Hugh Herr at TEDMED 2010

[Gonaho]

Transhumanism is the future.

[Pyritie]

"obesity" is not a disability

[ferrumferox]

@Pyritie it is actually, officially been declared one

[EltBerserker]

full metal biophysicist

[ineinerbank]

he jumped. both legs amputated, and yet he jumped. this man is a genius.

[EbonyShadow07]

That's amazing. Kudos to those who worked out the balancing issues.

[splintersim4]

i never asked for this

[meis]

I wonder how much did he paid for those legs? 100k??

[DCTriv]

Something like this really does offer me hope for the future. I badly damaged my left leg when I was young and this would allow me to go about my later life in a way close to normality.

[maces5555]

as long as he fucks with his pants on its all good

[Arion894]

Deus Ex IS REAL! Omagad. Hugh Herr please augment the fuck outta me. Upvote if you feel the same.

[TheWeapon33]

I wonder how much Neuropozyne costs.

[phocjame]

@TheWeapon33 Don't worry, I know a guy who knows a guy...

[Ba11s11]

He's not Darrow. Darrow wasn't himself augmented.

[Smokingfox3]

How long before limb replacement becomes something able-bodied people opt to get?

[jorgebujinkan]

Hugh Darrow

[UrbanDaredevi7]

Wonder how long it'll take for somebody to introduce something like neuropozyne

[lftdave]

Can this guy get in a squatting position? If so can he squat with weight? If so how much does he squat? THIS IS IMPORTANT

[The111DooD]

Hugh Herr Derr

[ReconUnit415]

Hugh Herrow :P

[JumpStartPause]

As long as he doesn't join the illuminati, everything should be alright

[buku111]

how can even someone dislike it?! ;/

[Pillowflame]

Hugh Darrow :D

[lokohehehe]

What kind of engineering is this kind of stuff???? Someone please help outttttt

[ganonforce]

i read his name as herpa derp.

[CodeCrush11]

@EssGeeDee goku is augmented

[foolycoolykingy]

This is scary, as well as awe inspiring. The advancement of humanity is still trucking on. But his comment of not wishing to have his old leg's back, actually makes me truly wonder about him.

As if I lost my own arm, I would wish to have it back. I know in the deepest part of who I am, that I would rather have flesh and blood, then steel and plastic.

[Galf506]

@foolycoolykingy well, what if steel and plastic are better than the original arm.

[Abbewebz]

@foolycoolykingy Look a few comments below at ZENX49's comment, that's just one of many reasons for developing bionics.

[lokohehehe]

@foolycoolykingy not if your new arm can crush a brick or punch a wall down

[iranoutofgoodnames]

Herr Derr

[EMPPT]

He is going to stop climate change with... oh wait.

[TheAussieStew]

Activate Typhoon!!!!!

[Rawrimaviking]

He never asked for this.

[ZENX49]

In 10 to 15 years time, my rheumatoid arthritis will likely degenerate my joints to such a degree that I'll have the mobility of someone in their late 80s. I'm only 22 years old and I'm already having severe difficulty running. I hope that this man's technology will one day help people both missing their limbs, but help those with degenerative joint conditions too. His designs are simply awe inspiring.

[Metroid225]

As an aspiring geneticist and robotician, this is inspiring.

[SpacePope4]

6:55 Portal 2 boots

[Triforceformer]

Now we just need to wait for the day where these bionic limbs can become even better than what you are born with. The abortion issue will be seen as a petty squabble compared to the prospect of chopping your own arm off to get one better than nature intended.

[sth128]

OMG the world of Deus Ex is coming true!!! He's gonna hack our brains and make us crazy!!!

Also he'll make a hole in the arctic!

[CowartYT]

the real question is, will the common person ever be able to afford augmentations?

[Chhooppyy]

@CowartYT WE can afford computers right ? But most couldn't at first , same with cell phones and etc.

[Frooglar]

His legs are augmented.

[Dizzoman]

Herr Industries.

[namanicha]

inb4 bionic vaginas

bionic vaginas everywhere

[Fallenstartheone]

IMMORTALITY O BOY HERE WE GO!

[puck1310]

old men, are the future

[HazyShadows]

@puck1310

This plague... the rioting is intensifying to the point where we may not be able to contain it.

[PwnzorBob]

@HazyShadows Why contain it?

It's cool.

[kendoness]

In related videos: Hank Hill Denies his family for 10 minutes.

[Crunchieman]

hugh darrow couldnt walk either....

[Kindlinho]

I am Zeke Sanders and I don't like this.

