New Interface Could Wire Prosthetics Directly Into Amputees' Nervous Systems 160
cylonlover writes "Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories have announced a breakthrough in prosthetics that may one day allow artificial limbs to be controlled by their wearers as naturally as organic ones, as well as providing sensations of touch and feeling. The scientists have developed a new interface consisting of a porous, flexible, conductive, biocompatible material through which nerve fibers can grow and act as a sort of junction through which nerve impulses can pass to the prosthesis and data from the prosthesis back to the nerve. If this new interface is successful, it has the potential to one day allow nerves to be connected directly to artificial limbs."
The cyborg limbs get hacked.... (Score:5, Funny)
Stop punching yourself.
Stop punching yourself.
Stop punching yourself.
Re:The cyborg limbs get hacked.... (Score:2, Funny)
Making tech level progress... (Score:5, Funny)
Excellent! Now we can build Copters, Thinkers, Drop Pods and start work on the The Cyborg Factory.
Re:Wireless mouse (Score:5, Funny)
You'd better add a spell checker to that list of things you want implanted.
Re:Sarif (Score:3, Funny)
Unfortunately I think we are sans a company called Sarif for now.
Re:Resistance is futile... (Score:5, Funny)
Overlords? You need to step up to the hacker challenge.
Step one: Install root kit in 7 of 9's interface. Step two: Party!
Re:Resistance is futile... (Score:5, Funny)
Rooting her kit comments in five... four...
Re:Making tech level progress... (Score:5, Funny)
"Excellent! Now we can build Copters, Thinkers, Drop Pods and start work on the The Cyborg Factory."
Mmm, I was more along the line like fitting a man, a former astronaut named Steve Austin from OSI with implants for ...let's say 6 million dollars.
And now get off my lawn.
Re:Making tech level progress... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:The cyborg limbs get hacked.... (Score:3, Funny)
God, I have a hell of an urge to allow such "technology" on politicians.
Let's change our voting system so that we can optionally issue a punch instead of a vote. CEO's also.
"Sir, you are wearing out the lever. Please let others have their turn."
Re:The cyborg limbs get hacked.... (Score:2, Funny)
The post itself is technically not trolling, but describes the behavior possible with a new sort of cyber-troll. What if you did give motor control access to technology, and someone -could- hack into your cybernetic systems and cause you to start hitting yourself?
Thus, +1 troll, not -1 troll. But it's been modded up to +5 anyway in the meantime.