Bionic Skin Lets Amputees Feel Their Missing Limbs Again | Freethink Superhuman

[@freethink]

What do you think prosthetics will do next?

[@itskarl79]

I thought of this years ago, hopefully they're also adding temperature sensors and applying something like a peltier/heat device for the limb to feel variance in temperatures. I always wished I could have worked in this field. As a retired veteran myself, I wanted to help disabled veterans and all people by making better prosthesis. This technology will work as an intermediate until they start growing replacements in the next 20-30 years or sooner. Stem cells made from the patients own body could hopefully hold the answers some day.

[@itskarl79]

Another thought was creating kinetic generators worn elsewhere that charge capacitors/batteries, to eliminate the need to plug in/recharge from the wall.

[@itskarl79]

Someday prosthesis will outperform the original loss.

[@elmothewise3915]

Organs, artificial organs could increase our life spans

[@davideckard5827]

i bet somewhere some government has full prosthetics with full sensory and mimics a human limb (and possibly expands on it) its gotten pretty far in the last couple years for sure!

[@johnperry6201]

Man I love science. Thank you guys for showing us it is being used for good!

[@freethink]

Appreciate it! These are the stories we love to tell.

[@airbolt6496]

I just finished spiderman ps4 and now we got an osborn working on prosthetics, this has to be some crazy coincidence

[@colindevoe8713]

You're telling me I can get the sensations of having an actual human arm, with the physical advantages of a robotic limb? The FUTURE IS HERE

[@freethink]

That'd be amazing - you could have an extra, super strong robotic arm - and wire it into your existing nerves so it you could feel it like it was your own.

[@mangoboy3367]

time for me to become a cyborg

[@michelangelosantillanduran8826]

@@mangoboy3367 XDDD

[@rupertgarcia]

@@mangoboy3367 Detroit: Become Cyborg

[@AmericanLegendd]

the future is always here, tomorrow is coming soon

[@caution-monkey4603]

0:46 Ok I’m sorry his name is WHAT? And he got into prosthetics? The stars have aligned

[@danyilmananganliyup7552]

Luke Osborn

[@kinglinsiv6900]

@@danyilmananganliyup7552 Did you mean Norman ? Oh nvm.

[@freethink]

Thanks for joining! We're here live until the premiere - feel free to ask us any questions!

[@Technostatic]

If you ever get that answer to my question about that band they put around the arm, please let me know!

[@freethink]

@@Technostatic Yes! You were spot on - "The bands that encircle Matheny’s stump then pick up the information from his thoughts, and send them to the arm via Bluetooth." - more info at www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/next-generation-military-prosthetics-breaking-new-ground-180963448/ .

[@thewitcher08111]

This is perhaps the best video in this series...

[@freethink]

Thanks, we were really happy with how it came out!

[@MadamLava094]

Incredible. Beyond restoring our normal sensory functions, it would be remarkable to see if these nerves could be used as "false senses" that are activated by non-human sensors. Imagine, say, FEELING a concentration of a gas, or the local radiation.

[@DogFoxHybrid]

You already have a sense for gas concentration- it's called smell. Also, you feel infrared radiation as heat. But yeah, I understand what you're getting at.

[@firestarter6488]

Late reply, but this has been already achieved in a way through homemade augmentations. Planting a magnet in the arm has given the user the ability to feel magnetic fields, using the magnet under the skin. I believe for more complicated fields like Radiation, an AI implant would be required to help keep track of that.

[@javachef8824]

Thank you for all you do

[@freethink]

Our pleasure! great seeing you in the live chat.

[@themelonn6313]

I can't wait for fhe future. Bless these amazing inventors who only want to help.

[@jovanleon7]

Let's just hope they never screw Dr. Osbourne of funding just before he finish creating a full body super prosthetic.

[@smokedog9677]

giving people just the opportunity to feel again where the phantom pain resides, might just help to heal the trauma they have from the missing limbs.

[@kittycatman20202]

My grandpa would love this

[@N1njaSprout]

this is absolutely revolutionary. and scary. this technology could bring on a generation of robotic warfare controlled by humans staying inside bunkers, controlling robots with the same tech that’s shown in this video 🤯

[@hirabairenaud8492]

not really no I mean it'll take resources & all so it'll be easier to, you know. Hack into useful resource stuff & shut down whatever you want. Then use drones with bombs or something. No need for human robots. But what would I know I'm just a biological robot. What I do know is that this tech is going to bring life into some people who may have lost a limb or two. Why should we fear such an amazing and beautiful revolutionary tech?

