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Update: Dean Kamen's Luke Arm

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2008-02-04 15:48:32 by Michael in Medgadget
Dean Kamen's project to design and build the most advanced arm prosthesis, now called the Luke Arm, has wrapped up its mandate, and DARPA, the sponsor of the project, will be deciding whether to continue funding the arm and apply for clinical trials. In order to make a better arm, Kamen first had to figure out what was wrong with the old one....
 
Tags: arm, luke arm, luke arm prosthetic, upper arm, average female arm, human arm, arm based, darpa arm, darpa
 
 
 
 
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BehindTheMedspeak: 'Man Attacks Own Arm at Denny's'

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2008-09-01 15:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
That's the headline over a one-paragraph item on page A4 of today's dead tree iteration of the Washington Post Turns out the man was not out of his mind or psychotic but reacting rationally to a perceived threat First, the news as it appears in the online version of the paper. Modesto man tries to amputate own arm Police say a man tried to cut...
 
Tags: denny, arm, air bubble, air, air bubbles, air lock, arm inside denny, remove air, inch-long air segment
 
 
 
 
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New Luke Arm Video

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2008-06-02 08:53:02 by Michael in Medgadget
 
Dean Kamen's research group building the Luke Arm, the world's first real full arm prosthesis, has some more video out showing off the capabilities of the device. There is even talk of it going to market within the next few years From the D6 conference in Carlsbad, Germany Overview of the developed technology More from Wired Flashbacks: DARPA...
 
Tags: arm, cyborg arm, darpa arm, darpa, luke arm, robotic arm, arm prosthesis, dean, talks medgadgets
 
 
 
 
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Dean Kamen's Full Bionic Luke Arm Video from All Things D [Luke Arm]

2008-09-12 06:37:00 by Kit Eaton in Gizmodo
 
We showed you some of the video from Dean Kamen's appearance at the All Things D: D6 conference back in May and it included some demos of the amazing Luke Arm prosthetic limb. Now All Things D has made the three-part entire interview available, and it includes detailed explanations from Kamen about why he got into the research and development of...
 
Tags: arm, luke arm, arm dexterous, freedom movement space, not-for profit scheme, development process, development, three-part entire interview, developerusers trust
 
 
 
 
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ARM ships 10 billionth chip

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2008-01-23 22:25:40 by Ben Robinson in IntoMobile
ARM (Advanced RISC Machines) have announced that they have shipped their 10 billionth chip - a stat which I find amazing These days the chips are providing the processing power for everything from iPod to your Netgear router - but some time ago, the origins of ARM were far more humble Anyone in the UK will probably remember the Acorn series of...
 
Tags: chip, billionth chip, arm, single chip, arm chip, arm chips, chips, 3bn chips, mobile devices
 
 
 
 
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Robot Arm Brings Star Wars to Life

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2008-02-12 14:35:24 by Lance Ulanoff in Gearlog
There are two key scenes in the 1980 film Star Wars the Empire Strikes Back . No, not the one where Darth Vader tells Luke, "I am your father." One is the moment right before that, where Vader lops off Luke's hand with a lightsaber. The other occurs a good deal later, when Luke is outfitted with a life-like bionic wrist and hand. In the next...
 
Tags: arm, unlike luke skywalker, luke, luke arm, life, artificial arm, artificial hand, hand, prosthesis
 
 
 
 
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Quickoffice and ARM Partner To Provide Superior Mobile Viewing Technology

2008-04-03 11:16:54 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
Collaboration provides BitFlash Scalable Vector Graphics technology to platform vendors and cell phone manufacturers Dallas, Quickoffice, Inc., the leading global provider of innovative software and solutions for the mobile business professional, announced its Scalable Vector Graphics Tiny (SVGT) Platform has been selected by ARM to be...
 
Tags: svgt platform, svgt, bitflash svgt platform, mobile platform vendors, platform vendors, quickoffice, platform, bitflash, quickoffice premier
 
 
 
 
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Dean Kamen's Robot Arm Grabs More Publicity

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2008-05-29 13:57:18 by Dylan Tweney in Gadget Lab
Dean Kamen showed some video of the impressive, mind-controlled prosthetic robot arm he's invented today at D6 in Carlsbad, California. Kamen has been showing the arm off since early 2007, usually via video clips. But today's demonstration at D6 was impressive enough that it's got the gadget blogs and the Twitterverse all aflutter today...
 
Tags: arm, prosthetic robot arm, natural arm, video, video clips, gadget blogs, light-years ahead, impressive, dean
 
 
 
 
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Dean Kamen's Luke arm now has mind-control and 3D-spatial interfaces

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2008-05-29 15:18:00 by Ryan Block in Engadget
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets , Robots Inventor extraordinaire Dean Kamen spoke at D today about the latest developments in the Luke arm . Not that it wasn't already impressive enough, but Kamen's company, DEKA Research, has made even more amazing developments in the arm's interface, complementing the early mechanical controls with spatial and...
 
Tags: arm, luke arm, spatial, dean, interface, non-invasive mind interface, 3d-spatial interfaces permalink, spatial interface, inventor extraordinaire dean
 
 
 
 
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