Amanda Kitts Operates a Bionic Arm with her Brain at RIC (no sound)

[zoveia]

is this by thougth?

[selearemus]

Wish I was born like 50 years in the future

[TheWillRogers]

engineer's don't get enough praise for this stuff.

[LucasPerez1421]

My bad. i forgot to say. Amazin and truly brave woman there.

[LucasPerez1421]

For the brain, the arm and the hand still exist. It can send little tiny 10 V electric signals thru the existin nervs. So what scientists do is amplify, digitalize and read those signals. Pretty amazin, really. Their work but also our nature.

[filofeigondo]

I wonder whether the movement is indeed controlled by her brain or by some other body parts, for instance feet. From its appearance, it looks like another variant of highly functional yet muscle-controlled DEKA arms. If it is indeed brain-controlled, it's revolutionary.

[coolerooney1]

@filofeigondo it is brain controlled

[Xaio30]

Helloooo Auto Mail! :D

[ChozenCoheed]

Amanda is my aunt...awesome lady

[shumworld]

incredible!!!

[sigudian]

I just told my niece almost 5 years old that we could not build cybernetic arms like in star wars.... Hehe, am I not living yesterday :P

[ScobyWRX2]

This is amazing and god bless the people who made this possible for her

[AALEVK]

Is it already 2010?!? LOL!

[jacobcmills]

that is super awesome! She would make a lovely cyberpunk pin up!

[ememyoyo]

She is my aunt!!! The arm actually tans!!!! Aint that cooool!? And it feels hot and cold!

[BungeeRooster]

@ememyoyo wow you got to see the arm up close? I wish I could!

[violinist881]

can you feel the bionic arm?

[nibs210]

@violinist881 they are making arms that have feeling in the fingertips!

[bull3tpr00f]

Absolutely awesome