPod dock?
    • BlakeEM, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/02/15/08OPentinsights_1.html

      This is a guy to keep your eye on.
    • disillusioned, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18Dean Kamen is the inventor... not the guy wearing the arm.
      He also invented the Segway. Or "IT."
    • PathDaemon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11He also invented the portable dialysis machine, improved the helicopter, and, oh yeah, started FIRST.
      Team 555 FTW.

      Also, he insisted on posing for his picture with President Clinton in the iBot wheelchair, when he's anything but disabled. That takes determination.
    • killerofkiller, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2team 180 ftw
    • SeoulBrother, on 10/12/2007, -16/+7but will it blend?
    • killerofkiller, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7that's so 3 months ago
    • Dpack1, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1"Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology."
    • sunchild, on 10/12/2007, -11/+1Segway is still strictly for losers. Do we have to wear crash helmets when we use Dean's new bionic arm? This guy is denim doosh #1.
    • DAGONthehauge, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6When will I *prefer* having artificial parts and voluntarily have my limbs replaced? I think no later than 2030.
    • NealV, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I wonder if he regains his proprioception with a bionic arm. Truth be told, I'm unsure on everything that this sense is based on, but it might require more feedback before he can close his eyes and touch his nose - or can he do that already?

      Also, one thing I always wonder when I see these developments. Which do you think we will develop first - a full mechanical limb replacement (same control and dexterity as a natural limb, along with sense of touch, pressure, heat, pain) or the ability fully regrow limbs?
    • riotnumber9, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Your sha-na-na-na-na-na-na-na's could be louder.
  • enderwiggin13, on 10/12/2007, -30/+2I for one welcome our new overlords at Cyberdyne Systems. Their new and amaxing Skynet system will save the planet...
  • spookyttws, on 10/12/2007, -0/+32It's really cool, but it's got to be strange to have full control over an appendage, but have no feeling in it.
    • Cenobite, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18I guess it would feel a lot like if your arm was under anesthetic: you can still manipulate it easily, you just have to be careful that you don't grip stuff too tightly or too weakly. They'd only need a way for the robotic arm to give feedback on pressure. I don't see that as being too far off (if it isn't around already), because I remember reading an article a few years ago where they managed to equip an amputee with a bionic arm that was capable of having him "feel" hot from cold.
    • kublerross, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13they already have systems in place to divert sensory input from a prosthetic limb to other areas and the brain eventually learns the new 'wiring'. it can be fairly low tech, for example sensations from the hand can activate electrical or mechanical stimuli on the skin over the shoulder blade where the prosthetic attaches.
    • AlanCayce, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7This was another story submitted a couple months ago:
      http://digg.com/mods/Woman_with_bionic_arm_regains_sense_of_touch
    • lewikee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Actually you don't even need pain sensors on the arm. I'm sure you've heard the reports about that family in Pakistan whose members feel no pain whatsoever but still retain all sense of touch. If you could find out exactly which parts of the brain are responsible for touch, and given that they are not necessarily associated with pain, you could give him a working, feeling arm without the drawbacks of pain.
    • metalhead3767, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@ stealthgear

      No, they can leave out the pain signals.
    • Dotcommer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17I think the person filming this needs a ***** robotic arm. Its so shakey, I can't stand it. Seriously people, get tripods, in the worst case scenario... tuck it into your chest and use your body as a stabilizer, hell, turn on the shakey camera feature found in most cameras now to alleviate some of the shake! Do SOMETHING!
    • admirabumblebee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Imagine if that occured over your entire body.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congenital_insensitivity_to_pain_with_anhidrosis
    • NanoStuff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"but have no feeling in it"

      Where did you read this? The video seems to make no indication of whether he can or cannot feel. I know there are prosthetics that have touch feedback, its difficult to tell from the video whether this is one of them. An issue may arise with "awareness" of the appendage, depending on the length of time from the original amputation. The brain might not be able to regain this function naturally.
  • AmishRefugee, on 10/12/2007, -6/+25He says that in the future, entire cities will be designed and built around this cyborg arm! It will revolutionize.... arms.... forever....
    • darkspire, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Nice segway reference. I certainly hope that this works a little better, and is better received by the public than the segway though.
    • PathDaemon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Way to ruin the inside-ness.

