The bionic ‘Luke’ arm for amputees

When I read the blurb that Dean Kamen (who invented the Segway) had been inspired by Star Wars to produce a robotic limb for amputees, I thought ‘yeah, right, it probably weighs 50lbs and is little more than a glorified claw’. Oh, how wrong I was. Kamen’s team have created a bionic limb that is lightweight, modular, and highly dexterous - controlled by pressure pads or even by muscle impulses, his limb is far and beyond anything I thought I’d see in my lifetime. The video is mind-blowing.

31 comments February 20th, 2008