A 50-year-old Swedish woman who lost her hand in a farming accident has been fitted with a cutting-edge prosthesis that has proved transformational.
God damnit if this isn’t the perfect superhero movie waiting to happen
Marvel, get on it. Miss Bionic Saves The World, I want it in films by 2025
This is one of the coolest damn things I’ve seen in a while, she’s a true cyborg!
I think the coolest thing is that she has a limited sense of touch.
she’s a true cyborg!
There’s always lots of jokes about what a shame it is we don’t have the flying cars people dreamed about in the past but if you ask me things like this not being more ubiquitous is the real shame! This is incredible and I hope we see more in this space soon.
This one is also pretty cool, couple of years ago. It was the first time I heard they had incorporated touch, but looks awesome.
Some how I bet it actually cost $6,000,000
you forget that in europe, the insurance probably has to pay all that money.
I think you missed what their on about. Probably you weren’t growing up in the 70s
And you forget that in Europe there’s no insurance, but an ACTUAL NHS!
(not to mention that, being a prototype, was probably free)
Wait what? I live in the Netherlands and pay about a 140 a month for health insurance.
Cyberpunk 2077 here we come! I need me some fucking Gorilla Arms! Lets Fucking Go!! Lol, j/k
Looking forward to hearing that the arm stops working after company folds and nothing can be done because the software was closed source
Prosthetic arm permanently disabled, you didn’t renew your glove subscription.
And then someone on GitHub develops ‘Arm ReVanced’ which allows the user to shoot electric bolts.
Can we have one positive news article without the gloom and doom, please?
Nooo dont mention inevitable outcomes butterflies and rainbows only please 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
Not everyone lives in a cyberpunk dystopia, there are state funded healthcare systems that mandate long term support for medical devices. Clown emoji yourself, buddy.
olay maybe this will dox me so ill be very General
I am missing a limb, a very important and Big one
and the only way i can keep my healthcare is if i stay in poverty
so if i make money, i cant get no more help with my prosthetics, and then cant work, so end up again in poverty
guess where i live guys