This MIT Engineer Built His Own Bionic Leg

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ok

[@ScrimZED]

I wish I can have one. Edir: acctually 2

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Ok now I'll use Adblock thanks.

[@DK-sg3oe]

Can u help people in India if possible send no it would b great of of thkz

[@hassankhan]

Why would you SELL science and technology and STEM education? 😡😡👎🏽👎🏽

[@firefacts6913]

though i have mad respect for the guy but Holy Hell ,Hugh Herr's entry at 2:38 is like that of a future business overlord

[@joeblack4436]

Hugh Herr is a fellow to be taken seriously... :)

[@samuelavila6606]

Very true

[@GabrielCarvv]

He sounds like he is going to start some sort of army "This is it"

[@myopinion69420]

I so hope he never covers those prosthetic, the way he walked in with that power stride showing the double amputation was just inspiring, if he had his pants rolled down you would never know he did not have the lower portion of his legs. he owned it.

[@JoeOf91]

i wonder if people with prosthetic legs can increase their height to like 7 ft long lol

[@joeyaknow1103]

Mark my words. In 10 years they're going to rebrand the paralympics the Cyberlympics and it's going to be the dopest thing on TV.

[@icaropaiva5020]

I will mark your words

[@hassiaschbi]

I hope so!

[@cooliodiablo6117]

Guys throwing the shot put will literally have cannons for arms lmao

[@m_i_g_5108]

@@cooliodiablo6117 lmao

[@nicraful]

Cyberpunk ?

[@notalan7215]

This man really added pinky toe sensors so he can still stub his toe on his bionic foot

[@Epsicronics]

Commitment

[@EliteFreeman]

now he just needs to step on lego

[@lemonglataitor2123]

No pain No gain

[@monsteryote]

Its useful to know if you just kicked the child or a cat or put a hole in the wall with your new superhuman strength.

[@thomascharles7724]

Being a amputee all my life I am now 37 I would pk over to be able to feel

[@Tumoxa89]

"I've built an array of sensors which gave sensation to my bionic limb." *Makes the first step, it lands on a LEGO block*

[@ticktockbam]

Poggers

[@walrusArmageddon]

The true phantom pain

[@birdwalkin]

plot twist: it's the lego's time to suffer. the sensation is of crushing it to dust. vengance.

[@birdwalkin]

@Repent!. Thanks repent bot. brightened my day.

[@diegoignacioavilesvalencia1991]

Proceeds to desactivate sensors and crush the lego

[@outsider_in]

Engineer: **Has to have leg amputated** Engineer: *"Damn it, that's gonna take me at least 12 hours to replace."*

[@thanhvinhnguyento7069]

🤣

[@exorcistgg9833]

@Paul Martin This guy has more subscribers than a guy that has video😢

[@fss1704]

@@exorcistgg9833 actually not but whatever

[@bradleypumba]

I actualy laughed out loud when I saw this coment

[@TheNefastor]

@Angello! R. For now, yes. Give it a few years.

[@ontama9184]

That professor in suit was probably the most badass looking professor

[@delayed_control]

Real life Sarif

[@birubu]

Robot legs and a James Bond dapper as hell suit

[@aibartalgatuly3011]

m4ti140 all we need is Adam Jensen

[@maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan]

330th like

[@smelloid1]

Looks like a metal gear character

[@CapemanProducti0ns]

Engineer: sits down looking sad. His mentor: first leg?

[@piyushsan875]

lmao

[@MottaOW]

lmao

[@armedwithwings3953]

lmao

[@nonagone9570]

lmao

[@connordziadul6048]

lmao

[@vladimirpain3942]

"Oh, don't touch it, those are live wires" definitelly sounds like engineer :D This is absolutelly amazing. Thanks to people like this guy we are closer to world without suffering.

[@Van-Leo]

even with all the exposed wires and stuff it looks so much more natural in movement than other prosthetics out there. thats amazing

[@pinklady7184]

Exposed wires can get caught in anything and then be ripped, if brushed up against objects.

[@rgmartin2536]

That is a problem that could easily be solved by adding some sort of plastic casing.

[@helleyequeue]

@@pinklady7184 It is a prototype, he is working on it. You don't close it up till the work is done

[@jordyv.703]

@@helleyequeue And even then there's always improvements to be made

[@matthewlawton9241]

The exposed wires probably aren't ideal from a longevity point of view, but aesthetically I found it really intriguing.

[@odthegreatest]

As a father I thoroughly understand and appreciate. As an engineer I'm thoroughly amazed.

[@rhoonah5849]

Agreed on both points.

[@TheDetonadoBR]

that can't be your name

[@odthegreatest]

@@TheDetonadoBR ?

