You must watch this video! (sorry for the 30-second commercial)
Covered several years ago by NY Times, All Things Digital, DARPA's DEKA bionic arm is a remarkable leap in technology and just one of the breakthroughs in a $100 million Pentagon program called "Revolutionizing Prosthetics." Due to the phenomenal mechanical complexity of the hand, greater strides have been made in legs and feet. The DEKA arm narrows this gap with thousands of engineers working diligently to make even further progress in the years to come. The next step, engineers claim, is tapping the body's internal signals by connecting robotic appendages to nerve endings. Your wishes undoubtedly shall come true.
One of the greatest challenges in a biological-mechanical marriage is that "your body only has so much tolerance for gadgetry." The amazing progress that has been made in my 25 years reassures me that I will live to see the day when the difference between robotic and biological appendages seems trivial - at least I can hope.
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