A 50-year-old Swedish woman who lost her hand in a farming accident has been fitted with a cutting-edge prosthesis that has proved transformational.

  • @skulbuny
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    1319 months ago

    Looking forward to hearing that the arm stops working after company folds and nothing can be done because the software was closed source

    • @[email protected]
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      659 months ago

      And then someone on GitHub develops ‘Arm ReVanced’ which allows the user to shoot electric bolts.

      • YeetPics
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        109 months ago

        Any then google buys it just to soft-lock any users who aren’t using the ChromeLimb137-c.

        • @[email protected]
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          Surely they wouldn’t charge a monthly fee to use something that probably “costs” over $1M. Except car manufacturers do that for stuff that costs $100k so I guess I wouldn’t put it past them

      • King
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        49 months ago

        Nooo dont mention inevitable outcomes butterflies and rainbows only please 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

        • ██████████
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          olay maybe this will dox me so ill be very General

          I am missing a limb, a very important and Big one

          and the only way i can keep my healthcare is if i stay in poverty

          so if i make money, i cant get no more help with my prosthetics, and then cant work, so end up again in poverty

          guess where i live guys

          • MaggiWuerze
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            29 months ago

            I am missing a limb, a very important and Big one

            First I thought penis, but then you said “big”.

            Jokes aside, it sucks that you’re stuck in this vicious cycle. Sadly poverty also keeps you from emigrating somewhere better.

        • @[email protected]
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          Not everyone lives in a cyberpunk dystopia, there are state funded healthcare systems that mandate long term support for medical devices. Clown emoji yourself, buddy.

          • King
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            -89 months ago

            " My country is perfect and my existence is the center of the world so dont talk about your cyberpunk dystopia scenarios if I am around, you peasants " 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

      • @skulbuny
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        39 months ago

        Yeah, that one. Definitely wish it was FOSS so these people won’t be dependent on corporate intellectual property existing.

    • @[email protected]
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      59 months ago

      I am looking forward to see the repo man collecting it since it was only a licensed company asset, especially since it is fused with her own tissues.

  • @[email protected]
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    659 months ago

    This is one of the coolest damn things I’ve seen in a while, she’s a true cyborg!

    I think the coolest thing is that she has a limited sense of touch.

    • @shectabeni
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      319 months ago

      There’s always lots of jokes about what a shame it is we don’t have the flying cars people dreamed about in the past but if you ask me things like this not being more ubiquitous is the real shame! This is incredible and I hope we see more in this space soon.

      • @[email protected]
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        79 months ago

        Totally agree, this makes a lot more difference than all the stuff they predicted in to 40s and 50s.

    • @[email protected]
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      99 months ago

      This one is also pretty cool, couple of years ago. It was the first time I heard they had incorporated touch, but looks awesome.

  • z3rOR0ne
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    9 months ago

    Cyberpunk 2077 here we come! I need me some fucking Gorilla Arms! Lets Fucking Go!! Lol, j/k

  • @Mandy
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    149 months ago

    FINALLY we are getting one of the cool parts of the cyberpunk future!

  • DancingIsForbidden
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    79 months ago

    God damnit if this isn’t the perfect superhero movie waiting to happen

    Marvel, get on it. Miss Bionic Saves The World, I want it in films by 2025

    • ivanafterall
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      119 months ago

      Nobody said they expected it to fuse. Only that it just…did. There’s your origin/accident-in-the-lab scene.

  • @[email protected]
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    59 months ago

    How long has she been using it? It says

    • she’s two decades without hand, and now can use this
    • this one used for years
    • she has less pain issues now

    So has she been using this for two decades? Some years but less?

    Seems like they connected it after using more traditionals for a while?

    • @[email protected]
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      119 months ago

      No, it says she was without her right hand for decades, and that she got this one three years ago. So I assume she did not use traditional prosthetics?

  • MaggiWuerze
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    29 months ago

    I didn’t see it in the article, but that hand seems to be missing a wrist, right? So far “only” the fingers and the thump are driven.