[@danis6975]

@@TheDetonadoBR What are you talking about?

[@ashushortstatusofficial5006]

Sir price india

[@dwalters98]

The fact that he managed to get sensation back is incredible. I feel like that's the biggest step in bionics is not just getting signals out, but getting them back.

[@dominicstocker5144]

@WillRQ I hope that people using them for combat will be in the minority

[@dominicstocker5144]

@WillRQ why the „but“?

[@MouseGoat]

@WillRQ just have a switch for on off

[@williamrose7184]

I’m in amputee and let me tell you something you don’t ever lose the sensation I could feel my toes just like they were there

[@Kikext]

@@dominicstocker5144 thats such an american thought

[@lAcedUpLiss]

I'm disabled and look forward to the day when these kinds of prosthetics are commonplace. I have not had an amputation but I have a hereditary condition that causes significant pain and loss of mobility. I would have this procedure in a heartbeat if it meant I could do physical activities again.

[@puntloosPD]

I feel like this should be atleast 2 hours long

[@gaeb-hd4lf]

Definately

[@iron-farmer]

Do u see any kardashians?

[@0.30.2]

Aye!

[@yota1092]

@FactsOverFeelings Matter ... Typical ignorant reply

[@Big_Not_Good]

Post to reddit, find the guy and set up a kickstarter for a full length documentary. Honestly people, it's almost 2020, if Hbomberguy can do what he did then we can do this.

[@12101DyM]

Me getting robbed in 2040 Robbers: Ayo take his legs

[@Joker8pie]

*Rocket Raccoon has entered the chat*

[@brianp6859]

Lol more like the cyborgs will be robbing regular people and being able to run away as fast as a car because they have bionic legs

[@cancerino666]

And then you fire rockets from your legs that take the robbers out.

[@thedapperpineapple8168]

@@cancerino666 And then fly away with rocket legs

[@StarForgers]

Something is wrong if he doesn't have a 007 or MIB cricket built into the toes in a high crime area. (;

[@lithostheory]

Making these things possible for his son must be an infinite pool of motivation.

[@ClearOutSamskaras]

Yes, the power of that hit me when he spoke about his son being born with the club foot too. It reminded me of a body builder who was able to smash a dead lift record by thinking of pulling the coffin of his recently passed mother up from the grave and wanting her to be restored to life. Deep inspiration is very powerful.

[@michaelatkin9649]

He said the science cought up and they're able to correct it it now. So his son will not have a prosthetic

[@judycanham9967]

Early orthopedic intervention now corrects club foot deformity. (Temporary Casts and braces)

[@UnderdogSMO]

@@michaelatkin9649 best case.

[@Baka_Oppai]

no one watched the video well enough to know his son didn't need the robot leg

[@rhoonah5849]

Absolutely amazing engineering. Hopefully we can refine this technology, waterproof it, figure out a long term power solution and make it affordable to the average person some day.

[@stockmarketblueprint]

Arc reactor maybe😂

[@rhoonah5849]

@@stockmarketblueprint Someone should lock you in a cave and not let you out until you have a prototype :)

[@ghost-ul1dl]

меньше тратьте на полеты в космос и на военные разработки и в ближайшие 10 лет у вас будут прорывные технологии в области медицины.

[@f4ephantom]

It's the affordable part that is a killer. I am a bilateral below the knee amputee and my non bionic prosthetics which do have servos cost $64K, about twice as much as the non servoed limbs. Plus I had to get the new legs approved by an insurance company.

[@ghost-ul1dl]

@@f4ephantom 64000$ ? ну это очень много конечно, с другой стороны альтернатива только - инвалидное кресло.

[@foux7061]

This guy: sits dumbfounded His mentor: You do realize this is MIT right?

[@stillnotspicy]

lol lol lol

[@JameBlack]

He already knew about these prosthetics.

[@gene7511]

lmao yea

[@dewmontain123]

theres nothing like a REAL leg or foot take care people i know under certain circumstances its only possible to make best of what has happened but if you can. exercise daily. im only 23 so im not in a position to tell anybody what to do. this is only my opinion

[@gene7511]

@@dewmontain123 there's also accidents and misfortune (e.g. natural disaster, terrorist attack), or being born with a condition like the guy in the video. Not everything can be prevented with exercise.

[@sanghoonlee5171]

Engineers are such an amazingly valuable class of people.

[@jacobp.2024]

That's an understatement. They quite literally made society what it is today. If there was one class of people society couldn't exist without, it's them.

[@debarghyachattopadhyay2614]

@@jacobp.2024 you can live without us, until disease hits you

[@debarghyachattopadhyay2614]

@@faiyazsaqifkhansummit792 we have a different class dude, we like to invent new things dream of changing small things to big and question can it not be changed? We don't have time for those people...

