by RiderOfGiraffes on 3/19/21, 9:22 AM with 18 comments
by slfnflctd on 3/21/21, 3:57 PM
by BurningFrog on 3/21/21, 5:19 PM
Like a hot oven, space vacuum, or maybe micro surgery.
If the hands implement the same signal protocol, he should be able to switch them out.
by lettergram on 3/21/21, 5:14 PM
It’s cheap and I’ve watched it be developed since the beginning. There are multiple ways to restore a sense of touch, this appears to use the method which stretches in the skin.
There’s also a method of restoring the senses that uses electrical current. It was fun to watch all the undergrads in the lab electrocute themselves lol. The reality is skin stretching is consistent; where as how electricity flows through the body varies wildly between people.
The one linked in my comment uses vibration:
https://www.psyonic.io/ability-hand
Which has less of an impact long term (Aka drying out skin from twisting, etc)
by griffinkelly on 3/21/21, 10:55 PM
by jamiek88 on 3/21/21, 6:22 PM
It’s an extrapolation machine! From very little data the constructs and sensations we feel, the qualia are just incredible.
by oddlyspesific on 3/21/21, 4:59 PM
Nonetheless, great accomplishment for humankind.
by Patrick45 on 3/22/21, 9:32 AM
by Roark66 on 3/21/21, 2:27 PM
by NetOpWibby on 3/22/21, 2:31 AM
by tines on 3/21/21, 5:08 PM