Damn, the second vid totally made me tear up too. I'm just happy that there are still people who care enough to actually do stuff like that ^___^ Especially since that cat seems to get used to it pretty fast and doesn't seem to hurt ^___^
And I knew about the one above but it still amazes me :D Only a bit longer and I'm sure we'll have the same technology to make automail for real :D
Okay...as a former vet tech...seeing Oscar just had me boohooing like crazy...that was so moving. And the new 'automail' limbs are such a fantastic discovery...I noticed that image of Ed with his final automail limb blown away--inside the shell of the port you could see the connecting wires--similar to that scar on his chest--but this doesn't even require embedded wires or sensors! Amazing...
It's amazing how they can pick it up through the skin. And the movement keeps getting more and more sophisticated... I wonder, though, if there's a limit to what they can pick up that way. That maybe for fine motor movements there'd have to be direct contact with the nerve - but then again, with the way they're advancing, maybe not.
*laughs* I don't know what it says about me that my first thought was "oooh I can use this info for my FMA/SPN crossover fic" XD
My neighbor actually works in a program where they're doing something like this for military personnel who have lost limbs, etc. Apparently they're putting some sort of microchip or something at the back of the neck so it's a little more involved than this. I don't know much about it, but it is really cool, isn't it, that these things are becoming more and more available.
Well, my first thought was "I can use this in my present-day AU!" Writers are just incorrigible ^^;
Wow, I hadn't heard of the microchip; I've seen research into "jumping" damaged sections of nerve using electronics, so it doesn't surprise me. It's a shame it takes a war and all the wounded to motivate people to make these advances, but I'm glad they're making them! (Apparently WWII is what prompted advances in wheelchairs.)
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Date: 2010-07-09 05:48 pm (UTC)And I knew about the one above but it still amazes me :D Only a bit longer and I'm sure we'll have the same technology to make automail for real :D
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Date: 2010-07-10 04:19 am (UTC)I'd seen a slightly less sophisticated bionic hand, but I hadn't seen one this articulate. It's pretty amazing!
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Date: 2010-07-09 09:42 pm (UTC)My neighbor actually works in a program where they're doing something like this for military personnel who have lost limbs, etc. Apparently they're putting some sort of microchip or something at the back of the neck so it's a little more involved than this. I don't know much about it, but it is really cool, isn't it, that these things are becoming more and more available.
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Date: 2010-07-10 04:28 am (UTC)Wow, I hadn't heard of the microchip; I've seen research into "jumping" damaged sections of nerve using electronics, so it doesn't surprise me. It's a shame it takes a war and all the wounded to motivate people to make these advances, but I'm glad they're making them! (Apparently WWII is what prompted advances in wheelchairs.)