[@Twiggy163]

Im a civil engineer in underground infrastructure, nothing like this. Do I still count? (hopefull look)

[@nickleback3695]

They are often arrogant tho, kinda like most modern farmers.

[@sergio446]

This is the people that deserve our attention, this is the people that change the world for the better. Thank you for your work!

[@codguy12]

Ok

[@stonedsloth6367]

Educated people

[@anders5611]

Not politics

[@bl4ckh4t29]

Yeah and not Gretel saying “how dare you!”. People that build things like this should be focused on more than dumb kids that don’t know their facts

[@ktolwal]

i know people are spending billions on drugs, alcohol. They could give it to these geniuses here in MIT. life would be so much better

[@JosephChan4701]

"My entire life I never thought that I would be where I am now having had an amputation." Engineer: "I have an opportunity to engineer my own body and I had always dreamed about that." You guys are just awesome.

[@Dante_S550_Turbo]

wait until he has to do maintenance on himself and wish he was more mechanic friendly.

[@robbieaulia6462]

@@Dante_S550_Turbo the problem of making mechanic friendly machines can come later, the thing isn't even done yet.

[@ronl9357]

In the future we won't fear stepping on Lego's anymore.

[@PICOLOCOPOCO]

XD

[@jalalalap-akalala]

Its just Lego, not Lego's

[@thehedgehogsdilemma9478]

ron l This comment deserves way more thumbs up! 🤣

[@icewind7]

Instead, the gigantic lego step on you

[@donnovanbrown298]

The legos will fear us!

[@jakomean]

That "Woah" when he "feels" his little toe got me in the feels.

[@Miles300s]

When he said "Woah" I felt that.

[@yonexsp8448]

That "woah".................. the feeling i got

[@johnnyskellington9581]

Wow this is pretty fucking epic. Definitely feels like we’re beginning to see the future

[@ginofoogle6944]

you can't seethe future.. you mean you are beginning to see movie references.

[@MdFaisal-ut9uv]

@Ribshok Productions suxk you own puss*

[@Mike-zu1md]

In ten years this technology will receive the same innovations as cellphones in that they will try a prosthetic which instead of several buttons controlling specific spots, there will be a sort of touch screen for your prosthetic. A prosthetic able to provide more accurate and acute sensation. The same way analog phones switched to touch phones, just with prosthetics.

[@MichaelBCooper]

Nah the future is complete limb regeneration

[@kurtislucien9052]

The future doesn't exist

[@Son-Of-David1990]

Just the fact that they had a sensor to be able to bend the foot amazed me then they say you can touch where your pinky toe would be and you can actually feel it as if it were there? Wow that is that is just ridiculously amazing

[@HunterR1177]

"You know, I think its 2019 and it's about time we got robots on people" is one of the most MIT things I've ever heard.

[@captaincrunch8333]

This will be the guy who Linda Hamiltons character pays a visit to in the future.

[@mookimukay3077]

This a whole backstory on how his son becomes the first bionic super soldier

[@autumnfire1490]

‘’We left multiple nuclear launch sites’’

[@orange-cuttleanimations7577]

1000 years in the future: "You are getting drafted" *Yeets leg*

[@ElliFong]

@@orange-cuttleanimations7577 This is the plot of Gundam Thunderbolt lol

[@Fantomfields]

They way he said “those are live wires” killed me lol

[@themaconeau]

Shouldn't have touched them then 😬🤣

[@martylawson1638]

He probably had 200-300 volts in there to run the skin ticklers. Probably not much current, but it'd still give you a nasty little shock.

[@Titaness_pheeb]

I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my engineering degree, honestly my motivation has been lacking but this has honestly moved me soo much , I want to devote my life to upgrading the human body with extensions that exceed normal human capabilities. I’m so wow’d

[@thecjweej2761]

Did you start this journey?

[@MaxGalofre]

This is amazing. I wish more resources were given for the research and production on these projects. There must be millions of people who could benefit from this.

@Jesse James Awake320 Facts. That's also on us, we never elect the right people in office. Haven't seen anyone protest against wars since the Vietnam War.

[@Khyrid]

@ Because there are people who spend their lives making us need those missiles. Bad people exist.

[@AREALLYBIGSPOON]

"those are live wires" ... proceeds to touch them anyways. Kids are hilarious

[@username-rs4vf]

I was showing a kid a battery and how it sparked and told him if he kept doing it it might light on fire. He kept doing it for like a minute after lol.

