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Stryder Kennset

Stryder Kennset

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That is the first, all new mind controlled cybernetic leg outfitted to an amputee test subject. Within a few years, it will benefits countless millions of amputees and war veterans with blown off limps. Pretty cool huh?

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/first-mind-controlled-bionic-leg-groundbreaking-advance-8C11257732
 
Hmm.. had to read this thread title twice before I got it right.
 
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Good, good! It's only a matter of time before I'll be able to put my brain inside a robot body. Then I'll be knocking some robot boots if you catch my drift.
 
This is really good for disabled people. Is there any feedback or is it a one-way communication?
 
Li Tan said:
This is really good for disabled people. Is there any feedback or is it a one-way communication?
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Two way...If you are talking about legs responding to brain impulses and then feed back to the upper leg to create a smoother movement.

But if you talking about whether the leg will give "Feelings" and completely responses as if it's a normal limb, we are so not there yet!

But this is a huge first step. Look at the gif of the guy going down the stairs, except some "hip flexing", it almost look normal. Even the most advanced robotic legs, you have to twist your hips and legs to "Bring them about" in order to do that. This is far advanced than those robots.

Ohh the same company who developed this mind controlled cybernetic leg also developed a cybernetic arm for the disabled, amputees etc. This is just a lot harder as you can imagine as any fault in the programing and the leg move wrong, it could send the intended beneficiary right to the ground, which can cause a serious injury.
 
Hopefully it will be affordable to people who need it and/or covered by insurance.
 
Stryder, I was just curious because people who have Parkinsons, like my dad, are able to think clearly about what they want to do, but the connections just don't connect and the action isn't performed.
This kind of finer movement would need feedback.
 
Li Tan said:
Stryder, I was just curious because people who have Parkinsons, like my dad, are able to think clearly about what they want to do, but the connections just don't connect and the action isn't performed.
This kind of finer movement would need feedback.
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Yeah, that isn't happening right now.

The problem with Parkinson's is that the guy can think clearly, but his mind is so messed up, it's sending the wrong signals to his limbs. Now this thing, it does not have the ability to weed out the wrong signals and get the correct ones so yes, this kinda thing does not work, not yet anyways.
 
Master Skywalker is not pleased about no longer being the only cyborg in the galaxy.
 
Stryder Kennset said:
Yeah, that isn't happening right now.

The problem with Parkinson's is that the guy can think clearly, but his mind is so messed up, it's sending the wrong signals to his limbs. Now this thing, it does not have the ability to weed out the wrong signals and get the correct ones so yes, this kinda thing does not work, not yet anyways.
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That's not exactly right.
In many PD cases, the person thinks what they want to do, and it simply doesn't happen. The connection between brain and body has been broken. An exoskeleton that could translate thought into movement would be very helpful.
 
Li Tan said:
That's not exactly right.
In many PD cases, the person thinks what they want to do, and it simply doesn't happen. The connection between brain and body has been broken. An exoskeleton that could translate thought into movement would be very helpful.
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In those cases, it still isn't happening.

That would mean you have to pick out the signal from the brain or the spinal cord, send it directly to the exoskeleton and have it move. Question, how do you separate all of the signals in the brain or the spinal cord out? That's the key question. So far, the tech simply ain't there yet.
 
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