Post by snowyh on Feb 26, 2022 2:59:54 GMT -7
An ingenious new technology allows prosthetic legs to move and feel like the real thing.
"Here you can see my legs: 24 sensors, 6 microprocessors and muscle tendon-like actuators. I’m basically a bunch of nuts and bolts from the knee down. I’m a bionic man, but I’m not yet a cyborg. When I touch and move my synthetic limbs, I do not experience normal touch and movement sensations. If I were a cyborg and could feel my legs, it would fundamentally change my relationship to my synthetic body. Muscles within the body can be reconfigured for the control of powerful motors, and to feel and sense exoskeletal movements, augmenting humans’ strength, jumping height and running speed. During the twilight years of this century, I believe humans will be unrecognizable in morphology and dynamics from what we are today. Humanity will take flight and soar."
Professor Hugh Herr and his team at MIT's Bioengineering Lab have pioneered a new surgery for BK amputations that enhances the communication between the remaining muscles & nerves in the stump and the prosthetic. The story of how Dr. Herr lost his legs (& almost his life) and his motivation to make his life meaningful is very moving. Watch the entire episode here: www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/augmented/
"Ewing amputations" are now being performed on AKs and also arm amputees.
"Here you can see my legs: 24 sensors, 6 microprocessors and muscle tendon-like actuators. I’m basically a bunch of nuts and bolts from the knee down. I’m a bionic man, but I’m not yet a cyborg. When I touch and move my synthetic limbs, I do not experience normal touch and movement sensations. If I were a cyborg and could feel my legs, it would fundamentally change my relationship to my synthetic body. Muscles within the body can be reconfigured for the control of powerful motors, and to feel and sense exoskeletal movements, augmenting humans’ strength, jumping height and running speed. During the twilight years of this century, I believe humans will be unrecognizable in morphology and dynamics from what we are today. Humanity will take flight and soar."
Professor Hugh Herr and his team at MIT's Bioengineering Lab have pioneered a new surgery for BK amputations that enhances the communication between the remaining muscles & nerves in the stump and the prosthetic. The story of how Dr. Herr lost his legs (& almost his life) and his motivation to make his life meaningful is very moving. Watch the entire episode here: www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/augmented/
"Ewing amputations" are now being performed on AKs and also arm amputees.