[@jt1738x]

Cracked me up

[@i.i.iiii.i.i]

"Great, dead wires would be sad anyway :)"

[@lengaming1651]

Imagine if he touched the connections, dude would litterally feel his little toe when not even close to it

[@revenevan11]

@@lengaming1651 imagine having a "smart" IoT compatible foot (it'll happen eventually lol 😔), and then someone hacks it to make you feel max intensity tickling on loop until you turn it off or hopefully just hit a reset or disable touch switch (or setting in an app on your phone).

[@DmitryLapshukov]

I think, it is 2019 and it's about time we got robots on people... - this is gold!

[@bubbyroosh4038]

Why the fuck do I always read these AS THEY SAY IT. I also agree. The human foot is absolutely awful in design.

[@ImJustJAG]

I wonder when they will put a computer in someones head. Imagine that.

[@yerp1554]

IamJAG_GG Elon musk is already doing that

[@DaSquareful]

Not joking I think it would be interesting to have a third arm hooked onto your lower back. Only problem is how to interface it, maybe training some back muscles?

[@ØØØØ-s3q]

Gm Mg bro I did the same thing I’m shooketh

[@ayushisrivastava9796]

I am so thankful we have engineers and people like you in this world! Hats off!

[@jacobdegitz2196]

I love how he casually was like "yeah once I was running from a bear on this road." Wtf? ,😂

[@TheDaxter11]

"i was running from a bear on this road and broke my leg" i know its just a brief explanation for the topic but how the fuck did the bear not get him at that point?

[@nicksalvatore5717]

@@TheDaxter11 I believe he said it was a black bear, which usually don't confront humans. He probably ran due to fear, thus causing him to sharply press his foot against the hard rock and break it. The bear probably just wandered off, I hope.

[@yytyytg]

@Darooj Are you sure it is not still following him?

[@blankblank5409]

kang C *O* . *O*

[@midnightrun5622]

How was he not Purina Bear Chow?

[@modelllichtsysteme]

A true engineer!

[@ghost-ul1dl]

ну да он инженер а вы думали он повар??

[@alexhaile7957]

@Repent!. Jesus went down on me once in a bathroom truck stop in central PA

[@drunkcj4236]

the engineer: i need legs companies: alright but it's exp- this guy: FINE i'll do it myself

[@wanderbolt9498]

still exorbitantly expensive no doubt, but compared to medical equipment costs it's probably leagues cheaper

[@acjointseparationcrashcourse]

Unbelievable technology. As a physical therapist, it is wonderful to see technology give people sensation and motor control back. This technology will change the world and provide an excellent quality of life to many people that otherwise would be limited by traditional prosthetics.

[@valentinroncoli7949]

The fact that he could feel the son touching his robotic foot as if it was he's ACTUAL foot it's amazing

[@conorstewart2214]

He can feel specific points on his foot, in the future hopefully it advances enough that people would be able to feel the whole foot as if it is there. It is amazing though but its only the begining

[@zurielbabida8162]

No its really weird

[@conorstewart2214]

@Kingdoms you know what I mean, able to feel when any part of the foot was touched

[@conorstewart2214]

@@zurielbabida8162 in what way is it weird trying to improve someone's life?

[@stevedonovan22]

That blew my mind

[@bukovinian]

When his son comes out at 7:30 it just broke me, then knowing that son had same condition, on both legs. Man that's heartbreaking. Thank you for the video, its art.

[@TheAstronomyDude]

The stupid idiot should never have had a child to begin with. All the genetic flotsam like him would have been eliminated long ago if people had the decency not to pass along their handicaps to their offspring.

[@Stoneface_]

TheAstronomyDude damn what an evil person you are. Shame!

[@spinachhouse]

Shame on you AstronomyDude

[@gorrthegod]

@@TheAstronomyDude It is a gamble.

[@paulian1888]

Well, I mean... he's not wrong

[@JohnPorsbjerg]

"oh THOSE are live wires" yeah that's an electrical engineer right there lol

[@macbuff81]

Progress and inventiveness motivated by love and kindness. Beautiful. That kid has a great father

[@sky9high611]

"Break a leg, mine are made of steel." -Octane

[@333n3wk34333]

"You think I'm afraid of you?! I blew off my own legs! ". (Octane main here)

[@Kanielwhiskey]

I knew I would find that comment!

[@May-gr8bp]

apex legends meme

[@YaBoi-cx8yu]

*titanfall music playing in the background*

[@blurrytracerwr5265]

@@333n3wk34333 😆😆😆😆

[@chase_h.01]

I'd much rather lose a leg than an arm. Replacement legs look much farther along than arms.

[@DutchOrbit]

@divorcedme imagine how fast these limbs would advance if they were necessary to car manufacturing or commerce.

