Comments on: Custom Fit Bionic Fingers Work Like The Real Thing (Video) http://singularityhub.com/2009/12/16/custom-fit-bionic-fingers-work-like-the-real-thing-video/ The Future Is Here Today...Robotics, Genetics, AI, Longevity, The Brain... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:31:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Touch Bionics Gives an 18-Year-Old Amputee His Hand Back (Video) | Singularity Hub http://singularityhub.com/2009/12/16/custom-fit-bionic-fingers-work-like-the-real-thing-video/#comment-25672 Touch Bionics Gives an 18-Year-Old Amputee His Hand Back (Video) | Singularity Hub Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:37:13 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=9911#comment-25672 [...] we’ve mentioned earlier, ProDigits is a pretty exciting prosthetic – it shows off some of the leading artificial limb [...] [...] we’ve mentioned earlier, ProDigits is a pretty exciting prosthetic – it shows off some of the leading artificial limb [...]

]]> By: How Much is the Newest Advanced Artificial Hand? $11,000 USD (video) | Singularity Hub http://singularityhub.com/2009/12/16/custom-fit-bionic-fingers-work-like-the-real-thing-video/#comment-22011 How Much is the Newest Advanced Artificial Hand? $11,000 USD (video) | Singularity Hub Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:36:38 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=9911#comment-22011 [...] the maker of the i-Limb Hand, which has been on the market for a few years, and comes with removable digits. As I mentioned when I first reviewed the Bebionic hand in February, the i-Limb is a very similar [...] [...] the maker of the i-Limb Hand, which has been on the market for a few years, and comes with removable digits. As I mentioned when I first reviewed the Bebionic hand in February, the i-Limb is a very similar [...]

]]> By: Bebionic Artificial Hand To Hit Markets in June! | Singularity Hub http://singularityhub.com/2009/12/16/custom-fit-bionic-fingers-work-like-the-real-thing-video/#comment-20831 Bebionic Artificial Hand To Hit Markets in June! | Singularity Hub Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:05:13 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=9911#comment-20831 [...] it hasn’t really distinguished itself from other myoelectrics already on the market (such as i-Limb). The bebalance software is neat, and the associated powered wrist (available this summer) and [...] [...] it hasn’t really distinguished itself from other myoelectrics already on the market (such as i-Limb). The bebalance software is neat, and the associated powered wrist (available this summer) and [...]

]]> By: BeBionic Artificial Hand and Wrist – Now With Kung-Fu Grip! (video) | Singularity Hub http://singularityhub.com/2009/12/16/custom-fit-bionic-fingers-work-like-the-real-thing-video/#comment-13815 BeBionic Artificial Hand and Wrist – Now With Kung-Fu Grip! (video) | Singularity Hub Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:52:48 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=9911#comment-13815 [...] (135 ° rotation, 35° flexion/extension). The hand itself, however, seems very similar to the i-Limb hand and digits we’ve reviewed before. Myo-electric sensors are certainly cool, but, again, we’ve seen [...] [...] (135 ° rotation, 35° flexion/extension). The hand itself, however, seems very similar to the i-Limb hand and digits we’ve reviewed before. Myo-electric sensors are certainly cool, but, again, we’ve seen [...]

]]> By: Arkansas Prosthetic Providers | VP-Medical News http://singularityhub.com/2009/12/16/custom-fit-bionic-fingers-work-like-the-real-thing-video/#comment-12993 Arkansas Prosthetic Providers | VP-Medical News Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:50:11 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=9911#comment-12993 [...] Custom Fit Bionic Fingers Work Like The Real Thing (Video) (singularityhub.com) [...] [...] Custom Fit Bionic Fingers Work Like The Real Thing (Video) (singularityhub.com) [...]

]]> By: Evil Rocks http://singularityhub.com/2009/12/16/custom-fit-bionic-fingers-work-like-the-real-thing-video/#comment-11529 Evil Rocks Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:33:21 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=9911#comment-11529 Frank: hire energetic young mechanical engineers and let 'em rip. We'll blow your socks off. I estimate maybe fifteen years of profitability in that market before organic, patient-derived replacement limbs hit the market in a big way. By that point, current prosthetics companies may have moved on to supersoldier/augmentation stuff. What say ye, where are your projections for biological prosthetics overtaking mechanicals? Frank: hire energetic young mechanical engineers and let ‘em rip. We’ll blow your socks off.

I estimate maybe fifteen years of profitability in that market before organic, patient-derived replacement limbs hit the market in a big way. By that point, current prosthetics companies may have moved on to supersoldier/augmentation stuff.

What say ye, where are your projections for biological prosthetics overtaking mechanicals?

]]> By: Evil Rocks http://singularityhub.com/2009/12/16/custom-fit-bionic-fingers-work-like-the-real-thing-video/#comment-32356 Evil Rocks Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:33:00 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=9911#comment-32356 Frank: hire energetic young mechanical engineers and let 'em rip. We'll blow your socks off. I estimate maybe fifteen years of profitability in that market before organic, patient-derived replacement limbs hit the market in a big way. By that point, current prosthetics companies may have moved on to supersoldier/augmentation stuff. What say ye, where are your projections for biological prosthetics overtaking mechanicals? Frank: hire energetic young mechanical engineers and let ‘em rip. We’ll blow your socks off.

I estimate maybe fifteen years of profitability in that market before organic, patient-derived replacement limbs hit the market in a big way. By that point, current prosthetics companies may have moved on to supersoldier/augmentation stuff.

What say ye, where are your projections for biological prosthetics overtaking mechanicals?

]]> By: frankgilroy http://singularityhub.com/2009/12/16/custom-fit-bionic-fingers-work-like-the-real-thing-video/#comment-11527 frankgilroy Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:00:27 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=9911#comment-11527 Two questions came to mind for me when reading this. One. Does the new Healthcare Bill have anything in it to adress the issue of insurance coverage for prosthetics. Two. I wonder how one could try to predict the amount of time necessary to see significants drops in the cost of production. Two questions came to mind for me when reading this. One. Does the new Healthcare Bill have anything in it to adress the issue of insurance coverage for prosthetics. Two. I wonder how one could try to predict the amount of time necessary to see significants drops in the cost of production.

]]> By: frankgilroy http://singularityhub.com/2009/12/16/custom-fit-bionic-fingers-work-like-the-real-thing-video/#comment-32355 frankgilroy Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:00:00 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=9911#comment-32355 Two questions came to mind for me when reading this. One. Does the new Healthcare Bill have anything in it to adress the issue of insurance coverage for prosthetics. Two. I wonder how one could try to predict the amount of time necessary to see significants drops in the cost of production. Two questions came to mind for me when reading this. One. Does the new Healthcare Bill have anything in it to adress the issue of insurance coverage for prosthetics. Two. I wonder how one could try to predict the amount of time necessary to see significants drops in the cost of production.

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