Comments on: Bionic Tech Roundup: Robot Hands and The Six Million Dollar Dick Cheney http://www.nerdist.com/2010/07/bionic-tech-roundup/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:22:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andy Neuenschwander http://www.nerdist.com/2010/07/bionic-tech-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-16052 Andy Neuenschwander Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:20:24 +0000 http://www.nerdist.com/?p=8187#comment-16052 All totally awesome, Keely! Thanks! All totally awesome, Keely! Thanks!

]]> By: Keely http://www.nerdist.com/2010/07/bionic-tech-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-16040 Keely Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:55:29 +0000 http://www.nerdist.com/?p=8187#comment-16040 Or if you're really sticking to the robot theme there is always the Robotic Leg unit out of New Zealand for paraplegics: http://singularityhub.com/2010/07/23/new-zealands-robot-legs-let-paraplegics-walk-for-150000-video/ Or if you’re really sticking to the robot theme there is always the Robotic Leg unit out of New Zealand for paraplegics: http://singularityhub.com/2010/07/23/new-zealands-robot-legs-let-paraplegics-walk-for-150000-video/

]]> By: Keely http://www.nerdist.com/2010/07/bionic-tech-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-16039 Keely Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:53:41 +0000 http://www.nerdist.com/?p=8187#comment-16039 Very cool stuff indeed... but you did omit some of the equally cutting edge advances with just as much 'cool-factor'... The Tongue Display Unit that uses a 144 pixel sensor on the tongue to allow blind people to 'see'... (http://www.news-medical.net/news/2004/06/02/2133.aspx) EEG controlled Brain-Computer-Interfaces for profoundly disabled people - literally using their thought patterns to control the computer... (http://www.alshopefoundation.org/BCI.php) Even the more rudimentary Eye-Gaze technology for communication programs and basic computer use for profoundly disabled people (http://www.eyegaze.com/) Having seen this one in action with children as young as 3, I can attest to a very high 'wow' component... Indeed it is a very promising time to be struggling with physical disabilities... I can't wait to see what is on the horizon! Very cool stuff indeed… but you did omit some of the equally cutting edge advances with just as much ‘cool-factor’…

The Tongue Display Unit that uses a 144 pixel sensor on the tongue to allow blind people to ‘see’… (http://www.news-medical.net/news/2004/06/02/2133.aspx)

EEG controlled Brain-Computer-Interfaces for profoundly disabled people – literally using their thought patterns to control the computer…
(http://www.alshopefoundation.org/BCI.php)

Even the more rudimentary Eye-Gaze technology for communication programs and basic computer use for profoundly disabled people (http://www.eyegaze.com/) Having seen this one in action with children as young as 3, I can attest to a very high ‘wow’ component…

Indeed it is a very promising time to be struggling with physical disabilities… I can’t wait to see what is on the horizon!

]]> By: Luanne http://www.nerdist.com/2010/07/bionic-tech-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-16034 Luanne Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:37:09 +0000 http://www.nerdist.com/?p=8187#comment-16034 KICKPUNCHER! KICKPUNCHER!

]]> By: Sawyer http://www.nerdist.com/2010/07/bionic-tech-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-16031 Sawyer Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:09:36 +0000 http://www.nerdist.com/?p=8187#comment-16031 "The former VP (and, I’m convinced, Sith Lord)" Come on now, even Sith Lords aren't that evil. And as to the bionic arm and telescopic implant, someone's making sure it's not Cyberdyne systems behind all this, right? “The former VP (and, I’m convinced, Sith Lord)”
Come on now, even Sith Lords aren’t that evil.

And as to the bionic arm and telescopic implant, someone’s making sure it’s not Cyberdyne systems behind all this, right?

]]> By: Rhacodactylus http://www.nerdist.com/2010/07/bionic-tech-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-16001 Rhacodactylus Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:32:51 +0000 http://www.nerdist.com/?p=8187#comment-16001 Who would have thought we'd be looking back at the Bush presidency as Cheney's cuddly relate-able period. Who would have thought we’d be looking back at the Bush presidency as Cheney’s cuddly relate-able period.

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