[@Volfur2251]

hmm tbh i would say arms are much farther then legs by a mile stone, legs are so much simple in comparison. what i will say how ever is due to arms being so much more complex they are less seen or made

[@TheGr0nch]

yeah, there are far less important nerves that control leg function, and are easier to find/narrow down

[@BlackRose-rp7kv]

Its cause its harder to make parts of whats left of your arm control 5 fingers including different amounts of pressure

[@JeffGranja27]

I don't see myself going through this time without videogames, so yes, I'd prefer missing a leg than an arm

[@am_taur3001]

In my ideal world, these people are my celebrities.

[@liamschallock5346]

@Anthony Lopez I think your missing the point of what this video and this science is about

[@marquez4497]

Anthony Lopez But then again there are people who are born disabled, and this machine nonsense is something that could really improve their lives.

[@pn2313]

@Anthony Lopez ok boomer

[@dannyherrera1598]

@@pn2313 whats up with everyone calling everyone a boomer? Is that the new trend now? 😒 Cus I seriously doubt someone named Anthony Lopez is a boomer....

[@AliceInAWasteland]

@@dannyherrera1598 ok boomer

[@danieldoucet8687]

Engineers are awesome problem solvers. To all engineers thank you for your service.

[@InspireWire]

"The brotherhood of steel are now hostile towards you"

[@mrwolf2120]

Haha😂

[@kartikaysuri1707]

BROTHERHOOD OF STEEL: INFAMY GAINED

[@looneycam2762]

Lol

[@VisceralHamster]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@xyrenegade]

*Danse hated that*

[@NOVIDEOSATHISCHANNEL]

"we end disability" is an interesting statement..

[@m_i_g_5108]

US healthcare would like a word with him. "That'll be $99,999 per year." "We also offer cheaper options. We have a brand name wheelchair for $499."

[@adenintriphosphat520]

Well at least physical disabilities maybe

[@kericue2065]

I would like a robotic spine. Notice how nobody talk about pain. Or am I the only one who feel pain?

[@marywangen4696]

Very interesting statement

[@seph.]

@@SeattleRingHunter No.

[@magalaleo9949]

'That's live wires' *Stands near the salty ocean*

[@nicolasstagliano3213]

I was thinking the exact same thing

[@swiftsetrider4543]

I wonder if he could insulate them

[@ResasRandomStuff]

i dont think its that hard to make them waterproof

[@kasuraga]

@@ResasRandomStuff yeah, it actually would be pretty easy to weather proof the electronics. Obviously for prototyping having it exposed is easiest.

[@igorordecha]

@@swiftsetrider4543 sure but it would be much harder for him to debug whats going on or make upgrades. Maybe is apple made a prostetic limb it would be flooded with silicon so no one can look inside

[@foxman105]

This is the most literal "And then I took it personally" reaction to solving a crippling condition after something went wrong. Not that it's a bad one. Godspeed to you people. May you one day feel as the machine replacement not even there.

[@jamzee_]

Everybody focusing on the bionic man, while Dr. Hieu has two prosthetic legs.

[@jabberwocky1707]

"To lose one leg, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness". • Paraphrasing Oscar Wilde • According to another post the Prof. 'lost' his legs as a result of a mountain climbing accidentally

[@jamzee_]

@@jabberwocky1707 hmmmmmmmmmm, he was inspired by the Mechanicus from warhammer 40k.

[@pwnmeisterage]

He stands a little taller than natural, judging by the rest of his physical proportions. But I suppose if you're gonna get two prosthetic legs then you can choose any height you like.

[@jamzee_]

@@pwnmeisterage you're tellin me, that instead of me being 6'4, i can be 6'5 with legs that arent weak to decay and that will eventually fail me?

[@ghostbuster8377]

He has "bionic legs", machine learning and s**t

[@armandenaseem5431]

I met Mr. Herr several years ago as my father teaches at MIT. Very inspiring man.

[@zainseyal]

MashaAllah. What does your dad teach?

[@HIPPYGOATWITHCHEESE]

Thats not even how u spell his name. U sure u met him?

[@n.ducanh]

@@HIPPYGOATWITHCHEESE so what is his name?

[@joshualee2460]

“It’s 2019, it’s about time we got robots on people”

[@canyoushutup12]

Lets go

[@vaughanellis7866]

Just wait you'll have the Intersectional/Identitarian crowd coming up with whole new pronoun sets depending on how many "robots" you're using

[@bud1221]

No doubt about it , we'll definitely have robots by 2100

[@bud1221]

I'll be 97 if I make it to 2100

[@wbhsjajdjwbwb6758]

@@bud1221 correction as soon as 2028 mark my words

[@sumedhrbajra]

This is what true courage is. There is always hope and where there is hope, there is always a place to re-create. That's where the creative mind starts to take place and great things are born.

