08-21-2008, 09:50 PM
08-21-2008, 10:42 PM
One small step at a time....Just Fantastic!
08-22-2008, 04:17 PM
(08-21-2008 10:42 PM)Mike Van Plew Wrote: Guests cannot see links in the messages. Please register to forum by clicking here to see links.One small step at a time....Just Fantastic!
You are most welcome, Mike! ~Nevs
08-22-2008, 04:20 PM
Do we have the technology to build a bionic human? [Article]:
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08-22-2008, 08:38 PM
WOW ... I loved the testimony of that woman at the end (Lindsay!!! her name is!) ..
That is one cool hand!
Thanks for sharing these Nevs!
That is one cool hand!
Thanks for sharing these Nevs!
09-18-2008, 07:35 PM
I saw this hand on the web for sale at 17,000 there's a new one coming out 2011 or 2014
09-18-2008, 07:40 PM
(09-18-2008 07:35 PM)shane Wrote: Guests cannot see links in the messages. Please register to forum by clicking here to see links.I saw this hand on the web for sale at 17,000 there's a new one coming out 2011 or 2014
Where'd you see the info Shane? Could you post a link here in this thread? :-)
09-18-2008, 09:17 PM
Here is the bionic hand it might be little different
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Here's some interesting stuff it was late last night I thought it was on one page
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(09-18-2008 09:17 PM)shane Wrote: Guests cannot see links in the messages. Please register to forum by clicking here to see links.Here is the bionic hand it might be little differentGuests cannot see links in the messages. Please register to forum by clicking here to see links.
Many thanks, Shane! :-)
09-19-2008, 02:40 AM
Nevs,
That was so amazing!!! Thanks for sharing. It was interesting the girls name was Lindsay, even spelled the same. I love seeing stuff like this. It shows that Science Fiction isn't so far off the mark, after all.
I love watching SciFi shows/movies and then seeing how far we have progressed in making it a reality. Very cool!
That was so amazing!!! Thanks for sharing. It was interesting the girls name was Lindsay, even spelled the same. I love seeing stuff like this. It shows that Science Fiction isn't so far off the mark, after all.
I love watching SciFi shows/movies and then seeing how far we have progressed in making it a reality. Very cool!
11-07-2008, 09:19 PM
11-08-2008, 10:46 PM
(11-07-2008 09:19 PM)nevs1989 Wrote: Guests cannot see links in the messages. Please register to forum by clicking here to see links.From Time(magazine):
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Brillant Nevs!!
Have you seen this:
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11-08-2008, 11:13 PM
Max, thank you for posting the video about a real bionic eye!
11-29-2008, 06:01 PM
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11/27/08
Bionic hand gives new hope
Prosthetic allows city man a wider range of motion
By Eric Reinagel
Staff Writer
In 1966, Robert Hull was struck by a car while working as a flagman on the Vestal Parkway near the City of Binghamton's western border. The crash left the then-19-year-old Hull with a severely damaged left arm and leg.
Despite multiple surgeries to repair his arm, he experienced pain and a debilitating lack of function for 42 years.
Last month, Hull regained some use of his arm after becoming one of the first in New York to receive the world's first bionic hand with five independently moving fingers.
"I was amazed by it," said Hull, of Binghamton. "I'm finding out I can do a lot more with it than they told me I could."
The i-LIMB was developed in the United Kingdom, but interest in the invention spread stateside in part because of the Iraq war, said Florent Berger, central New York manager for Hanger, a national prosthetic and orthopedic company. He explained that better body armor is allowing more soldiers to walk away from Iraq with their lives, but missing limbs.
The i-LIMB's first recipients were injured Iraq veterans, but the technology is now trickling down to the civilian world and there are about 300 people using the prosthetic in this country.
The traditional prosthetic hand is very restrictive, has one motor and allows one grasp feature. The i-LIMB, however, has five motors for each finger which allows the user to grasp objects in different ways. The hand utilizes the tricep and bicep to open the fingers and conform to an object when closing.
Operating the hand with those muscles can be a bit tricky, Hull noted, but when executed properly he can do precise motions such as turning a key and using a credit card.
