14-09-2006, 19:52
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Karateka
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Woman gets Bionic Arm
This is cool...
Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...091302271.html
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Originally Posted by Washington Post
The first time Claudia Mitchell peeled a banana one-handed, she cried.
It was several months after she lost her left arm at the shoulder in a motorcycle accident. She used her feet to hold the banana and peeled it with her right hand. She felt like a monkey.
"It was not a good day," Mitchell, 26, recalled this week. "Although I accomplished the mission, emotionally it was something to be reckoned with."
Now, Mitchell can peel a banana in a less simian posture. All she has to do is place her prosthetic left arm next to the banana and think about grabbing it. The mechanical hand closes around the fruit and she's ready to peel.
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14-09-2006, 20:04
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Re: Woman gets Bioic Arm
Wow!!!! 
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14-09-2006, 20:05
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Re: Woman gets Bioic Arm
yeah thats pretty cool  nerve impulse to mechanics has to be a good thing
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14-09-2006, 20:47
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Re: Woman gets Bioic Arm
Now that's cool
I'm glad we're able to do this now
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14-09-2006, 20:48
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Re: Woman gets Bioic Arm
I can see people soon having Bionic limbs like tatoos.
*I will have the Terminator 2000 and the Borg medical arm, along with a tactical right arm and the Mr hung...  *
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14-09-2006, 21:20
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Re: Woman gets Bioic Arm
Yeah, but imagine frustrated teenage boys who have a bionic arm could do themselves some real damage 
ps - just spotted my spelling mistake in the title... please can a mod change it on my behalf?
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14-09-2006, 21:47
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Re: Woman gets Bioic Arm
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Originally Posted by zinglebarb
yeah thats pretty cool nerve impulse to mechanics has to be a good thing |
a very good thing, the implications are awesome 
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15-09-2006, 17:51
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