Man Tests First Dual Shoulder-Down Cyborg Arms

Les Baugh had both arms amputated at the shoulder after a electrical accident 40 years ago. Now he is the first person to successfully use...

Les Baugh had both arms amputated at the shoulder after a electrical accident 40 years ago. Now he is the first person to successfully use the bilateral shoulder-down modular prosthetic limbs developed by the doctors and scientists at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Each arms operates with a full 3-degrees of freedom and over 30-degrees of motion, and are controlled intuitively simply by thinking of moving a specific part. 




[via - sciencedailygeekologie]

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