[TheMasterStrategist]

"hilarious" deus ex joke

UPVOTE MY COMMENT YOU SHEEP

[impersonator280]

Nobody asked for this...

[HazyShadows]

It is a time of great innovation.

[culdain]

herrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr­rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[kikker999]

He is a very lucky man to afford all those augumentations

[HazyShadows]

Chaos and conspiracy. I don't even know who's side I'm on.

[BlueBlackInside]

I TOTALLY ASKED FOR THIS

[Warriorofhyrule]

"I prefer to think of myself as Daedalus, watching helplessly as his child crashes into the sea..."

[Frakos]

PURITY FIRST

[codemeister1990]

This guy sounds like david sarif

[Gobythebear]

HUGH DARROW?

OM MY GODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[NaCk210]

My ankles are augmented.

[J3000269]

Noooo!! Its against God!! It ain't natural!! God made us in his image, we can't play him!! JK JK, I'm not a complete moron...

[Pillowflame]

The natural human body is light years ahead of any current or near future prosthetics. Notice how he had to muscle himself up just to stand on his prosthetic legs. Just because you can make a leg stronger pound per pound with artificial muscles, or "stronger" with ballistic materials, doesn't make it better than flesh and blood. The picture of the woman was beautiful, right until it got to the legs, which looked horrible and out of place.

[Pillowflame]

@Pillowflame The goal of prosthetics should be to mix organic with inorganic. For example, growing bones based on carbon nanotubes for structure to create stronger bones, combining aritificial muscle tissue with nature tissues to create stronger humans, weaving silk or synthetic fibers into skin to make it bullet proof and more damage resistant. The goal should be to upgrade what exists, and cover up any sign of machinery with organic tissue grown on top. That would be the ultimate prosthetic.

[Pillowflame]

And I just want to add that, the biggest revolution is not making robotic limbs, it is discovering how to enhance the human mind, allow it to connect with software (wirelessly preferably, a form of technological telepathy) and to develop sophisticated AI. One day bodies will be entirely unnecessary. That's much farther in the future though. Science Fiction tries to speculate on such changes, but as history has shown us, things often develop differently than predicted.

[Pillowflame]

I realize the potential of this field of technology, but as of today prosthetics are very crude and limited. Look at the dudes legs. He can walk, but in the end his body is having to make accomodations in order to use those legs. Notice how he gripped the chair and muscled himself up to stand? The natural human body is light years ahead of any current or near future technology. And just because you can make a stronger limb with artificial muscles, doesn't make it better.

[superdeat]

Get the hell out of here Denton.

[Spitfirebird]

My video is augmented.

[RaptorLlama]

Hugh... like HUGH DARROW?

[doggahuskhusk]

70 million US people suffering from Obesity, I don't think it is a disability, its called being fat and lazy.

[NoireMcKool]

This video is augmented.

[shootingstar123524]

3 people asked for this

[tomaz89315]

It's not the end of the world, but you can see it from here...

[SonofOrion1]

Truly inspiring. If this really is the future, I'll gladly embrace it.

[Raulkill]

Shit

Watch out guys, it's Deus Ex.

[pyroclasm32]

My ankles are augmented.

[ayhemhamedfoze]

hey. sound.like.Robot.?????



[CymroGoch]

@ayhemhamedfoze Indeed.

[flatchersteam]

laputan machine

[xblsolo07]

my body isn't ready

[imraw17]

BAHAH. It's Adam Jensen!!

[latresillustre]

I bet he sticks with the prod.

[Gameathoner]

I definitely asked for augmentations

[nazumis]

So what he's saying is, if I chop off my legs, I can be a genius too? BRB, Home Depot.

[EssGeeDee]

Three people missed the Like button with their mechanical hands.

[EssGeeDee]

In the related videos: Goku Goes Super Saiyan 3

What.

[pcpeterchen]

AUTOMAIL!!!

[lewbloch]

+TheStormthrash More like Machina ex Deo.

[ObinataHUN]

Oh man this is awesome, now I want to have my legs chopped off.

You could say htat I am

DESPERATE

[03blaird]

woah....real life David Sarif right here

[sagethishit]

my legs are augmented

[Ignjaleks]

Purity First!

[DeusExWolksvagen]

IRON WITHIN! IRON WITHOUT!

[6pdt7xfovni]

Sucks if he runs out of power tho.

[Rikortez]

I never asked for this.

[Hayaishin]

I never asked for this... I never asked to be shown how human I was... Or how much more I could become.

[nottin10]

It'd be funny if he fell over. s'cool.

[Theguy493]

UNATCO?

