THOUGHT-POWERED BIONIC ARM (2ND BIMESTER)

Thought-powered bionic arm 'like something from space'

URL: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/02/tech/innovation/bionic-robotic-arm-limb-amputee/index.html

This article talks about the creation and the implementation of the world’s most sophisticated bionic arm. It enables the amputee to move the arm just as a regular person.

This bionic arm consists of 100 sensors, 26 joints, 17 motors and a tiny computer built into the palm of the robotic hand. The bionic arm responds to electrical impulses sent form the brain to the residual limb, which means you only have to think of moving it. This arm has an effect on the people suffering from amputations, the doctors and the doctors.

Also, this IT system has an issue directly to the relationship between people and machines. It affects the relationship between people and machines because now some people may have a machine working as their body and this will help them to live a regular life.

Besides this, this It system has an impact in the health area. It affects this area because from now on people that is lacking a body part can have a robotic imitation that works almost as good as a regular body part.

To sum up, we can state that this new IT system will have a positive impact in the field specified above. People with this new mechanisms will have another opportunity to have a normal life, and that is something everybody deserves. I believe that right now we are still far away from the time when this kind of products will be available for everybody, but now we are a lot closer.