videos

22656 readers

1 users here now

Breadtube if it didn't suck.

Post videos you genuinely enjoy and want to share, duh. Celebrate the diversity of interests shared by chapochatters by posting a deep dive into Venetian kelp farming, I dunno. Also media criticism, bite-sized versions of left-wing theory, all the stuff you expected. But I am curious about that kelp farming thing now that you mentioned it.

Low effort / spam videos might be removed, especially weeb content.

There is a cytube that you can paste videos into and watch with whoever happens to be around. It's open submission unless there's something important to commandeer it with at the time.

A weekly watch party happens every Saturday (Sunday down under), with video nominations Saturday-Monday, voting Monday-Thursday. See the pin for whatever stage it's currently in.

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

Owl@hexbear.net

invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net

Dirtbag@hexbear.net

EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net

gaystyleJoker@hexbear.net

InsidiousTrackers@hexbear.net

How Mind-Controlled Bionic Arms Fuse To The Body | WIRED (www.youtube.com)

submitted 2 years ago by iie@hexbear.net to c/videos@hexbear.net

13 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] iie@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Some highlights:

bone cells can grow directly on titanium
they implant a titanium connector in the bone, extending out and protruding from the stump, which the detachable prosthesis connects to
they surgically implant electrodes in the stump rather than on it, right on the nerves inside the muscles
for amputations above the elbow, they actually redirect nerves that used to go to the hand to instead go to small existing muscles above the amputation
nerve signals are too small for the electrodes, so the electrodes are designed to read the muscle fibers, basically to amplify the signal
implantable part has no batteries, powered by patient's body
prosthesis has an AI that is trained to interpret the signals
brain-controlled prostheses can be used to treat phantom limb pain,
phantom limb pain arises because the brain gets confused and thinks the missing limb is frozen or twisted in a bad way
the hand has a sense of touch, which is relayed back to the patient via the same nerves that used to receive hand touch signals!
...it costs $10k :/ but I expected worse tbh

[–] drhead@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

$10k sounds a bit too good to be true? Probably not including "installation".

load more comments (3 replies)