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Man Walks With a Robotic Leg Controlled by His Brain
« on: October 01, 2013, 02:25:47 PM »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3YgoYNgiMQ


A team led by biomedical engineer Levi Hargrove at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago in Illinois reported the breakthrough last week in the New England Journal of Medicine1, including a video that shows the man using the bionic leg to walk up stairs and down a ramp, and to kick a football.

The major advance is that the man does not have to use a remote-control switch or exaggerated muscle movements to tell the robotic leg to switch between types of movements, and he does not have to reposition the leg with his hands when seated, Hargrove says. Source

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Re: Man Walks With a Robotic Leg Controlled by His Brain
« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2013, 06:15:44 PM »
And closer and closer we get .... and with Obamacare it WILL cost $6,000,000!!
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Re: Man Walks With a Robotic Leg Controlled by His Brain
« Reply #2 on: October 01, 2013, 06:17:04 PM »
Quote from: TommyGunn on October 01, 2013, 06:15:44 PM
And closer and closer we get .... and with Obamacare it WILL cost $6,000,000!!

Dr. Evil: "Six BILLION Dollars..."
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Re: Man Walks With a Robotic Leg Controlled by His Brain
« Reply #3 on: October 01, 2013, 07:14:09 PM »
Quote from: TommyGunn on October 01, 2013, 06:15:44 PM
And closer and closer we get .... and with Obamacare it WILL cost $6,000,000!!

Wow, you must be old! Now how did I know that? ;) [ar15]
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Re: Man Walks With a Robotic Leg Controlled by His Brain
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2013, 12:13:08 AM »
Quote from: Sergeant Bob on October 01, 2013, 07:14:09 PM
Wow, you must be old! Now how did I know that? ;) [ar15]

Yeah ... I'm so old I also squeek when I walk.  :P ;/
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Re: Man Walks With a Robotic Leg Controlled by His Brain
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2013, 12:33:54 AM »
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"so I ended up getting the above because I didn't want to make a whole production of sticking something between my knees and cranking. To me, the cranking on mine is pretty effortless, at least on the coarse setting. Maybe if someone has arthritis or something, it would be more difficult for them." - Ben

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Re: Man Walks With a Robotic Leg Controlled by His Brain
« Reply #6 on: October 02, 2013, 12:53:27 AM »
Getting pretty cool with stuff like that. I wonder at what we have now, what will 20 more years bring us? (assuming Obamacare doesn't stifle research too much)
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