[@joshuabondurant456]

I like the video but next time can you show which patch of nerves and neurons are activated while using the. But I do admit I have not seen all of your videos.

[@freethink]

No worries, thanks for the feedback! In the bionic drummer video we look a little more in depth at what's going on underneath the skin with another prosthetic: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXy6aJadaZp4rbs We also have two videos on the prosthetic arm that you see in this video which have a little more detail on how it works. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXvGfmmbmtFsh5I kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqK7lJeqfcSJo68

[@JA-zj6ft]

Me: Did not keep up with technology and mainly focused on nonsense for my 19 years on earth Me today learning about haptic suits and this technology: When did we become a sci fi world?

[@benhenderson8952]

I still member when RDJ gifted an Iron Man prosthetic arm to a kid & it made me think what if I had one arm

[@ericborgen7311]

Very interesting and true a lot of people want to have themselves look like they don't have prosthetic limbs or eyes so if they look like they are just every one else they will be more comfortable with them the sensors are cool that will help a lot of people thank you for coming up with this technology very wonderful

[@dragoness48]

Will this work for a congenital amputation? My 43 year old son was born with only a couple inches of his left forearm. Would he actually be able to feel something with a part of his arm that he has never had? And how expensive would this be? He had such poor useage with the prosthetics available even as an adult that he just does not use one at all. And he is a carpenter, a good one as well. He is so good at doing everything that anyone else does with the use of his right arm and his left "nub". I have been know to forget that he doesn't have his forearm. Once when he hurt his right thumb I asked him to let me see his other thumb to see if the right one was swollen. That was embarrassing, for me, not him lol. How would one find out about the price and the availability?

[@SomewhatCorrect]

So you're telling me I could get myself a real-life gunslinger? Hell yes!

[@lesportifdudimanche4354]

His name is doctor Osborn??... yo, spidey, run!

[@cr3atur321]

I love science and tech so much that if I ever lose an arm or something, I might not even cry because I would be too excited to have a new and improved one

[@gilgamesh904]

From the moment i understood the weakness of my flesh...it disgusted me.

[@babayaga2105]

who else saw this ad when they clicked on a random vsauce commercel

[@howaboutno8679]

i did

[@thegamingreaper3731]

yes

[@papichoi1433]

aww when he said "I no longer feel disabled anymore" T_T

[@LarsLiveLaughLove]

perhaps not as glamorous but powered industrial vehicles used in manufacturing environments are designed to be as user-friendly as possible, as well as the laptops and scanners used at work

[@hoodyk7342]

This is such a good idea and should definitely be worked on and included in other arms

[@comkosskosomenski3171]

It’s ironic that his name is doctor Osborn

[@adensmigovsky3788]

Yeah XD I jumped

[@imdapro4669]

love how the name is osborn talking about limbs just like norman osborn from spiderman

[@markwhitehouse6070]

How does one get a hold of these bionic limbs? How much would they cost?

[@schnitzelschnizel9448]

How can you print out the robotic arm/hand as a whole unit?

[@me.rafaelbenjamin]

So there really is a Dr. Osborne. What will be your evil goals?! Someone call Spider Man!

[@abdul2795]

It's nice to see science being used for good unlike these days.

[@bionicwarrior5885]

There is a hand currently in the market that is super awesome it also lets you feel when you touch things apart from that it is in my opinion the best hand out there it is super affordable in the USA it is also approved by Medicaid! The name of is the Psyonic hand !

[@JustinSANE001]

Really cool!

[@LuckySingh-ej6lt]

How can i contact em ??

[@moodymoody4144]

Could the patient test and compare the function of skin between the bionic skin and the other limb that isn't damaged .. I see in that video that tests can get easier in a further advanced levels in the future.. That is great doctor 👍 Godspeed 🌹

[@vereor66]

THE FUTURE IS NOW, OLD MAN!

[@Ms.Robot.]

Cool! 😍❤️

[@cob571]

Who dislikes this?!

[@Yohan99999]

Christians

[@themelonn6313]

John Connor.

