May 21, 2015 The Bionic Man
With $120 million in funding from the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab has been able to create the next generation of prosthetics. Each arm has over 100 sensors, 26 joints, can curl up to 45 pounds, and can be controlled entirely by a person’s mind. When an individual thinks an action, such as the opening and closing of a hand, the brain triggers specific nerves in the body that can then be mapped and connected to a sensor in a prosthetic arm.
This video is the third installment in a New York Times series called Robotica, examining how robots are poised to change the way we do business and conduct our daily lives.
Via NY Times