Bionic Soldier

When some of America's best minds focused on making life better for some of America's bravest warriors, the result was next generation Prosthetics-- limbs that sense the ground and respond more naturally. The blend of science and medicine has Warrior Amputees at Walter Reed discovering their running days are not over. Jini Ryan reports....

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• Bionic
• soldier
• army
• prosthetic
• artificial
• marathon
• running
• Reed
• medical
• Jini
• amputate

[witenite77]

i think that this is a great advancement in prosthetics, now all we need is a prosthetic limb that can sense, feel temp & pressure, which is something i don't think isn't far away for our soldiers

[kerumble]

these guys are such an inspiration.

[talon115]

God Damn our government for doing this to these people!

[pgf95]

@IanasAnd prevention,I agree!

[pgf95]

brave dudes.

[IanasAnd]

wee need better prosthetics.

But first

we need better protection for the soldiers ;)

[pantyflash]

Like, even though your legs are hosed, you guys are awesome. Keep up the good work. Way to go, babes!

[Ballermann2007]

can they ever back 2 fight with the Prosthetics?

[6083748]

with is the bionic

[AnonAlex]

all feeling is just electrical current anyway so if they can get it to go one way and make a limb move by muscle stimulation im sure they could figure out a way to redirect up to the brain as a useful signal.

cant be too far away :]