[MarioWars]

@Theguy493 Savage

[IAMTHECAPSGODLOL]

THE FLESH IS WEAK

[YouthEnergy]

CAN I GET A MINIGUN?

[TehChiken]

He can't wiggle his toes :(

[amig90]

@TehChiken Eh, toes get in the way and you have to clip your toenails every now and then. You just need one size to fit them all.

[knickknacksandcurio]

Why contain it? s'cool!

[BlackSephir]

@UWeasel06

No, Savage.

[Th3Laugh1ngMan]

Contrary to popular belief, I did ask for this.

[Andyilmatto]

Curse you Sarif Industries, CURSE YOU!

[Scorpiondesu]

She was taken from me....

[wtfronsson]

Still waiting for my wikipedia-augmented reality.

[soldier4670]

"Hugh, you look like a new man!"

"Right, fresh out of the package."

[ignismeansfire]

I never asked for this.

[FlyingWardogFilms]

This guy needs to word himself a bit better. "We can rid the world of disability". If he meant both physical and mental disabilities, I'm appalled by his choice of words.

He says that he would prefer not to have his real legs back because they're what makes him who he is... well how is that different from taking a disability away from someone when that's what makes them who they are?

As someone who is mentally disabled, I am offended by the idea of taking away that part of my personality.

[Kattlatena]

@FlyingWardogFilms You aren't your disease. You are sick, and you need help. Accept augmentation.

[FlyingWardogFilms]

@Kattlatena

Who the hell are you to tell me that I'm sick and need help? And a disability isn't a disease. I don't need help - you need education.

[phocjame]

@FlyingWardogFilms While I can understand why you have reacted by taking offense to the notion of your disorder being referred to as a disease, you should be aware of the fact that 'disease' is a term that broadly refers to any condition which impairs normal function of the mind and body.

Disorder is generally the preferred terminology to be used in medicine, but disease is still a valid word for any abnormal, negative condition.

[TheVidyaValley]

@FlyingWardogFilms

Shut up you mental

[FlyingWardogFilms]

@TheVidyaValley

I would, but then I wouldn't be as much of a nuisance. If you want me to shut up, why not just stop talking to me? That tends to work really well in most cases.

[phocjame]

@FlyingWardogFilms "Disabilities is an umbrella term, covering impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. An impairment is a problem in body function or structure; an activity limitation is a difficulty encountered by an individual in executing a task or action; while a participation restriction is a problem experienced by an individual in involvement in life situations." - World Health Organisation

[phocjame]

@FlyingWardogFilms "This guy needs to word himself a bit better. "We can rid the world of disability". If he meant both physical and mental disabilities, I'm appalled by his choice of words."

He's talking about getting help to people who want it, not imposing his will upon everyone. Not everyone with a disability will be so keen to keep it.

For example, I know plenty of people with Dyslexia that wish they did not have to deal with it. Don't get offended by things that don't apply to you.

[FlyingWardogFilms]

@phocjame

You're digging up a discussion that should have ended a long time ago. I'm not even going to bother.

[phocjame]

@FlyingWardogFilms Time shouldn't have any relevancy to comments on YouTube, hell, I still get involved in discussions that I thought ended years ago.

Well whatever, I apologise for trying to smooth out a misunderstanding. Have fun with your mental disease.

[FlyingWardogFilms]

@phocjame

lol. An apology doesn't hold much weight when you go back to using the term that started the dispute in the first place.

[phocjame]

@FlyingWardogFilms It does when the comments you dismissed explain why the term should not be taken with offence.

[FlyingWardogFilms]

@phocjame

What the term defines as per the dictionary definition will NOT change how people interpret the word in a real setting. When you say 'disease', it sounds like an affliction. There are disabled people in Americorp (if you've heard of it) that teach students in schools that disabilities are NOT diseases.

That's like saying the use of the word 'nigger' as per the dictionary definition meaning 'ignorant' shouldn't be used offensively towards blacks because it's not literally racist.

[phocjame]

@FlyingWardogFilms "That's like saying the use of the word 'nigger' as per the dictionary definition meaning 'ignorant' shouldn't be used offensively towards blacks because it's not literally racist."

As long as you completely ignore the dictionary citing that meaning as necessarily disparaging and offensive.

Look, I'm sorry that you have a problem with people using that word to refer to your disabilities - I really am - but I can't accept the claim that the word offensive to disabled people.

[phocjame]

@FlyingWardogFilms I have a genetic disorder that causes my body to shake uncontrollably, and though not caused by a virus or similar external influence, I have no problem referring to this disability as a disease. The idea of someone using science and technology to wipe this disease/disability from the face of the earth is comforting to me.