After working to increase the strength in his arm, Hull has eight weeks of physical therapy to learn how to use the hand. Picking objects off a table is still a struggle, but he can hold objects such as a shampoo bottle and he can feed himself.
"We're learning as we go along," Hull said.
11/27/08
Bionic hand gives new hope
Prosthetic allows city man a wider range of motion
By Eric Reinagel
Staff Writer
In 1966, Robert Hull was struck by a car while working as a flagman on the Vestal Parkway near the City of Binghamton's western border. The crash left the then-19-year-old Hull with a severely damaged left arm and leg.
Despite multiple surgeries to repair his arm, he experienced pain and a debilitating lack of function for 42 years.
Last month, Hull regained some use of his arm after becoming one of the first in New York to receive the world's first bionic hand with five independently moving fingers.
"I was amazed by it," said Hull, of Binghamton. "I'm finding out I can do a lot more with it than they told me I could."
The i-LIMB was developed in the United Kingdom, but interest in the invention spread stateside in part because of the Iraq war, said Florent Berger, central New York manager for Hanger, a national prosthetic and orthopedic company. He explained that better body armor is allowing more soldiers to walk away from Iraq with their lives, but missing limbs.
The i-LIMB's first recipients were injured Iraq veterans, but the technology is now trickling down to the civilian world and there are about 300 people using the prosthetic in this country.
The traditional prosthetic hand is very restrictive, has one motor and allows one grasp feature. The i-LIMB, however, has five motors for each finger which allows the user to grasp objects in different ways. The hand utilizes the tricep and bicep to open the fingers and conform to an object when closing.
Operating the hand with those muscles can be a bit tricky, Hull noted, but when executed properly he can do precise motions such as turning a key and using a credit card.
After working to increase the strength in his arm, Hull has eight weeks of physical therapy to learn how to use the hand. Picking objects off a table is still a struggle, but he can hold objects such as a shampoo bottle and he can feed himself.
"We're learning as we go along," Hull said.
11-29-2008, 06:03 PM
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Bionic ear may hold key to paraplegic implants
Posted Mon Nov 17, 2008 3:15pm AEDT
* Audio: Bionic ear could hold key to paraplegic technology (The World Today)
A Canadian researcher says Australian scientists might provide the final piece of technology in a scientific project that aims to get paraplegics walking.
Dr Vivian Mushahwar, an Associate professor in cell biology from the University of Alberta has been working on bionic implants for people who have lost the use of their legs.
But Dr Mushahwar is yet to find a way for surgeons to implant the tiny web of electrodes into a patient's back.
This week though she is in Victoria to see if Australian bionic ear experts can help.
Dr Mushahwar wants to do for paraplegics what the bionic ear has done for hundreds of thousands of people without hearing.
"What we are trying to do is see if we can restore some functional movements in the legs for people who are unable to walk," she said.
For the past 15 years she has been developing bionic implants to be inserted into the small of a patient's back.
She will present her work tomorrow at the first medical bionics conference being held in Lorne.
So far she says her technique has been proved in animals and the first human trials are just years away.
"The technique that we are using involves stimulating a very small region in the spinal cord that is basically in the base of your back, she said.
"That region is called the lumbar enlargement and it happens to have many of the cells and the networks that are involved in walking so we are hoping that if we can tap into those networks with very, very fine implants then perhaps we can restore some normal looking walking after spinal cord injury."
Bionic implants are already being used to stimulate paraplegic's leg muscles but Dr Mushahwar says with that technique, the ability to walk is limited and it can be unnatural and tiring.
Spinal implant
She says inserting the implant into the spinal cord will produce a better result.
"And because we are activating those networks and the muscles in a more natural fashion, then fatigue becomes less of a problem is what we are finding and we are getting standing durations and walking durations that are about five times longer than what you would get with the conventional system," she said.
But there are challenges, the biggest one is finding a way for surgeons to easily insert the tiny implants through the spinal column.
"Right now the implant is a little bit tedious. It is nice and flexible but because it is so flexible it is too tedious and we would like to be able to design something that is more surgeon friendly so that the implantation of the microwires could happen more easily and in a faster surgery," Dr Mushahwar said.
"It is very small and that is where the challenge comes in."
