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Amputee Makes History with APL’s Modular Prosthetic Limb

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory · news · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Johns Hopkins APL shows Les Baugh, a bilateral shoulder-level amputee, controlling two Modular Prosthetic Limbs by thought after a short training period. Nerves rerouted to his chest drive the arms.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it as an astonishing glimpse of advanced thought-controlled prosthetics.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2016

What HN commenters said

  1. “This particular thing from Johns Hopkins is just incredible”

    Glimpse of advanced thought-controlled prosthetics

    jmsdnns, 2016-01 · Strong recommendation · in “New book argues we can’t expect new tech to rekindle rapid economic growth”

  2. “There's an interesting video explaining a bit”

    Explains how nerves rerouted to the chest control a prosthetic limb

    tim333, 2015-10 · Recommendation · in “What Would Real Brain-To-Brain Communication Look Like?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: prosthetics, brain-machine interface, johns hopkins, amputee, neural control

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