Image Credit: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
I just read about an amazing story : A man from Colorado lost both his arms in an accident (They were cut at shoulder-level, which is pretty bad).
The thing is, researchers from the Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory managed to build him two new "Mind-controlled" arms. After a few days of training, he managed to lift objects and do simple things with his arms just by thinking about doing it.
I think that this being possible is just amazing. Plus, the researcher who led this project stated that they were "just getting started", and that "the next 5-10 years [were] going to bring some phenomenal advance".
Yet having seen movies and played videogames that talked about the subject, I think it is also a technology that has the potential to make the divide between rich and poor people even bigger. It is still a breakthrough for mankind, adn I am surprised it hasn't been more talked about.
You can learn more on the Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory's website
It's amazing. Science can do miracles !
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