The Robot-Arm Prosthetic Controlled by Thought

Johnny Matheny is the first person to attach a mind-controlled prosthetic limb directly to his skeleton. After losing his arm to cancer in 2008, Johnny signed up for a number of experimental surgeries to prepare himself to use a DARPA-funded prosthetic prototype. The Modular Prosthetic Limb, developed by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, allows Johnny to regain almost complete range of motion through the Bluetooth-controlled arm.

[shogun]

10 years from now: "I'm Johnny Silverhand, Come with me if you want to live"

[Aegz]

He can wirelessly move his arm, that is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen.

[salamanderspeeks]

This man had a water leak in his house and I came out to inspect it. Immediately saw his arm and wondered I’ve never seen an arm like that. I asked him about it respectfully and he is the nicest most down to earth guy. The fact he can think in his brain to move his nonexistent fingers is crazy to me and to see it in real life is actually insane! He showed me everything about it and how he works with the army with that arm and technology.

[nimishsawant]

I love how optimistic this man is! Massive respect!

[sevkips]

I can imagine this guy in Halloween, a kid just steals his arm and he starts moving it

[arashi]

It's only time till a bald guy with robot octupus arms shows up

[xda_playz]

When the guy used a Xbox controller to do stuff, I was like

“Yes the forgotten race of gamers”

[denyhaguilar]

Everyone else: *Silver Hand*
Me:
"Hey look buddy, I'm an engineer, that means I solve problems."

[elfelfo]

Damn, he is Johnny Silverhand and Walter White at the same time.

[jesterc.]

So optimistic. I love what he said about life being more precious after a tragedy. You're a legend guys!

[chixenlegjo]

I also have a mind-controlled arm. Just isn’t prosthetic tho.

[petermuller]

It probably will choke the owner after execution of order 66

[Breakdown]

What's even cooler is that this video was half a decade ago. With all the advances in both computing and Body-machine interfaces, imagine what an arm like that could be like now?

[liviemillie]

I can imagine some futuristic technology that enables you to wear a device where you can essentially use psychic abilities, or control anything in a room that corresponds with said device. Wow!!

[danster]

“Say my name”

“HEISENBORG”

“You’re goddamn right.”

edit: wtf guys I didn’t ask for so many likes <3

[westwilson]

I don’t like the direction breaking bad is going.

[toraborabinladen]

I just realised, this was mad in *2015*

Think of how much better this will have gotten in the past 5 years.

[voidsabre_]

He's desensitizing the police so that when his prosthetic arm canon is complete no one will see it coming

[yeah]

*when you realize*


*This was 5 years ago*










I posted this comment when this video was 4 years old and i don’t want everyone correcting me.

[emothug]

when u realize he is actually JOHNNY SILVERHAND