The mad scientists from Touch Bionics are at it again. After delivering their
i-LIMB bionic hand last year, they're moving on up the, uh ... body and are announcing their sophomore effort: the i-LIMB bionic arm. Like their bionic hand, the arm is controlled via learned muscle movements picked up by electrodes placed on the user's chest and is covered in a "realistic cosmetic skin." The only real problem with the i-Limb bionic arm isn't so much a problem in our books, as it is an advantage: it's stronger than your old-fashioned human arms. Of course, with that power comes a whole bunch of ethical and safety concerns. Is there an ethical problem with exacting revenge on that
arm-breaking arm wrestling arcade game?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Flashpoint @ Jan 5th 2008 10:59PM
good luck getting that through airport security.
Sunjay @ Jan 6th 2008 2:42AM
No chance of getting this through considering the TSA idiots have trouble with pies and small bottles of liquid and such...
Sam @ Jan 5th 2008 11:04PM
looks like something from the terminator
reevs @ Jan 5th 2008 11:10PM
The artist's rendering looks a lot like a shot from empire strikes back.
nate @ Jan 5th 2008 11:17PM
maybe that's because it is
:o
diet @ Jan 5th 2008 11:18PM
O RLY?
marcus @ Jan 6th 2008 1:52AM
YA RLY!
paul34 @ Jan 5th 2008 11:26PM
Hello, nice to meet you human. I shall greet you with your traditional "handshake."
:crushes man to death:
Sorry, human.
elithemicrowave @ Jan 5th 2008 11:30PM
Funny shit man....funny shit.
rxse7en @ Jan 5th 2008 11:32PM
DARTH VADER IS LUKE'S FATHER! HA!
Ian @ Jan 5th 2008 11:43PM
i think ur just a FEW years too late :P
Flashpoint @ Jan 5th 2008 11:41PM
I'm not sure if I could trust one of these in a masturbation scenario.
DonatoM3 @ Jan 6th 2008 12:00AM
Please with a bionic arm the women will be all over you. No need to masterbate at all.
Or you could just send every other guy in the bar to the hospital and increase your odds that way.
jbcaro @ Jan 6th 2008 12:26AM
I often wonder why the bionic arm must be clamped down so tightly during these open limb excursions.
derX @ Jan 6th 2008 12:40AM
DAMMIT, AN iLimb?!
This stinks of Apple.
Remember, kiddies, if your iLimb touches any third party anything, Apple'll brick it.
Chris @ Jan 6th 2008 12:43AM
The force is strong with this one...
Student Driver @ Jan 6th 2008 1:04AM
Finally, a real solution to my prostitute control and deployment issues. Gots to keep the b1tches skraight, u know...
wompa164 @ Jan 6th 2008 4:23AM
We fear change.
Flashpoint @ Jan 6th 2008 8:34AM
As long as you've got a free hand, why don't you scratch ma balls.
Pickeral_Lake @ Jan 27th 2008 7:44PM
As a female arm amputee, I find your remarks disgusting - I am looking forward to having something other than a hook - that alone has it's own jokes. But, seriously - GET A LIFE!! I'm looking forward to no more stares at my hook! This is serious to many of us.
debbie meek @ Feb 1st 2008 8:17PM
I lost my hand a few years ago in an auto accident and never realized how much one needs two hands. Luckily, I'm right handed and lost my left but my right hand has suffered from having the work of two. I'm hoping this will be better than the myoelectric hand that was heavy and malfunctioned all the time. Every time (almost)we have a storm my myo-hand would start going crazy. Not dangerous crazy but opening and closing without my having triggered it. I,for one will be checking this out. Sounds pretty new but should have the glitches ironed out within the next few years, unlike the myoelectrc.
debbie meek @ Feb 4th 2008 3:31PM
Pickeral, have you gotten any info on this?