      Oh, and a major diff is that the Seg's designed for anyone. This arm is for those who need one, and one would be stupid not to take it over a primitive version.
    • jeffdodson, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0lol!

      jeffknowerofknowledgeandotherstuff
    • Akaji, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Cybernetic arms are designed for everyone! All it takes is a ~6 inch deep incision and you're part of the "in crowd".
    • dotorg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0PathDeamon: speak for yourself. I've got two good arms, but could use a third from time to time...
  • interg12, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Dugg, because it makes me hope for cyborg athletes.
    Anybody remember that movie Rookie of the Year? A cyborg arm could make that possible. it would rule.
    • limbo1334, on 10/12/2007, -15/+1The kid in that movie was also in "A Kid in King Arthur's Court".

      Just thought you'd want to know.
    • ThinkBox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6How does a Cyborg arm allow you to make a ***** movie possible?
  • steven401, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2When do I get my 3rd arm?
  • Narwaffle, on 10/12/2007, -3/+22Not buying until it gets SP1 and laser beams.
    • lonnieh, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2personally, i am waiting for the waffle iron attachment
  • Br0wn, on 10/12/2007, -4/+31pretty amazing, imagine it has an autopilot for those lonely nights?
  • Waterispoison, on 10/12/2007, -6/+31I can just imagine someones first night alone with the new arm.
    *fap* *fap* ... wait no strike that.

    *clunk* *clunk * *clunk*
  • namtellum, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3I would chop off both my arms for two cyborg arms.
  • thearrow, on 10/12/2007, -9/+5Cried?! Wimps...
  • mindsnare, on 10/12/2007, -45/+1Is it just me or does this video have hoax written all over it?

    seems overly shaky and over dramatised. Of course there's a 99% chance that I could be wrong. So according to his Wiki, Dean Kamen invented the segway. how do you go from something as basic (regardless of how innovative) as that, to something as insanely complex as biological/neurological engineering?

    If someone could post more links about this I'd be interested.
    • Paperthin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+47Dean Kamen isn't a hack. He founded F.I.R.S.T., a robotics competition for highschools around the world, and it's very possible that he built a robtic arm. He is a well acknowledged engineer.
    • r0ck3tm4nn, on 10/12/2007, -11/+1You're wrong.
    • DrMatt, on 10/12/2007, -3/+18Kamen also invented the insulin pump...
    • Flanker, on 10/12/2007, -2/+21Kamen has over 400 patents and invented a portable insulin pump when he was still in college. Just because you're too lazy to Google/Wikipedia things you don't know about, that doesn't make this a hoax.

      Edit: beat on the insulin pump by drmatt
    • broomett, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15The Segway is not that basic. It was ridiculously overhyped, but it is not a simple invention either.
    • nreynolds, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7@ Paperthin

      I competed in the FIRST robotics competition today actually. It's good but a lot of the schools have engineers the build their entire robot for them. My school has 1 advisor and he's awesome, but there's no way he'd build our robot for us and we wouldn't want him to, because then we don't get any experience. But if you walk around the pits during one of the competitions you'll see tons of schools where the kids are just sitting around and adults are working on the robot, its ridiculous and really makes it unfair for the schools that don't have the same connections or want to build their robot honestly.

      on a side note, some of the teams that made it into playoffs were so bogus, 3 of them were broken and they made it in over my team (we were ranked 25 out of 51, but a LOT of that was because of who was on our team during qualifying matches). I know none of you have any idea what I'm talking about, I just had to vent about the bogus-ness of how FIRST handles a lot of it. But I still had a lot of fun, especially the match we won 94-4. I think anyone that reads this should check out this year's game (Rack-n-Roll) just to see what we have to do.
    • mindsnare, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2fair enough, wrong I was. just wanted to make sure.

      for the record when I comment on things, especially videos, I generally post what I'm thinking after I see the video. I don't spend however many minutes researching this and that. Although in this case I had a 10 second look at a Wiki page, but no longer.

      If I was lazy why would I bother commenting at all
    • OutrightLie, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16Dean Kamen invented the pneumatic system used in home dialysis machines, the Segway (which wasn't basic, and very innovative), the motorized wheelchair that goes up and down stairs. His last project was a device that can turn non-potable water into drinking water (for third-world countries). Apparently he was doing the cyborg arm. Also today, my friend was telling me about how he is working on a suit for the military that will allow a soldier to jump up to five stories tall (so they don't need to risk a helicopter to put people on the roof of a building).

