Bionic Man Moves Artificial Arm With Brain
Science follows fiction. It's not exactly the Six Million Dollar Man, but it's getting there:
Bionic Man Moves Artificial Arm With Brain
The hospital's website has several videos about the procedure and the results. Give it a few years and people might feel and look natural.The world's first bionic man, Jesse Sullivan, 54, accidentally touched live wires while working as a utility lineman in Tennessee. He suffered severe burns, causing him to lose his arms.
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When Sullivan's brain tells his arm to do something, it's done in seconds and he has feeling in the bionic arm.
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By the time it's perfected, the cost of manufacturing the bionic arm is expected to be about $6 million, according to the report.
Bionic Man Moves Artificial Arm With Brain
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