| Radical Pi |
07-04-2010 23:25 |
Re: Dean Kamen on The Colbert Report (April 5th, 2010)
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Originally Posted by qzrrbz
(Post 949763)
OK -- time to ask the obligatory engineering question! How the heck was he *controlling* that thing??? :-)
He had a series of objects strung across his back (one would think battery and cRio :-) ), but where are the fine motor control input devices? And for a double version of this arm, wow... How is the wearer to control that?
That, to me, was the neatest part of the interview! The "how the ... is he doing this" part!
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According to a 60 minutes piece on the arm, there are sensors in the shoe for controlling it, but it is a year old so I wouldn't be surprised if they got to nerve control by now |
