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A 50-year-old Swedish woman who lost her hand in a farming accident has been fitted with a cutting-edge prosthesis that has proved transformational.

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[–] [email protected] 131 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Looking forward to hearing that the arm stops working after company folds and nothing can be done because the software was closed source

[–] Dasnap 66 points 11 months ago (2 children)

And then someone on GitHub develops 'Arm ReVanced' which allows the user to shoot electric bolts.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

Any then google buys it just to soft-lock any users who aren't using the ChromeLimb137-c.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

"Unlimited powwa"

-ironically, the only villain in the movie without prosthetics

[–] [email protected] 59 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Prosthetic arm permanently disabled, you didn't renew your glove subscription.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Drink your verification can or watch 20 ads to continue masturbating.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Those better be some stimulating ads lmao

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] PeterPoopshit 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Surely they wouldn't charge a monthly fee to use something that probably "costs" over $1M. Except car manufacturers do that for stuff that costs $100k so I guess I wouldn't put it past them

[–] Rooty 27 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Can we have one positive news article without the gloom and doom, please?

[–] A_Random_Idiot 20 points 11 months ago

This is the problem.

People think common sense is "doom and gloom"

[–] Nudding 11 points 11 months ago

In this economy?

[–] synceDD 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Nooo dont mention inevitable outcomes butterflies and rainbows only please 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[–] MaxVoltage 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

olay maybe this will dox me so ill be very General

I am missing a limb, a very important and Big one

and the only way i can keep my healthcare is if i stay in poverty

so if i make money, i cant get no more help with my prosthetics, and then cant work, so end up again in poverty

guess where i live guys

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I am missing a limb, a very important and Big one

First I thought penis, but then you said "big".

Jokes aside, it sucks that you're stuck in this vicious cycle. Sadly poverty also keeps you from emigrating somewhere better.

[–] Rooty 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Not everyone lives in a cyberpunk dystopia, there are state funded healthcare systems that mandate long term support for medical devices. Clown emoji yourself, buddy.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Looking forward? Maybe you mean expecting

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Yeah, that one. Definitely wish it was FOSS so these people won't be dependent on corporate intellectual property existing.

[–] biofaust 5 points 11 months ago

I am looking forward to see the repo man collecting it since it was only a licensed company asset, especially since it is fused with her own tissues.

[–] pete_the_cat 65 points 11 months ago (3 children)

This is one of the coolest damn things I've seen in a while, she's a true cyborg!

I think the coolest thing is that she has a limited sense of touch.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There's always lots of jokes about what a shame it is we don't have the flying cars people dreamed about in the past but if you ask me things like this not being more ubiquitous is the real shame! This is incredible and I hope we see more in this space soon.

[–] pete_the_cat 7 points 11 months ago

Totally agree, this makes a lot more difference than all the stuff they predicted in to 40s and 50s.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

This one is also pretty cool, couple of years ago. It was the first time I heard they had incorporated touch, but looks awesome.

[–] pete_the_cat 1 points 11 months ago

Nice! I figured someone had done something like that before.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Cyberpunk 2077 here we come! I need me some fucking Gorilla Arms! Lets Fucking Go!! Lol, j/k

[–] BeautifulMind 1 points 11 months ago

fucking Gorilla Arms

Flash forward to the 2A people demanding their right to Bear Arms

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

FINALLY we are getting one of the cool parts of the cyberpunk future!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Some how I bet it actually cost $6,000,000

[–] meekah 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

you forget that in europe, the insurance probably has to pay all that money.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And you forget that in Europe there's no insurance, but an ACTUAL NHS!
(not to mention that, being a prototype, was probably free)

[–] RageAgainstTheRich 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wait what? I live in the Netherlands and pay about a 140 a month for health insurance.

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[–] AliceTheMinotaur 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I think you missed what their on about. Probably you weren't growing up in the 70s

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

It’s not the up front cost that makes the investors money, it’s the maintenance plan.

[–] AliceTheMinotaur 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That's gorgeous both legs, the arm and one eye or ear

[–] JewGoblin 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Which limbs are you ready to cut off?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

You can teach your body to use extra limbs, I'm going full Doc Ock.

[–] Dasnap 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Sir_Simon_Spamalot 5 points 11 months ago

It will cost an arm and a leg!

[–] Sygheil 8 points 11 months ago

Cyberpunk or Ghost in the shell vibes.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah Science, bitch!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How long has she been using it? It says

  • she's two decades without hand, and now can use this
  • this one used for years
  • she has less pain issues now

So has she been using this for two decades? Some years but less?

Seems like they connected it after using more traditionals for a while?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

No, it says she was without her right hand for decades, and that she got this one three years ago. So I assume she did not use traditional prosthetics?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I didn't see it in the article, but that hand seems to be missing a wrist, right? So far "only" the fingers and the thump are driven.

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