      Dean Kamen, as crazy as he is, is a very smart and very innovative person.

      ~OutrightLie (proud alumni member of FIRST Robotics Team 312)
    • Paperthin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4We didn't make it to playoffs but we were picked by the sixth seed, but i agree, the ranking systems weren't the greatest. Our team, not mentors, built a six-axis claw with 540 rotation and we got 11th seed, whereas a bot with no capabilities, no ramp OR claw got the eighth seed. It was ridiculous but we won anyway.

      I know what you mean about teams, that don't do anything, it pisses me off.
    • Paperthin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1by win i mean 1st place :D
    • optimuscrime, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4In all fairness, even with full knowledge of who Dean Kamen is, this video still looks fake. Why isn't there a video of this technology on http://www.dekaresearch.com ?

      Why does it appear that when the lights come on, the people are looking at something that was going on off-screen to the right? I have no problem believing that Deka Research has created an advanced artificial limb, but I'm amazed that this poor quality video is all there is to show for it.
    • nreynolds, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1well congrats, what regional were you at?

      do you hate how good of sports everyone pretends to be, too? Also, the guy that won the Woodie Flowers award at my regional also did the second half of my team's inspection and he was a complete jerk. I have no idea how he would win, let alone get nominated.
    • Paperthin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wisconsin, we'll be going to the buckeye regional as well :) Yeah, some people really don't deserve rewards...
    • MixMastaKooz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Frank the head ref FTW ;)
    • zarex, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1He's right - the Segway is basic, and not terribly innovative. The control system for self-balancing robots is a basic part of most undergraduate mechanical engineering courses. It's really not that difficult to do. Yes, he productized it, but so what? How many people are buying them, especially considering the cost of development?
  • Ngai, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Is it just me ... or after everyone watched the video, do you feel like you wanna be a superhero?.. Because I do.. :)
  • madmac625, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I saw this at the Manchester Regional last weekend, very cool. I can't wait to see how this progresses and evolves and becomes part of our medical areas and something we see on a daily basis. I'm a mentor for Team 190, we won Chairman's Award there, great day. Dean Kamen is awesome.
    • Paperthin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I'm from 537 of Sussex, Wisconsin and we won the Innovative Engineering Award or something(the number 2 award behind Chaiman's) and we dominated the regional, hope to see you at nationals.
    • TROGDOR42, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1That would be the Engineering Inspiration award. We (Team 178 Enforcers) won the Engineering Inspiration award at the Hartford UTC regional and the Greater Toronto regional in 2006.
    • nreynolds, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm a team member of 1661, team captain actually. I was just wondering how you guys feel about the amount of work mentors put in. My team only has 1, our teacher, and we also have a pretty limited budget. The students do ALL the work on our team and I think that's how it should be. Sure, you should be allowed to talk to mentors and they should teach the kids stuff, but they shouldn't be building the entire robot. I walk around the pits and I'll see 8 kids sitting down and 4 adults building/fixing the robot, and that's not right. It's come to the point where you're basically assured that if a robot makes it to the championships, it wasn't built by highschoolers.

      My team ended up being ranked 25th out of 51 teams, and one of the only robots actually built by students. On a side note, the alliance selection for the playoffs at this regional (Los Angeles) was totally bogus. The last place team got chosen and mine didn't. Even though we won our last match 94-4 (each team on our side scored 2 ringers, 6 total in a row, and we climbed another team's ramp, we also had to play defense that round), we got ignored and teams that were broken got chosen because the teams picking had no idea what they were doing. But maybe if we let adults build our robot, we would've gotten chosen...
    • moft, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0erm..."I can't wait to see how this progresses and evolves and is something we'll see everyday and depend on"

      are you craxy? what good will this do anybody other than the person who paid $400,000 just so that they can fapp again? does life insurance cover it?
      there's already a bad situation in terms of amputees getting replacement prosthetics in th US: amputees get an initial limb - after that (say a child amputee grew older and they needed an adult limb) they are on thier own - they need to be proffessionally fitted and made of high strength materials that are meant to last a lifetime and cost a freakn fortune.
      what happens when it breaks down? call your local dealership for that titanium spigot bearing no#7634 only available from germany at spastic prices?

      although being able to say that my robot arm replaced my phantom limb is definately GITS -esque and cool in that regard.

      aaah. ic - ur in some robo-nerd fanclub.

