Playing Guitar Hero Without Hands

Scientists hope that the next generation of prosthetic arms will be controlled by electrical signals from residual muscles. Training a computer to recognize the right commands, however, can be a repetitive, tedious, and demoralizing task for amputees. Thats why researchers have developed Air Guitar Hero—its a way to calibrate the arms control system while having fun at the same time. For more information, read http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/nov08/6994

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Science & Technology

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• amputee
• prosthetic
• arm
• video
• game
• air
• guitar
• hero
• hands
• electrodes
• electronics
• hack
• bionics
• ieee
• spectrum

[weerpool14]

Can it ummm ... Well ... Help with masturbation? Well you know . The bare essentials

[BaCkToLuMbY4U]

hax =D

[AQWTheAsterisk]

Now that dude can say he's played guitar hero before. Freaking Awesome.

[TolenFett]

That's so cool.

[coolistmo]

I dont need hands i need fingas!!!

[days21der]

who is the 1 asshole who disliked

you dont have to come and confess were looking for you and we will find you homeboy

[boredperson778]

pretending to play a pretend guitar :D

[ExtremeRockMusic]

Danny fc'd that mechanical arm.

[laallaal75]

He can play better than i can....

[TheDarklord0211]

LOL

ill remove my limbs just to have a metal hand of ultimate powa!

[Joshloft]

They should try it on expert XDD

[k9lover999]

This is the coolest!!!! I am in a Lego team and hope to go to the nationals with all my friends, win or lose, I will have a great time!!! The theme is medical, or helping improve ways of life. Wish me luck!