Not really the first video......was on good old Richard and Judy last week!

how are these things powered? is it just the signals from the brain or is there a battery pack?

That girl is cute.

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anyone else notice the chick give the finger like 15 secs from the end hahaha

Hah. Scroll to 0:20 remaining and take a good look at what she does as she says:

"It has the ability to do... just... so many other things"

Sure it was an accident, but quite funny anyway.

....now he has to change his pin

lawl @ R2B2 :P

Eeeexxxxceelllent...! My plan of aquiring two extra arms is now within reach (so to speak!)

*starts playing terminator theme song*

So we have his pin number.. all right!

I do like the cute cyborg chick.

his card wasnt even in the atm machine all the way and those are the types where you typically just push it in a remove it real quick. notice the camera never pans up to the screen so i doubt it even prompted him for his pin

i would want mine to play mp3s

Normally I'd make some snarky comment [probably in this case involving Luke Skywalker], but this is just too cool!

Excellent application of tech!

And, yes, I did notice [and think it was funny] when the woman gave us all the finger...

I like how the guy is shown taking his hard earned cash out of the ATM and the chick is shown doing laundry and the dishes.

that's insanely cool. giving people back a piece of normalcy is amazing.

Heh heh. Now I know his pin number.

Sweet mother of God.

Wow, that is completely radical! It just needs "skin" and it would be perfect.

Wow, I didn't realize how loud they are.

The best part was where the cute, cyborg chick with one arm flipped us off. Also, I really don't think that's his pin number, he probably just pressed random numbers to demonstrate the hand.

I didn't know putting 'i' infront of product names was still cool.

But can it work a touchpad on a laptop? I bet not.

This is like on the level of the moon landing.

Let's hope improvements in battery technology are next...for the handicapped of course and not for my gadgets...no.

For amputees etc this loks truly liberating. I hope it is affordable.

For me though...

You know how, if you sit on your hand for about 10 minutes, then use sellotape to hold the fingers together it feels like someone else is giving you a hand shandy?

I love that the video producers let him refer to it as being like Terminator, haha. You'd think somebody in their marketing department would've put that on the cutting room floor right off the bat.

" I want a phased plasma rifle in a 40 watt range..."

Seriously, this is a good step forward. The actuators and muscles keep getting lighter, more energy efficent, and with an even more flexible range of motion... now all it needs is feedback sensors in it's "skin".

she says it is controlled using muscles, not nerve inputs, same as her old prosthesis.

So Gizmodo once again didn't do their homework.

From what i understood from the video, it recieves its input from two muscles existing in the users arm, which are then somehow translated into what the user wants the Cyberdine hand to do. I don't think it uses brains impulses, but good ol' fashioned mechanical (i.e. push/pull) input.

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She says it only recognizes two commands: open and close. Looks to me like the only difference between this and a normal prosthesis is that when it's closing if there is any resistance from one of the fingers then it just leaves that finger open. It's not like they can control each finger like a real hand. It's still cool though, and definitely more useful useful then the older technology.

I'd hate to poo-poo everyone's excitement, but I'm rather unimpressed by this. While I'm sure its better than a metal claw, it appears as though this prosthesis has only 2 basic axis of movement. Open and close the thumb, or open and close the 4 fingers. As you'll notice, the user has to physically stop (with their other hand) certain fingers from closing if they wish for "independent" movement. You'll notice the guy uses the ATM to keep his index finger extended, and the girl uses her other hand to flip us the bird.

I am far more interested in the developments of Dean Kamen's (the Segway guy) robotic arm. The link takes you to a YouTube vid, skip to the 2:20 mark to see a short clip of it in action. Not only is it a whole freakin' arm, but it features fully independent fingers that appear to be neurologically controlled. Its a short clip, but I was rendered speachless the first time I saw it.

Kamen's a genius when it comes to improving basic technologies for the disabled, but he goes too far, WAY too fast. Half the reason that the Segway exists is to increase the demand for the basic Segway drivetrain/gyro/redundant computer technology that it shares with his IBOT wheelchair, another completely revolutionary technology that no one seems to be able to afford.

(Since the IBOT uses two axles, it can raise the user to a standing height on one axle, Segway-style, and can also tumble both drivetrains over one another in a power-assist mode up and down stairs.)

Just like how you still see paraplegics and the elderly getting by on typical electric (or unpowered) wheelchairs instead of the IBOT, you'll see a great deal more amputees with a i-Limb or a claw over the Exo.

Now, if you try to sell the Exo to the military, to hospitals, and to research facilities as an option for telepresence, where a user can wear a pair of feedback-capable gloves and manipulate tools in a hostile environment, THAT might sell enough units to lower the price and get it out to the common amputee.

I guess every industry has its scammers....

Imagine how the people who used their insurance monety to get outfitted with this type of arm would feel when the real deal robotic arm comes along

Doc! Will I ever be able to play the violin? Gee, with all the boys getting blown up overseas - mostly the ones we never hear about 'cuz the gov't don't talk about the living casualties too much - we'll have an endless supply of cyborg material. Thanks George!

disabled veterans shoud put Dean Kamen and Michael Moore on speed dial.

Wow, I'll have to watch that when I'm at a computer with sound.
But dude... That's one tiny step closer to being able to fire random crap from your hands...