      Dean Kamen is the capitalistic afterbirth of Stelarc.
  • d1g1ta7, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I was at the event in New Orleans when he announced it. He gave a great speech about his hopes for the world, and how those of us there (the teams who participated in F.I.R.S.T. (look up a few comments)) were helping to make it a reality. He then said that his team had been contacted by the Department of Defense to try to make something better for the soldiers who return home, and are given an artificial arm with 2 points of articulation. While the normal arm has around 29 (I think), this has 14. On any level, this was amazing, and to be there when it was announced only made the experience unforgettable.
    • madmac625, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Technically he announced it first at BAE, on March 3rd. I didn't know he went there afterwards though, cool.
  • Dolphtesla, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1Man, I wouldn't ***** her with YOUR cybernetic dick.
  • skyfire1, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3This will be good for war vets. Now they'll actually be able to at live a normal life if they get wounded.
    • Ngai, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Kind-of, I suppose...... you still have to remember if one of them goes haywire...

      traumatized war vets + robotic arms + loud noises = someone's gonna get hurt...
    • raithetarkon, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2couldn't be any worse than guns
    • moft, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0why not just re-fit them with miniguns and send them back to fight? or a chainsaw?

      oh yeah dugg down for that 'audience cried' shart - jeebus. it's not really a major advancement compared to the last time we saw this.
      also - the video quality stinks. find one which isn't taken from a video phone at the back of a conference.
  • stevealford, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Normal life, my black ass! They'll be superhuman! Unless we use E.M.P. weapons to combat their cyborg reign of terror, then they'll just be cripples again.
    • Asidic, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2If we use EMP weapons, not only will they just be cripples again, but they'll be cripples with a whole lot of metal on them, thus further crippling them.
  • GiJoeBob, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4There are more cyborgs in the world that you think. Dear old Granny has an artificial hip - doesn't that make her a cyborg?
    • bobbyi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Does she also have a pacemaker and a hearing aid?
  • McLumpy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14And the best part is, now the guy can perform alchemy without a transmutation circle.
  • ninjathis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3how much does it cost? I'm curious
    • unitedstatians, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@ninjathis
      If you have to ask that then you can't afford it, that includes me as well.

      I mean no disrespect.
  • mbthompson, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7You know, good old American rudeness conquers all once again (and I am from the U.S.) I HATE when people continue to talk through a presentation. You can hear all the chatter in the background of this video. It makes me feel like shouting "Shut the hell up and pay attention so you don't ask dumbass questions afterwards!" Can anyone relate to this?
    • TheToecutter, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3The dumbass questions will still come, even if they payed attention. Why? Because American business people, especially management and marketing types, have this need to be heard, even if they asked the most asinine questions that pop into their head.
    • JrGhoull, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3lol agreed but only because i'm hearing impaired and background noises reduces my understanding of whats being said by up to 90% if its bad enough
  • eyebits, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Anyone found the video clip that is being shown on the screen in the video? I'd love to have a clearer version of that video to show the students in my Robotics Club.
  • knodi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1OMG I want one.
  • noseeme, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Dean Kamen... I thought that name sounded familiar.
    *Wipes tear from eye* Makes me proud to be a student in the Drexel engineering department.

    I would have gone to that awards ceremony where that was displayed, but it was invitation only. Lots of my friends were there though. Anyway..... :D
  • wheeliedude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I have met Dean Kamen at one of the FIRST robotics competitions, and he's a nice guy.
    Segway'd to the robotic arm, I see.
  • Qoose, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I would give an arm to be able to say FEAR THE CLAW!
    • AllnightChemist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2you could just buy the claw and say it anyway. save an arm.
  • doshindude, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1yeah i saw that at FIRST Robotics regionals (go team 151!), Dean talked about that whole thing.
  • kavaliro, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I totally have to watch FMA again now.
  • Darkzero63, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Didn't sound like they were crying to me...
  • badbox, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1I hate when people cry at stupid *****.

    Funny thing about this is, veryvery few will be able to actually afford it, so it becomes rather useless.
    • Billistic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Same thing was said about computers not too long ago...
    • AllnightChemist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4It's possible that the ratio of audience members to arms was 1:1. That would make it important, useful *****.

