We’re this much closer to The Addams Family
“Bionic Girl” Debuts New Wireless Hands That Even Work When Detached From the Main Prosthetic
Submitted 2 months ago by Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to technology@lemmy.world
https://mymodernmet.com/tilley-lockey-open-bionics-hero-pro/
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OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 2 months ago
CouncilOfFriends@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
I’m getting more rocket fist vibes
BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
andybytes@programming.dev 2 months ago
I wounded if working people will be able to afford this… Given the amount of amputee veterans who lost limbs and veteran suicide rate…me thinks not… But sure it seem pretty nifty
Rinna@lemm.ee 2 months ago
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Those articles hit close to home as someone hard of hearing. So much of disability activism is trying to get able people to respect what is comfortable for us to do rather than what is comfortable for able bystanders to see us do.
Like assistive devices are awesome, but they exist for the people they are used by. We consistently want comfortable independent function without being othered for it. Some will prefer subtle devices, others will ask for a fully controllable rgb option on devices that could be hidden easily.
LiamMayfair@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
Yes they would, in theory, because those prosthetics she’s wearing were NHS-funded. I can see the waitlist to get ones like those being pretty fucking long but hey, what NHS waitlist is not pretty fuck long these days anyway
tenacious_mucus@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Of the main topic of the article here, but that was a roller coaster of thoughts for me with the Title and the link thumbnail-
Kinda looks like Drew Berrymore in the thumbnail, so “Bionic Girl Debuts…” oh cool, new movie—-wait, Drew lost her arms and now has prosthetics? Opened the article……Ohhh…
tamal3@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I had the same serious of thoughts, but also thought it said “blonde girl” and so wasn’t as excited for the movie.
modifier@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
I bet if we all try we can remember the name Tilley Lockey because it’s a pretty badass name and arguably cooler than bionic girl
Allero@lemmy.today 2 months ago
You know what, wireless prosthetics could be useful even for those of us who have both hands.
We can basically go full General Grievous and do so many things at once
BakerBagel@midwest.social 2 months ago
6 dudes at once!
runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
AT THE SAME TIME?
Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
Hold your own arm and reach things further away behind the dryer.
astropenguin5@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Unfortunately the limitations there are probably in the brain not the limb. For example, can you competentely do two things at once with each of your hands?
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Any random individual? Maybe not. But one man bands exist and are completely reliant on this concept.
Allero@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Fair, but do you have to manipulate them at the same time? For example, additional prosthetic arms can help you carry your bags, or hold something else. This doesn’t require much brain power to do, and is still very useful.
Sabata11792@ani.social 2 months ago
So I don’t need to cut off an arm for an upgraded?
Allero@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Yay!
ramble81@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Is this the same girl we’ve been seen pictures of since she was a little kid? She’s probably so used to it by now it’s second nature. Though at first I thought it was Drew Barrymore from the thumbnail
Ste41th@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
All fun and games til her arm gets hacked lol
owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Damn, if she has any tech-savvy siblings, this would introduce a whole new level of “why are you hitting yourself”
phoneymouse@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Jenny Silverhand
Vertelleus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
The flesh is weak.
Now with 100% more grip strength.sexy_peach@feddit.org 2 months ago
That’s unfair 😡
TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Wild man. I was a little put off on how the lady was cutting a tomato while wearing it (it’s an embedded promo clip for the Hero Pro).
She was holding the knife backwards and it just looked really weird, but then I realized she might not have had hands her entire life so she never learned the proper way to do it.
bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
That’s probably just to compensate for grip strength or range of motion with the knife.
By backwards do you mean point near the elbow? If so you can get more leverage that way.
11111one11111@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Stories like this is all informal thought about watching one of the new episodes of Black Mirror. To bend your elbow past 90 degrees or raise it above your head, please upgrade your subscription plan. Not saying anything based off the article its just a gut feeling some of these soon to be real medical advances are going to allow our already scum bag ran Healthcare system to exploit impaired patients and their dependency of a tech device.
DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 2 months ago
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
misterdoctor@lemmy.world 2 months ago
For real. Not every stupid subreddit needs a Lemmy clone. Keep that eighth grade humor trash back where it belongs.
stephen@lazysoci.al 2 months ago
I wonder if data going into the hands is also wireless when they’re attached. Seems like a rather critical set of functions to go with wireless instead of a hard connection. Maybe wireless fidelity has improved enough that concerns about things like interference aren’t as big as they used to be.
owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
There’s one other advantage to wireless here: a bionic prosthetic is moving a lot, and that’s not great for wire harnesses or connectors. Going wireless potentially allows for greater range of movement (or at least removes the engineering challenge of making it durable long term).
Strider@thelemmy.club 2 months ago
I wonder if they’re banking on wireless chips lasting longer than physical ports. Though making them wireless also means batteries and charging ports, two parts notorious for failing.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
You could always do both and fall back on external power when the battery dies. Thats how laptops often do it.
TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I build and fit orthotics and prosthetics…this is mainly just a marketing gimmick. The myoelectric sensors that feed the data to the terminal device are built into the socket of the prosthetic. There’s no real reason to wear the socket without the hand, and you can’t operate the hand without the socket.
The hard connections from the end of the socket and the hand are very durable, and they typically don’t really have any issues with wear. I don’t think fidelity is a big issue because there’s not a ton of information being transferred, the myoelectric sensors haven’t really changed a bunch in the last 40 years and the amount of information being sent is minimal.
The biggest downside I foresee is that if you had different terminal devices, you’re probably going to have to pair them to the socket whenever you want to switch. When the traditional hard connection is just plug and play. That and you are just adding extra things to break in devices that are built to take a beating.
Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
I can see a bunch of geeky engineers in the planning meeting. “Wouldn’t it be cool if it could detach and still work. Think of how she could mess with people.”
HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today 2 months ago
This 100% accurate! Recreating the Addams Family scenes must have been part of the commissioning process.