I suppose we'll just have to agree to disagree, I apologise if I have offended you.

[FlyingWardogFilms]

@phocjame

No harm done. I can understand if you think of it as a disease on your end, but others might not be so tolerable of having their disability called a disease. Youtube is the first place I've ever had someone refer to it as a disease, so it really took me off guard and annoyed me.

While disabilities can impact a person's life greatly, I prefer to refer to my disability as being "derped". It's a fun word to say and doesn't sound quite as hm... degrading, I guess, as the word 'disabled'.

[phocjame]

@FlyingWardogFilms It's rather odd that you don't find derp offensive, considering it's used frequently as an expression associated with stupidity.

[FlyingWardogFilms]

@phocjame

So is 'retarded' in its slang form. Retardation is, by the dictionary, "slowness or limitation in intellectual understanding and awareness, emotional development, academic progress, etc"... but in society, you often see teenagers / young adults replacing the word 'stupid' with 'retard'. So if I were to say "That's stupid", another person might say "That's retarded".

But obviously when someone says 'retard', it comes off the same as saying 'disease' - offensive. Derp sounds silly.

[phocjame]

@FlyingWardogFilms If people use it enough to refer to people with diseases/disabilities, it will eventually become yet another disparaging remark - the same thing happened with faggot, queer, etc.

[broodjebamibal]

Holy Shit, this is amazing.

[wutefuk]

But will those bionic legs BLEND?

[TeddyBearAssassin]

Tedmed?

No, Sarif.

[MrEpathykills]

but can he moonwalk?

[BooleanIndecisive]

Put internet in and let his coworkers hack them for chuckles.

[nevinevius]

Omg JC its a bomb!

[newagepun]

I'll never stop looking... for better upgrades. 

[TheStormthrash]

OH MY GOD DEUS EX IS HAPPENING!

[DropkickZebra]

@TheStormthrash I never asked for this...Well time to go. Just got a job for the Detroit Police.

[erttheking]

@TheStormthrash

It's not the end of the world...but you can see it from here.

[Metaphysicist]

@TheStormthrash Call me when the L.I.M.B Clinics Open.

[okendido]

brb reinstalling

[Mrpinkolicious]

@okendido Never uninstall it!

[AlllNeed]

That's fucking amazing.

[RGDcommentnode]

Oh my God, JC! Augmented legs!

Augmented legs!

[strikkebil]

cant wait to get myself an augmented penis!

[mariomcp]

Don't worry, My ankles are augmented.

[Robbaz]

I never asked for this

[frankixbox]

wow i am really amazed at this so saying not to alter nature too much is stupid? are you saying that messing with nature never had any bad side effects? i was just joking with the comment jeez im not religious at all its just i could imagine a old christian man saying what i said in the comment i thought it was funny but if i heard someone say it i would stop and analyze what he or she said instead of ruling it out just because the word God is in it i feel really bad for people like you :( THINK

[RebelElite]

What a shame.

[Epsilonic]

He actually DID ask for this...

[InnuendoXP]

what about neural pathways for people with severed spines?

[Rune9510]

@InnuendoXP you could probably bypass the damaged area depending on where it is.

[IAmMadMattDog]

That was quite an eye opener. Its one thing to read about it in say, the Sunday Times, its another to see a man hop and jump around on a stage, like a boss I might add.

I lol'd when I saw obesity on the list of diseases.

[bugabuse]

80 million Americans have addiction problems? How is that even possible

[AddictedVideogamer]

@bugabuse Easy enough Smoking/Alcohol/Porn/Other Drugs/Etc...

[bugabuse]

@AddictedVideogamer You forgot video games in that list

[tauwilltriumph]

@bugabuse If you add mental addictions to it, then it would be a damn huge list. From work to coffee to books, loads of things would be included.

[AddictedVideogamer]

@bugabuse touche' haha in my defense though i did put Etc. at the end there

[travske]

@IAmMadMattDog wasnt diseases, it was disabilities

which is fucking disgusting.

stop drinking oil and deepfrying fruit and u wont be obese, that fuckin simple

[guitayrplaya]

Crazy Robot Chicken Man

[IAREROB3RT]

DEUS EX... The Human Revolution will be upon us...

[frankixbox]

when people begin to throw away what God has graced them with on purpose to become "better" he will either stop providing or he will make us feel his wrath!!! you can help people yes im all for that but we are the way we are for a reason.

[infomaster4]

@frankixbox Not sure if trolling...or just stupid