Dean Kamen's robo-arm awaits clinical trials

Apparently somewhere along the way Dean Kamen's robo-prosthestesis came to be called the Luke arm (care to guess why?), and according to the IEEE Spectrum blog, it's gearing up to undergo Food and Drug Administration trials pending DARPA's final thumbs-up, which would put the project in motion. Be sure to check out the rest of the profile of the arm's development, which is well worth the read.

[zfurie @ Feb 2nd 2008 3:34PM]

Where does the minigun get attached?

[Flashpoint @ Feb 2nd 2008 3:42PM]

I vant to crush yur ballz !

[Flashpoint @ Feb 2nd 2008 3:42PM]

Yur testicles...

...give dem to me...

[bartoron @ Feb 2nd 2008 3:50PM]

Can the robo-arm use the force?

[EI8HT @ Feb 2nd 2008 4:11PM]

this thing is so cool that i would cut off one of my arms so i could attach this thing!

[Mike @ Feb 2nd 2008 4:12PM]

if you have ze 20 million, nubcake :P

[guerro @ Feb 2nd 2008 4:17PM]

How can they call this the Luke arm? Luke lost his right arm not his left.

[David @ Feb 2nd 2008 11:31PM]

Yes...this won't do at all

[cortes.john @ Feb 2nd 2008 4:21PM]

if i got one i would not put one of those fleshy rubber covers on it. looks cooler exposed.

[Enki @ Feb 2nd 2008 4:27PM]

Makes me think of Automail.

[Matt @ Feb 2nd 2008 4:28PM]

Well, so much for stopping Skynet...

[Alex @ Feb 3rd 2008 1:12AM]

This will bring a lot of hope to a lot of soldiers who have lost a limb serving our country. In everything Dean Kamen does, there is always the motive for positive change. usfirst.org

[RC @ Feb 2nd 2008 5:30PM]

Can you replace prosthetic legs, with arms and become a crazy robo-monkey-man?

[ShadowMaker @ Feb 2nd 2008 5:31PM]

So exactly what car has it's ignition key on the left side, so this would actually be useful? Shouldn't it be easier to make 'start' buttons on cars that could be pressed with existing prosthetics? (or maybe I'm missing a point here)

[rigo @ Feb 2nd 2008 5:38PM]

then jerk off with your new arm

[Alexander @ Feb 2nd 2008 5:46PM]

@ShadowMaker: Ever single person in the UK, Japan, and Australia is laughing at you like crazy.

[Rehan @ Feb 3rd 2008 5:39AM]

@Alexander

dude...just because they have right hand side steering wheels doesn't mean that the ignition's on the left...it's still on the right...come ON

[monkfishbandana @ Feb 3rd 2008 6:18AM]

I think you mean @ ShadowMaker, Alexander was the one that pointed out how stupid he was for thinking what you have just said that Alexander thought.

My head hurts.

[Joe Anstine @ Feb 3rd 2008 12:19AM]

i want one

[anh4217 @ Apr 3rd 2008 9:19PM]

Thank you, Dean Kamen. Your robot makes me recall a
similar prothesis that one of my former medicine' s
professor has attempted to work up. It seems likely
that a such fitting an appropriate coat used as its
clad, a would be skin to hind the hardware inside,&
this "simili" skin's the most sophistical component
of a such high-technology, of course, the fore said
artificial skin should be made from a biological ma
terial(obviously optional)! The Dean Kamen's robot,
like other alike fittings, ought to be overwhelming
ly applaused because of their helpful skills mostly
indispensable in orthopedics and plastic surgery.

[Random Task @ Feb 3rd 2008 1:21AM]

What a loser Kamen is, wasting his time on this crap. Why doesn't he go do something useful, like downsize an internet startup or float some junk bonds or something? It's like he's Thomas fricking Edison or something.

[kombizz @ Feb 3rd 2008 3:25AM]

I wonder this technology would be useful in space.

[John @ Feb 3rd 2008 4:42PM]

Every time I read DARPA, I see DHARMA. Damn! I knew they were the ones on that boat! What have they done wit poor Hurley?

[jay.viz @ Feb 4th 2008 12:52PM]

I think I remember seeing something similar on the cover of popsci somewhere around November 2005? Oh yeah... http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2005-11/neuro-controlled-bionic-arm

I don't remember seeing Dr. Kamen's name anywhere on it in 2005. He gets an awful lot of cred for inventing stuff that he doesn't actually invent.