Human-Cyborg Ago!

[Warped]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCqQmcEeYlc

really awesome what this guy is doing in our world at the moment!

Dean Kamen unveils revamped bionic arm and water machine, LED light bulb powered by Cree

Segway inventor Dean Kamen just stole the show at TEDMED 2010, with both a far-reaching lecture on how technology can save the developing world, and a peek at his latest projects. We'll spare you the wave of guilt for now and get right to the cool stuff, like the latest rendition of his Luke prosthetic arm and Slingshot water machine. Dean admitted he's having difficulty finding companies interested in manufacturing the former, but it's looking snazzier than when it last grabbed Stephen Colbert, with components like this shoulder piece printed out of titanium in a custom 3D printer, and it's slated to look like this. The Slingshot's seeing even more action, as Dean and company have pulled it out of the ugly box into these svelte tubes, and finally has a distribution deal (with Coca-Cola, of all companies) to bring the clean-water-from-any-source machines to developing countries early next year.

Last but not least, the man's got a product you might be able to afford for your home. In the quest for an item for his FIRST young engineers to sell -- a la Girl Scout cookies -- he tapped LED manufacturer Cree to produce an 450 lumen light bulb that draws just 7 watts and will retail for about $25 door-to-door. In case you're wondering, that's cheaper and more efficient than most any lamp we've seen before. Dean says they've already produced several hundred thousand of the bulbs thanks to a surprise $3 million investment from Google, and plan to have them in the hands of every FIRST kid soon. Keep on fighting the good fight, Dean.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/28/dean-kamen-unveils-new-bionic-arm-and-water-machine-led-light-b/

I kinda wanted that cyborg arm to turn 360 degrees around just to see if it can do it, but that'll be another time

 

[Ravioli]

I wonder what its like to masturbate with it.

 

[MorganFreeman911]

Metallic.
(In reply to Ravi)

 

[Stigmata]

Your thread title made me think this was a post about the Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future from Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

Also this is ****ing awesome

 

[Warped]

can u imagine one day, not even noticing a guy has an arm like this, and wanting to arm wrestle him....and he breaks your arm off then 3 months later you get the latest model, find him and arm wrestle again and break his arm off, and then he does the same until the end of time!!

 

[Bad^Hat]

can u imagine one day, not even noticing a guy has an arm like this, and wanting to arm wrestle him....and he breaks your arm off then 3 months later you get the latest model, find him and arm wrestle again and break his arm off, and then he does the same until the end of time!!

Are you just like super high all the time?

 

[love_nutz2]

So when the real robocop coming?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7rjLQuW2nQ

 

[Stigmata]

can u imagine one day, not even noticing a guy has an arm like this, and wanting to arm wrestle him....and he breaks your arm off then 3 months later you get the latest model, find him and arm wrestle again and break his arm off, and then he does the same until the end of time!!

Are you just like super high all the time?

I love both of you.

Also Warped that sounds like a fairly successful betting-based business model.

 

[Remus]

Warped, you post this like it's some sort of "latest breakthrough" when the original video is from 3 years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiJzJ771vDw&feature=related

Don't get me wrong it's good, but still not as good as sci-fi prosthetic arms. Like the one from Fringe for example.

 

[Warped]

Warped, you post this like it's some sort of "latest breakthrough" when the original video is from 3 years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiJzJ771vDw&feature=related

Don't get me wrong it's good, but still not as good as sci-fi prosthetic arms. Like the one from Fringe for example.

oh i know the video is old, but its back in the spotlight because its successful now, that and I can't find the latest TED video on the subject