Dr Mushahwar is hoping that bionic ear experts here might be able to help solve these problems with the surgery, because "they have gone through very similar procedures themselves in the past as they were trying to get the implants translated to the clinic."
Professor Rob Shepherd from the Bionic Ear Institute in Melbourne says the technique promises a better quality of life for paraplegics.
"We are always asked to help ensure that these patients have an independent lifestyle. That is what they strive for and this device that Vivian is working on, if clinical successful, will do just that," he said.
Dr Shepherd says Australian researchers can help make the promise a reality.
"We would have some input to the technology, but Australians are concentrated on improving the bionic ear, on developing a bionic eye and doing other central nervous system devices like suppressing epileptic seizures with electrodes placed on the brain of patients that have seizure activity," he said,
"So Australian researchers really have a full plate at the moment with the new medical bionics applications but we are helping by having meetings and discussing new technologies that are common to both themes so it is very exciting to see the work that Vivian and her group are doing."
Hint: audio is available at the above link.
Bionic ear may hold key to paraplegic implants
Posted Mon Nov 17, 2008 3:15pm AEDT
* Audio: Bionic ear could hold key to paraplegic technology (The World Today)
A Canadian researcher says Australian scientists might provide the final piece of technology in a scientific project that aims to get paraplegics walking.
Dr Vivian Mushahwar, an Associate professor in cell biology from the University of Alberta has been working on bionic implants for people who have lost the use of their legs.
But Dr Mushahwar is yet to find a way for surgeons to implant the tiny web of electrodes into a patient's back.
This week though she is in Victoria to see if Australian bionic ear experts can help.
Dr Mushahwar wants to do for paraplegics what the bionic ear has done for hundreds of thousands of people without hearing.
"What we are trying to do is see if we can restore some functional movements in the legs for people who are unable to walk," she said.
For the past 15 years she has been developing bionic implants to be inserted into the small of a patient's back.
She will present her work tomorrow at the first medical bionics conference being held in Lorne.
So far she says her technique has been proved in animals and the first human trials are just years away.
"The technique that we are using involves stimulating a very small region in the spinal cord that is basically in the base of your back, she said.
"That region is called the lumbar enlargement and it happens to have many of the cells and the networks that are involved in walking so we are hoping that if we can tap into those networks with very, very fine implants then perhaps we can restore some normal looking walking after spinal cord injury."
Bionic implants are already being used to stimulate paraplegic's leg muscles but Dr Mushahwar says with that technique, the ability to walk is limited and it can be unnatural and tiring.
Spinal implant
She says inserting the implant into the spinal cord will produce a better result.
"And because we are activating those networks and the muscles in a more natural fashion, then fatigue becomes less of a problem is what we are finding and we are getting standing durations and walking durations that are about five times longer than what you would get with the conventional system," she said.
But there are challenges, the biggest one is finding a way for surgeons to easily insert the tiny implants through the spinal column.
"Right now the implant is a little bit tedious. It is nice and flexible but because it is so flexible it is too tedious and we would like to be able to design something that is more surgeon friendly so that the implantation of the microwires could happen more easily and in a faster surgery," Dr Mushahwar said.
"It is very small and that is where the challenge comes in."
Dr Mushahwar is hoping that bionic ear experts here might be able to help solve these problems with the surgery, because "they have gone through very similar procedures themselves in the past as they were trying to get the implants translated to the clinic."
Professor Rob Shepherd from the Bionic Ear Institute in Melbourne says the technique promises a better quality of life for paraplegics.
"We are always asked to help ensure that these patients have an independent lifestyle. That is what they strive for and this device that Vivian is working on, if clinical successful, will do just that," he said.
Dr Shepherd says Australian researchers can help make the promise a reality.
"We would have some input to the technology, but Australians are concentrated on improving the bionic ear, on developing a bionic eye and doing other central nervous system devices like suppressing epileptic seizures with electrodes placed on the brain of patients that have seizure activity," he said,
"So Australian researchers really have a full plate at the moment with the new medical bionics applications but we are helping by having meetings and discussing new technologies that are common to both themes so it is very exciting to see the work that Vivian and her group are doing."
