Lower Leg Amputee controls leg prosthetic with nerve and muscle signals.

[Tomcat]

http://www.livescience.com/39951-robotic-leg-thought-control.html
tl;dr - This is amazing. It's much better than the current mechanical prosthetics we have now. The leg is adjustable even when sitting down and it uses electrical impulses sent from the brain to control it's movement.

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[Night Fox]

omg
one step closer to half robot people!!

[Caribou]

Wow, astonishing. It just shows how we're advancing technologically and medically. Pretty soon, life expectancy's will jump enormously because of these advancements.

[Katadeus]

Pretty soon, life expectancy's will jump enormously because of these advancements.

That's been my thought, but it'll probably be 25-30 years.
Prosthesis isn't a pressing area for extending lifespans.

[Qwepir]

even though i have functional limbs i still wanna get me some of those
stuff would be rad as hell

[Night Fox]

That's been my thought, but it'll probably be 25-30 years.
Prosthesis isn't a pressing area for extending lifespans.

no but it is a sign of progress

even though i have functional limbs i still wanna get me some of those
stuff would be rad as hell

you would regret it for the rest of your life

[Planr]

even though i have functional limbs i still wanna get me some of those
stuff would be rad as hell

[Comatose]

This kind of thing is why I want to get a career in biotech. I want to help people. I want to make prosthetic limbs that feel real, not stiff pieces of plastic. This is a step toward the future.

[TheKhoz]

I wonder when they're going to make prosthetics that look like automail.

[Becquerel]

omg
one step closer to half robot people!!

ahem
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