[@wolfofdubai]

I love engineering. It opens so many new opportunities on so many levels.

[@visualonestudio]

This brings new meaning to the expression “pushing your dads buttons”.

[@amitkumar-sz6ze]

A lot of meanings would change in future

[@soughtsdad6628]

I love how he casually was like "yeah once I was running from a bear on this road." Wtf? ,😂

[@templar-yu5ve]

@@soughtsdad6628 I’ve been their before

[@flyingeagle1278]

Underrated

[@ryandavis4448]

As heartbreaking as this is, it was gonna take someone in this SAME situation to bring it to the next level. No one can have more desire and technical prowess to get it done, the way he does. Kudos my friend!

[@RatKing-jy9qf]

Seeing this is another reason out of millions why I want to attend MIT, this is inspiration to continue trying to achieve my goal of attending MIT

[@JustinSmith-ph1le]

I hope they are getting a lot of vets into having this done for them.

[@PaKePo]

This guy: built his own bionic leg All of us 15 years ago: building our own bionicles

[@PeaktendenCs]

I miss that so much

[@skymm8888]

I miss the bionicles soo much

[@blinky4778]

G VS more like building our first flesh light.. rubber glove toilet paper roll Etc Etc...

[@PaKePo]

If I become a millionaire, I'm bringing Bionicle back

[@blinky4778]

G VS i didn’t buy them back then and i wouldn’t now if they came back.. all about GUNDOM WING

[@paulmckenzie5155]

"oh those are live wires" 😂

[@crisrose9707]

walks to the beach...

[@connorbeckmann2981]

cris rose it’s a calculated risk 😂

[@mathisrenier]

@@crisrose9707 Water in the wires is just intense sensory feedback.

[@TheCaptainSplatter]

Eventually a casing will go over it.

[@snowconeinthedoublecup]

i fucking lold

[@jacobgavin149]

This is probably one of the coolest videos I have ever seen I am a structural Engineer at UIUC and its so cool seeing ingenuity at work.

[@DamagedF0X]

5:58 Extremely incredible. Gate is nearly perfect. It only keeps getting better.

[@forgiveness_denied]

it doesn’t matter how many legs you got, everybody got those PUMA costco socks #meToo

[@rorygo456]

Laughed too hard

[@josearevalos1231]

The only metoo movement I'm apart move^^^

[@MaghoxFr]

Lmao

[@n00bhotline]

“Those are live wires” that was a close one. Mom would’ve been pissed about that

[@Clara_Page]

This technology is truly amazing, I look forward to the day that it's available to everybody who needs it

[@kgkendall845]

Are we just gonna gloss over the fact that he was running from a bear.

[@justbreathe8835]

Wtf did I see this comment exactly as he said it. It sounded fake honestly.

[@KalRandom]

Yeah, why didn't the bear chasing him have lunch ?

[@oi-nf9uz]

The bear felt bad after it made him break his leg and left.

[@firebreathercat133]

Bear prolly wasnt chasing him he just saw the bear and his fight or flight response caused him to skdaddle

[@raymondfrye5017]

Don't tell me!...was it one of those animatronic bears?

[@AdeelKhan1]

Hugh Herr's bionic prosthetics keep getting more amazing!

[@swiftcee266]

We can rebuild him....we have the technology.

[@caraxes_noodleboi]

Darth Vader is just a few decades away

[@Tim-57]

Make him stronger and faster...

[@rightuppercut1426]

We have the capability to make the world’s first bionic man

[@iCortex1]

8:30 oh my, that somehow brought tears to my eyes, I fuking love people like this. You will accomplish great things sir.

[@meccamiles7816]

Magic is real; we just call it science.

[@jmfm-r2q]

Exurb1a

[@pattrickc8546]

this is so true

[@alalalala57]

@@jmfm-r2q Disability (noun) *was* a physical and mental condition that limited a person's movements, senses, or activities.

[@WAVE0025]

Sounds like a line that someone from Dr stone would say

[@muhammadrafay9490]

Yes brother you are right !

[@orangeboy97]

This just confirms why I want to finish my electrical engineering degree.

[@bleh6232]

Gl

[@kappamaster7179]

still very, very far from doing anything like this

[@Gabagool22]

As a final year electronic engineering student, this was truly inspiring.

[@ishigamiyu1991]

@@kappamaster7179 give the guy a bit of motivation 😂

[@dadinggo]

@@kappamaster7179 +2 more years for a phd is hardly very far.

[@kekkaisenn6497]

I started crying when he said he was thinking about what his son's world and future would be.