[@saulquarian2643]

😆

[@N1njaSprout]

spacemanjaune why

[@Yohan99999]

@@N1njaSprout think

[@bethymears2648]

Really great stuff.

[@KyBa-TheONE]

Would you be able to grab a digital object if you mapped it to your arm.

[@MohammadAkkawi]

Hello, I am Muhammad Akkawi. I am one of the people of determination. I do not have hands, but I also do not have feet. I hope anyone can make me happy in any way.😊

[@noahperez6427]

Hold on... spiderman???

[@rafaelo.2861]

*Luke Skywalker wants to know your location*

[@makaronprod7094]

If you can make feel touch, you can make pain, maybe making these zones erogenic too, and then, there is smell, earing, vision

[@thewatcher9778]

prosthetics will advance so much in the future there may come a time when people will choose to have them willingly

[@bradwilliamson4546]

I recently lost my right hand trying to find out how to be a test subject for research companies like yours any pointers?

[@ianmeade7441]

I would start by reaching out to a university. There are plenty of graduate students eager to research phantom limb phenomenon, and any one of them would love to have a subject to work with. That leads you into connection with experts in the field of presthesis, many of whom these grad students are studying under.

[@eggnugget575]

very cool, they should make the motors a bit faster to move as fast as regular limbs

[@fluffdragon6305]

Make these available for who cannot buy one

[@ahmedlion-4744]

This is very amazing but scary at the same time if it was used in the future and in the wrong hands if you watched blade runner or played cyberpunk 2077 you will understand

[@TheSwiftblad3]

which technology is the bottleneck? the biologic or the mechatronic part?

[@TheSwiftblad3]

or the software part

[@ultravidz]

Excellent

[@nilbog2191]

How can you feel without temperature. If there is no temperature there is nothing.

[@jingo500]

Skynet pays attention. 😀

[@burgundye9711]

It looks cool

[@freespeech4023]

humans can do some dam amazing stuff ,

[@zohaibmohiuddin9457]

How much this hand

[@Ben-rz9cf]

AND NOW WITH THIS POWER I CAN CONTROL 1000 ARMS AND BECOME A GOD

[@opliz2383]

What if these guys build an arm with 6 fingers how is the sixth going to be controlled

[@papichoi1433]

such possibilities... don't judge me!

[@pav2k]

0:23 Walter??

[@kurtcobain1024]

He must have knocked to hard

[@camerongow5149]

Back to formula?!

[@meharbano8517]

I need ur help

[@shawnwalker2739]

So this is the phantom pain

[@weetreebonsai]

tweeted

[@freethink]

Appreciate it!

[@naveregnillus496]

Anyone else getting Star Wars vibes?

[@domekkart]

I am concerned that the researcher's surname is Osborn and he is developing prosthetics. I've heard abut one story when it went very bad

[@mito._]

Hugh Herr. Neurolink. Let's make it happen.

[@seagensafaii1888]

I bet those things cost an arm and a leg!

[@primeg02]

Are we turning into cyborgs? Just asking

[@heribertohernandez2910]

Closer

[@CGCraftable]

Oh shit it's the green goblin

[@thess7156]

Bruh this is making me wish I had a robotic arm lmao

[@luizfernandosilvasantos3125]

Nao posso responder ate porque estou cansado de ajudar os outros e so tomar bomba bomba entao nao posso responder a estas perguntas por isto estou me dedicando a parte belica talvez tambem para salvar vidas humanas com a robotização.

[@ZZZ-xq9pk]

Do you think they could make strap ons with this

[@Drumminz22]

dope

[@ИванИванович-ы6щ6й]

I think that you are solving problem wrong way. Electric motors and gears are slow and weak. Look at the Darpa's robot Atlas. It uses electrohydraulic actuators. Electropneumatic actuators or electrohydraulic actuators are faster and stronger.

[@PasanJayaweeraYashoda]

don't get me wrong but Dr osbourne looks like my creepy uncle

[@waterfall6362]

chops arm*

[@xeither289]

GOD IS REAL LOVE GOD AND EVERYONE☦🙏❤

[@Palladiumavoid]

Itching reseptors

[@kwahdomo9598]

We will merge with AI ....

[@v3ndicity722]

Lemon 🍋