Human Augmentation Documentary
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think about the Peter Pan story. Remember Captain Hook's metal hook hand? The pirates of yesteryear were known for hand hooks and peg legs. That actually was the way Lost limbs were replaced back in the 17 hundreds. It was the highest tech that medicine could offer back then. Now, however, we've entered an age and with such primitive devices have been replaced by natural looking prosthetic limbs. The problem now is one purely of control. For the most part, artificial prosthetics are still clumsy and difficult to use. Having a fake arm or leg is nothing like having the rial thing. It takes a long time to learn how to walk with a fake leg, and most people with prosthetic hands can't use them for very much. But what if the human mind could directly control an artificial limb? What if prosthetics could function and feel just a Ziff? They were the real thing bionics, and the creation of cyborgs was the stuff of science fiction back in the 19 seventies. Steve Austin, astronaut, a man very alive way have the technology way, have the capability to make the world. But it's not a pipe dream anymore. As far back as 2005 a monkey's brain was implanted with a device that allowed it to control a prosthetic arm. The technology has progressed tremendously since then. Bionics are real and they work. They're already being used in the clinical setting. Riel. People are benefiting in real ways. Consider this man who lost the lower part of his arm to cancer hand open. But he's testing here. Here, being the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory is a glimpse into the future of how humans and machines interact. It's a mind controlled arm that attaches directly to his skeleton, and it's the result of a decade of work on $120 million of military funding. So this is the first time that we're attaching a prosthetic device to an implant that protrudes out of his skin and allows the process is to actually be physically attached to his skeleton. E had a problem with all the arms that's working. I was having skin breakdown. The newest bionic replacement limbs not only move like riel arms and legs, they can also transmit, touch and feel. But computerized neuromodulation isn't just about prosthetic limbs. Computer driven devices designed to directly interface with the human body are being increasingly attached to the human nervous system and are achieving excellent results