[@mistercohaagen]

The real question is, are there enough of "us", to overwhelm the culture of anti-science and plutocracy to make it real.

[@kekkaisenn6497]

@@mistercohaagen I don't know... There seems to be one Mister Yang trying to make it that way, but, science is an objective process of information analysis, not self-centered nor altruistic. All the fallacies of our society seem based on sociopathic tendencies of people with too many resources and time already on their hands. Obviously they are a minority, even among other lucky people, but I don't see any way of overriding their destructive influence,-other than banding together over state and national lines. Seeing as how their cancerous ways have spread all over the planet.

[@mopandas462]

Only thing negative about this are the greedy corporate companies that will exploit this for personal gain

[@mistercohaagen]

@@kekkaisenn6497 Yeah... I'm not done donating to Yang yet, and started right after his JRE appearance. I was an automation engineer / sysadmin, and I dropped out of the commercial workforce to do NPO stuff. Seems like any corporation you can work for large or small, only seems to contribute to our decline as a species through some wasteful nonsensical traditional way of doing things. I figure I can at least not give them my brain and hands voluntarily. Seems the only moral thing to do; civil disobedience of a sort. Oddly enough I seem to contribute more to the household just doing things like maintaining the house itself and keeping the cars running instead of paying someone to do it wastefully. I'm reading about how to grow veg in the yard next summer, etc. Anything to offset the money that would've been spent on more waste. We are slaves, but we can sit it out if we're prepared to deal with poverty. It's not so bad, especially with an Internet connection. I feel a lot healthier, that's for sure. Might even live longer.

[@theturkanabus3610]

He has no control over that world. No one does. Don't have children.

[@youngyang7215]

This is such a life changing development. Thank you creating such a beautiful product for those in great need, especially for yourself. You are a true inspiration.

[@chrishickman7059]

"I wouldn't call myself an inventor" 6:10 "I am also an engineer and an inventor"

[@dxfvgyhjh]

that was fast right?

[@jamzee_]

I too, am very humble.

[@MaximilianonMars]

He changed his mind halfway through.

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

@GenuinePsychopath no ge says inventor

[@mikecryea]

I remember watching Dr. Herr's TED talk about biomechanics about 5 or 6 years ago and feeling enchanted by the progress we have made as humanity. Also as a former student of robotics, it had always been my desire to one day see the days in which robotics don't necessarily exceed humanity's ability but compliments it. We're at this point now, with our many mistakes and errors as a species but we are exceptional, let us learn and improve together to become even more so.

[@puglord7176]

watching this in 2021 and thinking "wonder how much he improved that thing during quarantine"

[@mikeresler2741]

as a recent ak , im so excited to see the advancement in this tec. just recieved my first leg and boy its a learning curve. im a disabed vet and im so lucky for it. im truly intreged with the new tec. hopfully one day in the furure i can have one also. thank you

[@JayTalksinjury]

The limits of our technology that man had created are Amazing .. i myself have 15 Titanium screws and 2 brackes installed on my leg giving me the Ability to continue to live and ride !! Double tibia plateau fracture and have over 17000 km on my Mountain bike since the Surgery!!! To Dr Sharfenberger and Thank you to This Fella for give us All ... Hope !!! .. God Bless )

[@JayTalksinjury]

@ i was doing 12000 to 15000 steps a day with crutches. No pain pills only low motrin and i recovered . I don't even have a limp either . I am top 5% recovery . After 26 broken bones now i know how to heal myself. ( Its10 screws not 15 an only problem is i need a heat reflective sock past -20 on hike s)

[@BManStan1991]

Hey! I had the same surgery at 16. I think you have more screws than me though.

[@vibhavg1064]

Why don’t we hear more about this? We only see prosthetics

[@111vincento]

well like said in this vid most people don't get their limbs amputated in a way that allows it.

[@hendrianjayyy7395]

And of course this is expensive

[@gagetaylor192]

@@111vincento I don't understand why everyone's limbs aren't amputated like this. Sure not everybody can afford these kinds of bionic legs but why not give everybody the chance?

[@codguy12]

@@gagetaylor192 then be generous and give people money

[@gagetaylor192]

@@codguy12 Not my job to provide what the government should be providing.

[@tomerwin1472]

None of this was even conceivable just 20 years ago. Imagine how far this will go.

[@CarlosAlejandro.-ke6gr]

I would love to live 100 years more and see how these would look like and work.

[@Ohhdeeds]

As someone who’s studying Biomed Eng, if I ever lose motivation I’ll always come back to this

[@daniboy2619]

I see that mit education is really paying off.