      Incidentally, I think the guy that filmed this had no arms and balanced the camera on the end of a tea spoon he had in his mouth.
  • FormulaOne, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2
    Shortly thereafter, the man used his bionic arm to masturbate in front of the audience. The audience clapped and then cried.
  • ensypher, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3So i just came from the FIRST Bayou regional.. and no one cried but EVERYONE stood up and applauded. And no...this video is not a fake. Dean Kamen came out, spoke, and presented the video to everyone. The arm has 14 points of rotation compared to the human arm with 21.

    Dean Kamen is an awesome, super intelligent and compassionate innovator.

    I was upset with some of the calls made in relation to elimination but all the robots did an awesome job.
  • RuthlessPirate, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Is this the best quality vid we could find? I mean come on.

    Dugg for the cool factor though.
    • AllnightChemist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This is original documentary footage, rated by experts as highly credible.
    • JonDee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"This is original documentary footage, rated by experts as highly credible."

      Is that sarcasm.

      if so, very funny.
      if not, you're an idiot.
  • TejanoRey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1freakin amazing!
  • neuroticus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Step 2: monkey tails for all!
  • smaxl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Almost makes me proud to go to drexel
  • Gadren, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This is pretty amazing stuff!
    Just a clarification for this -- this isn't a video of an amputee; the test subject has his left arm still on, but it's strapped to his side, and (I assume) taking the nerve inputs that were to go to his arm and sending them to the bionic arm.

    Not in any way to diminish this amazing accomplishment (far better than chopping off the arms of your lab assistants!), but wanted to clarify things in case people couldn't make it out from the video -- I missed it the first time.
  • robgoesvroom, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Dean Kamen's speeches are boring and long as hell, if anyone is on a FIRST robotics team they would know, lol.

    Otherwise, great story.
  • weister42, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Probably don't want to get into a fist fight with this guy.
  • UltraNurd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Prepare for the Robocalypse

    (a bizarre prank on of my friends pulled, convincing someone that they were the cyborg savior of humanity: http://www.thefutureshock.com/)
  • anagoge, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Resistance is futile.
  • insomuchas, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0That's not a new robotic arm, its a preview from Terminator 4.
  • lopla, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Damn, I've been wondering what dean kamen has been working on, this is amazing. DAYUM. You are the man Dean.
  • blackbrutha, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0JEEZUS
  • spearce, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Can I bury this for being to blurry. i suppose that was a bionic arm.
  • firsttube, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'll wait for the 2.0 version.
  • fxscreamer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I've always been fascinated with cybernetics and prosthetics. I remember in old research videos of people wearing plastic arms with hooks. Now, here we are with fully robotic arms embedded in the human nervous system. While it is still in a semi-primitive form, it is so exciting to see. There are of course, aesthetic issues with the arms, as well as efficiency. On the aesthetic side, I would like to see a fully synthetic skin (with an organic feel) grafted over the prosthetic limbs, with perfect colors, shading, and hairs to match the person's body, and also to visually fool people. Another issue is the noise and mechanics. Every movement generates noise with the gears and electronics moving. This must somehow be lubricated or muffled in some way to avoid this. On the efficiency side, how is it powered? Do you need a battery pack, or is it powered by the human body? If it's powered by the body, will it drain the person's energy, especially if it is under heavy work load or use? Also, will there be touch sensation software? People have been recorded of feeling a sensation through the robotic arms, but it isn't nearly as natural as the real thing.

    I believe prosthetics and cybernetics are the near future. However, in the far future, I see them being obsolete due to nano-technology and DNA reconstruction, actually able to regrow our own limbs. Anyways, I know we will get to a more refined point in prosthetics within the next decade or so. Dean Kamen deserves a medal for this work, and I hope he and every other scientist and robotics engineer will keep pursuing the perfection of cybernetics. This is incredible stuff, especially for many battle torn soldiers who've been unfortunate enough to lose limbs. This will bring hope to many.

    P.S. Check out the manga/anime (or even just the story) of Ghost in the Shell, which takes place around 2030, displaying many technologies of the world as we are pioneering now. It's a fantastic story, with vivid and detailed information in the world of cybernetics, prosthetics, and nano-tech.
  • Dustin00, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Let's be clear about what the two primary measurements are for this technology:
    1) can he wipe his own ass?
    2) can he jerk off?
  • loganhid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2if it bleeds, we can kill it
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