Dean Kamen is both notoriously shy and uninterested when it come to media appearances , but Stephen Colbert was capable to lure him in with his earnest , relentless , right - extension agenda . And Kamen even brought his DARPA - fund bionicLuke Arm . Full video :
Dean Kamen ’s Full Bionic Luke Arm Video from All Things cholecalciferol
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If you have n’t heard Kamen ’s “ stick and a hook ” lamentation before ( and even if you have ) , the speech is remarkably poignant . Aimee Mullins(and many others since ) may have reverse heads sprinting on carbon roughage Acinonyx jubatus legs , but arm amputees ( of any sort ) do n’t have access to any sort of upper remnant public presentation spectrum — the wrist and mitt are just too intricate .
I guess my point is , no amputee is quite the same and no amputee can say their prosthesis approaches the real thing , so excuse my generalizations . But Kamen is right — the current technology out there for arms / wrists / hands is flat - out disgraceful . [ The Colbert ReportviaEngadget ]
UPDATE : I forgot that Kamen’sTEDMED talkwas uploadeded to YouTube . Here ’s more on the theme :
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