11-29-2008, 06:15 PM
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By Brian Padden
Washington
21 November 2008
nnovative technology often can make yesterday's science fiction into today's reality. This is particularly true with a prosthetic hand that brings to life fictional accounts of artificial, computer-driven replacement body parts. The bionic hand, called the I-Limb, was named one of the top 50 inventions this year by Time Magazine.
As VOA's Brian Padden reports for one patient this new technology is the fulfillment of a promise made long ago.
Ermino Bugliana has waited 25 years for this moment.
In 1983 he lost his left hand while playing with fireworks near his home Pennsylvania.
"They told me shortly after my accident that we're going to give you an operation here," Bugliana said. "We're going to be able to save all your nerve functioning."
At that time artificial limbs were wooden replicas or hooks with limited functions, but his doctors knew that a bionic hand might be possible.
Today it is a reality and Ermino Bugliana's long wait is over.
"It almost felt like it is a part of me and that's the truth," Bugliana added.
Ermino is getting fitted with a new prosthetic hand called the I-Limb. Sensors embedded in the arm read electrical impulses from the brain to open or close the hand.
Then a microprocessor in the palm of the hand controls the individual motors in each finger to determine the force needed to hold different objects. Prosthetist Jared Howell says Ermino's ability to operate the hand on his first day exceeds expectations.
"To have him actually put the hand on and be able to manipulate objects, close and open the hand, you know -- control the thumb, control the fingers, all of that on the very first day to the extent that he was able to do it, I was impressed," Howell said.
Touch Bionics, the Scottish company that makes the hand says more than 400 amputees are now using the I-Limb, which can cost between $50,000 and $70,000. It is a lot of money but the dexterity it offers is unlike any previous prosthetic device.
Upon seeing Ermino with a working hand his sister Lisa Murphy cried.
"He's not going to be looked at as the man without a hand," Murphy said. "He's actually going to be able to walk into a store and be like a normal person."
But Ermino was less emotional.
"I wouldn't say there is going to be any tears from this direction, if anything there is going to be some hoots and hollering and joyous in that regard," Bugliana said.
Instead of celebrating, Ermino Bugliana is too focused on his new hand and possibilities that lie ahead.
Hint: Video is available at the above link.
By Brian Padden
Washington
21 November 2008
nnovative technology often can make yesterday's science fiction into today's reality. This is particularly true with a prosthetic hand that brings to life fictional accounts of artificial, computer-driven replacement body parts. The bionic hand, called the I-Limb, was named one of the top 50 inventions this year by Time Magazine.
As VOA's Brian Padden reports for one patient this new technology is the fulfillment of a promise made long ago.
Ermino Bugliana has waited 25 years for this moment.
In 1983 he lost his left hand while playing with fireworks near his home Pennsylvania.
"They told me shortly after my accident that we're going to give you an operation here," Bugliana said. "We're going to be able to save all your nerve functioning."
At that time artificial limbs were wooden replicas or hooks with limited functions, but his doctors knew that a bionic hand might be possible.
Today it is a reality and Ermino Bugliana's long wait is over.
"It almost felt like it is a part of me and that's the truth," Bugliana added.
Ermino is getting fitted with a new prosthetic hand called the I-Limb. Sensors embedded in the arm read electrical impulses from the brain to open or close the hand.
Then a microprocessor in the palm of the hand controls the individual motors in each finger to determine the force needed to hold different objects. Prosthetist Jared Howell says Ermino's ability to operate the hand on his first day exceeds expectations.
"To have him actually put the hand on and be able to manipulate objects, close and open the hand, you know -- control the thumb, control the fingers, all of that on the very first day to the extent that he was able to do it, I was impressed," Howell said.
Touch Bionics, the Scottish company that makes the hand says more than 400 amputees are now using the I-Limb, which can cost between $50,000 and $70,000. It is a lot of money but the dexterity it offers is unlike any previous prosthetic device.
Upon seeing Ermino with a working hand his sister Lisa Murphy cried.
"He's not going to be looked at as the man without a hand," Murphy said. "He's actually going to be able to walk into a store and be like a normal person."
But Ermino was less emotional.
"I wouldn't say there is going to be any tears from this direction, if anything there is going to be some hoots and hollering and joyous in that regard," Bugliana said.
Instead of celebrating, Ermino Bugliana is too focused on his new hand and possibilities that lie ahead.