[@diegomarquez971]

“I don’t like to think of my self as an inventor” A few minutes later “But Im also and engineer and an inventor” 6:08

[@Shikadi134]

Diego Marquez was thinking about commenting this same thing hahaha

[@toubo6249]

He doesn't like to think of himself as an inventor, but he is one.

[@Jafmanz]

@@toubo6249 Indeed, not liking to think of ones self as such but understanding ones nature is perfectly reasonable. The OP and the 100+ goons that liked his comment are not M.I.T material.

[@newp0rt]

@@Jafmanz well to be fair less than 1% are close to MIT material. the world is way more brain dead than you think. of course out of 800,000 views there will be 100+ people dumb enough to not understand what the MIT engineer said. ive learned to lower my expectations of youtube commentors to the bare minimum.

[@Jafmanz]

@@newp0rt No they are not more brain dead than I think. They are however evidently less braindead than you think...

[@kilroy294]

dude your an amazing dad and father. you also are an amazing inventor. Do not give up! EVER

[@royalarmy1837]

7:51, Daddy casually telling his son "That's live wires".

[@aldervic6293]

Gosh diggity darn it. My child diggity combusted into flames because of these electronic components on my prosthetic. Oh well.

[@Dekarowski25]

He has the technology. He can rebuild himself.

[@neonblud9595]

6 Million Dollar Man reference 👍🏼

[@d3lsl0w]

We can rebuild him, but we don't want to spend a lot of money.

[@TheLe016]

d3lsl0w That’s exactly what went thru my mind, then I saw that you already made that comment. Ah, Peter Griffin.

[@jalakor]

I hope that this type of technology becomes more and more available and as it becomes so, the price drops (basic system of supply and demand), so that more people have access to this.

[@Shuniverse]

Unbelievably beautiful. This is something that gives me much optimism about technology for the future.

[@PobonsPing]

Remember Hiccup from How to train your dragon? This is him now

[@Obi1-KenBone-Me]

And the dragon is hes kid

[@shoibmakle2678]

builder

[@wallacebertolaccini7139]

Feeling old yet?

[@xyrenegade]

Her wife looks so proud of him. Any person who chooses his family first is a person I can respect.

[@mareksicinski3726]

wdym

[@xLenny22x]

7:54 kid: "what's this?" dad: "those are Live Wires!" kid: i WiLL t0uCH ThEm AnYWaYS!!

[@Sound_Spark]

i mean kids are curious.

[@rhoonah5849]

He would have touched his tongue to it given enough time.

[@TheWizardGamez]

@@Sound_Spark (cat analogy)

[@Nam13_13]

Building and renewing effected lives.. Salute to people who created this bionic limb..

[@holy7660]

His smile made my day. He was smiling especially more when his son was touchinh his toes lmao.

[@Leyla-pq3fe]

Wow fantastic!!! I’m in engineering major also and my final project homework in one of my classes is about 3D designing an artificial leg and writing a report about it. This video was so inspirational. And seeing a college student helped this leg to happen is much more inspirational for me! Thank you!

[@اللونالأحمر-ج6ع]

Hello, what engineering major are you in? 🌹🌹

[@u0aol1]

It's incredible how true to life it moves, how they are able to get the sensation of touch and feel through leaving behind muscle during amputation. This is really incredible

[@adamlentz6708]

My mom lost her hands and feet to sepsis when I was 15, and this kind of research is not only mind blowing, but hits relatively close to home. I can't wait to see what all changes over the next year, decade, and over my lifetime.

[@SAMAD44]

Amazing, I wish i have it to give it to my little sister who lost her battle against cancer . It would have made a huge difference in her life .

[@SirZeck]

Amen,hopefully she has the chance someday!

[@reiii69]

@@SirZeck She is not here anymore.. Idiot

[@randomperson7135]

Alexander Leodas damn

[@SirZeck]

@@reiii69 I miss understood the sentences, it was even more confusing before edited.

[@amit4Bihar]

Basic science research made all this possible and will open more opportunities. We need to promote science based secularism and discard ancient superstitions but not our ancient culture

[@idoyt8684]

“Wow Gordon, that MIT education really paid for itself” - Barney

[@therealsteel1634]

Luv dat half life reference

[@bob-mu5ys]

Gordon let me get a look at you man. You haven't changed one iota how do you do it man?

[@GamerDude27]

Still waiting for that beer he owes me

[@harshdeepsingh4219]

HL3 confirmed 😂

[@ZJasmineDragon]

This was the first time I've seen one of these, and saw the prosthesis, and genuinely feel like it was their limb. Like I saw him, moving what should be his ankle on the chair, with his detached foot reacting and moving a few feet away, genuinely feeling as if that were a connected part of him that was just a few feet away.