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    Bomb Victim Fitted With Cyborg Arm That Fuses With Her Own Skin and Bone

    Dean Kamen Cyborg Arm
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    Image of Jonathan Stephenson Jonathan Stephenson
    12/12/08

    In reply to Bomb Victim Fitted With Cyborg Arm That Fuses With Her Own Skin and Bone
    Woah.

    Wouldn't that mean she can't feel pain in that arm then...

    THAT'S AWESOME.

    I would punch walls all day.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    12/13/08

    @Jonathan Stephenson: When you punch a wall, the wall usually wins.
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    Image of Cordfucious of Tech Clan Cordfucious of Tech Clan
    12/12/08

    In reply to Bomb Victim Fitted With Cyborg Arm That Fuses With Her Own Skin and Bone
    and this is how many Jedi before us paved the way for Anakin and Luke
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    Image of Acerbus Letalis Acerbus Letalis
    12/12/08

    @Cordfucious the Ubuntu Walker: Hilarious
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    Image of davidfbecker davidfbecker
    12/12/08

    In reply to Bomb Victim Fitted With Cyborg Arm That Fuses With Her Own Skin and Bone
    Is the hand functional?
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    Image of lychee lychee
    12/12/08

    @davidfbecker: From the article sounds like she has some basic functions of the hand but I don't think she'll be playing the piano any time soon.
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    Image of Adisharr Adisharr
    12/12/08

    @lychee:


    She could play the piano but only but mashing it with her rubber hand.

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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    12/15/08

    @Adisharr: She can still play the piano as well as Tom Hanks an Robert Loggia did in "Big"
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    Image of frigg frigg
    12/12/08

    In reply to Bomb Victim Fitted With Cyborg Arm That Fuses With Her Own Skin and Bone
    It seems like there's a lot to be said for a snap on prosthetic, and increased integration between synthetic and organic body parts are the future. But as a "proof of concept," I wonder what sort of heterotopic ossification type complications she'll develop when her body realizes she's not a reindeer and her arm is not an antler.
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    Image of thechansen thechansen
    12/12/08

    In reply to Bomb Victim Fitted With Cyborg Arm That Fuses With Her Own Skin and Bone
    this is badass. While it's not perfect, it gets amputees a little closer to leading a normal life again. We just need to combine this fusion procedure with Mr Segway's amazing "skywalker" arm and we are looking at a great future for those who suffered terrible accidents.
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    Image of thechansen thechansen
    12/12/08

    @thechansen: just to add: Dean Kamen's cyborg arm totally makes up for the Segway mess.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    12/12/08

    @thechansen: One potential drawback of this kind of fusion is that you may be committing to the kind of prosthetic you'll be able to use with it. Not every prosthetic is going to be compatible with whatever kind of interface they've built into her arm. So while Kamen's arm may fit, it may not. While the interface itself they've built into her arm may be state of the art, it may not accommodate state of the art prosthetic attachments or those in the pipeline.
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    Image of OGC OGC
    12/12/08

    In reply to Bomb Victim Fitted With Cyborg Arm That Fuses With Her Own Skin and Bone
    She is a Cybernetic Organism, Living Tissue Over (Metal) Endoskeleton
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
    12/12/08

    @OGC: When they go Poly-mimetic, then I run.
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    Image of Cordfucious of Tech Clan Cordfucious of Tech Clan
    12/12/08

    In reply to Bomb Victim Fitted With Cyborg Arm That Fuses With Her Own Skin and Bone
    Skynet Lives... ok not really, but I always wanted to say that.
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    Image of Acerbus Letalis Acerbus Letalis
    12/12/08

    In reply to Bomb Victim Fitted With Cyborg Arm That Fuses With Her Own Skin and Bone
    Judgement Day approaches!
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