Wednesday, March 5, 2008

The Great Robot Wars are upon us!



26-year old Claudia Mitchell has become the first woman to get outfitted with a bionic arm, with which she’s able to perform functions simply by thinking about them. The arm was designed by researchers at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and works by detecting the movement’s of Mitchell’s chest muscle, which has been rewired to the nerves that once served her left arm. Eventually, researchers say, the arm could even give Mitchell the sense of touch, with electrodes in the hand sending signals to her chest skin, which her brain would recognize as a sensation.

3 comments:

Barbarosa said...

Handjob city, here I come!

Dementor said...

Do we have to go through all the trials to get one of those?
I mean, is there any other way to get it then to ultimately lose your real arm in a lightsaber fight against Dick Cheney? or any other sith lord?

Master of the Craw said...

man, it must be great to be able to detach your arm and club old people as well as young children to death with it. nobody would suspect you used your own arm. it's damn near perfect!