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	<title>Comments on: The Bionic Limb Revolution? Not So Fast</title>
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		<title>By: Tony</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/03/26/the-bionic-limb-revolution-not-so-fast/#comment-32225</link>
		<dc:creator>Tony</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 02:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually, I went to a seminar not too long ago where a researcher (case western I think) is experimenting with a kind of semiconductor that turns fluid-like at normal body temp. That would help against a lot of the scar tissue development caused by injury in the metal electrodes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually, I went to a seminar not too long ago where a researcher (case western I think) is experimenting with a kind of semiconductor that turns fluid-like at normal body temp. That would help against a lot of the scar tissue development caused by injury in the metal electrodes.</p>
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		<title>By: sardonic</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/03/26/the-bionic-limb-revolution-not-so-fast/#comment-32224</link>
		<dc:creator>sardonic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What I don&#039;t get is why the scientists dont have some bio-organic interface that they graft onto the region of skin before in turn attaching the arm?

It&#039;s relatively easy to take an artificial skin mesh (already used and in-production for burn-victims), take a blood sample, break it down and filter it for genetic markers, soak the mesh in the markers and then graft it on.

Alternatively scientists could take scar tissue samples from the person in question, put the receiver in a growth medium and culture the tissue to grow over the nodes to a thickness just sufficient to transmit/receive a signal without causing a immune system response.

I understand the way the receivers typically work by directly touching tissue other than skin, but what most people don&#039;t realize is when a muscle or nerve signal is being sent for volunteer movement the electrical resistance of an adjacent patch of skin oscillates, and this oscillation is unique per movement, easily detectable, and does not change much with age.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What I don&#8217;t get is why the scientists dont have some bio-organic interface that they graft onto the region of skin before in turn attaching the arm?</p>
<p>It&#8217;s relatively easy to take an artificial skin mesh (already used and in-production for burn-victims), take a blood sample, break it down and filter it for genetic markers, soak the mesh in the markers and then graft it on.</p>
<p>Alternatively scientists could take scar tissue samples from the person in question, put the receiver in a growth medium and culture the tissue to grow over the nodes to a thickness just sufficient to transmit/receive a signal without causing a immune system response.</p>
<p>I understand the way the receivers typically work by directly touching tissue other than skin, but what most people don&#8217;t realize is when a muscle or nerve signal is being sent for volunteer movement the electrical resistance of an adjacent patch of skin oscillates, and this oscillation is unique per movement, easily detectable, and does not change much with age.</p>
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		<title>By: Aidan</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/03/26/the-bionic-limb-revolution-not-so-fast/#comment-32223</link>
		<dc:creator>Aidan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wouldn&#039;t suggest using carbon nanotubes in that way. All nanotubes are inherently small and pointy [and] - like asbestos particulates- have the potential to cause cancer, but I wouldn&#039;t be too worried about the future efficiency of all the fancy technologies coming out. How long did it take for cars to be more than a mere novelty for the rich?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wouldn&#8217;t suggest using carbon nanotubes in that way. All nanotubes are inherently small and pointy [and] &#8211; like asbestos particulates- have the potential to cause cancer, but I wouldn&#8217;t be too worried about the future efficiency of all the fancy technologies coming out. How long did it take for cars to be more than a mere novelty for the rich?</p>
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		<title>By: floodmouse</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/03/26/the-bionic-limb-revolution-not-so-fast/#comment-32222</link>
		<dc:creator>floodmouse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@ Kirk:  Has the graphene stuff been tested?  Does it interact with tissue or is it inert?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ Kirk:  Has the graphene stuff been tested?  Does it interact with tissue or is it inert?</p>
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		<title>By: Jay Fox</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/03/26/the-bionic-limb-revolution-not-so-fast/#comment-32221</link>
		<dc:creator>Jay Fox</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@3: Probably not. As I recall, the arm(s) was/were strapped down and immobilized. They just intercepted the signals being sent to the real arm.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@3: Probably not. As I recall, the arm(s) was/were strapped down and immobilized. They just intercepted the signals being sent to the real arm.</p>
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		<title>By: Geoffrey.Frasz</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/03/26/the-bionic-limb-revolution-not-so-fast/#comment-32220</link>
		<dc:creator>Geoffrey.Frasz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I hope the monkey in the video did not have its arm surgically removed for the experiment.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hope the monkey in the video did not have its arm surgically removed for the experiment.</p>
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		<title>By: Cody</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/03/26/the-bionic-limb-revolution-not-so-fast/#comment-32219</link>
		<dc:creator>Cody</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What about non-invasive headsets? Is motor control not accessible by EEG or something?
http://www.ted.com/talks/tan_le_a_headset_that_reads_your_brainwaves.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What about non-invasive headsets? Is motor control not accessible by EEG or something?<br />
<a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/tan_le_a_headset_that_reads_your_brainwaves.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ted.com/talks/tan_le_a_headset_that_reads_your_brainwaves.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: kirk</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/03/26/the-bionic-limb-revolution-not-so-fast/#comment-32218</link>
		<dc:creator>kirk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Graphene semiconductor sensors with carbon nanotube signal routes. I&#039;ve been talking about this with my son the biomedical engineer. Carbon based materials for carbon based meat puppets.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Graphene semiconductor sensors with carbon nanotube signal routes. I&#8217;ve been talking about this with my son the biomedical engineer. Carbon based materials for carbon based meat puppets.</p>
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