A 50-year-old Swedish woman who lost her hand in a farming accident has been fitted with a cutting-edge prosthesis that has proved transformational.

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    Looking forward to hearing that the arm stops working after company folds and nothing can be done because the software was closed source

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      And then someone on GitHub develops ‘Arm ReVanced’ which allows the user to shoot electric bolts.

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        Any then google buys it just to soft-lock any users who aren’t using the ChromeLimb137-c.

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        “Unlimited powwa”

        -ironically, the only villain in the movie without prosthetics

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      Prosthetic arm permanently disabled, you didn’t renew your glove subscription.

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      Can we have one positive news article without the gloom and doom, please?

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        Nooo dont mention inevitable outcomes butterflies and rainbows only please 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

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          olay maybe this will dox me so ill be very General

          I am missing a limb, a very important and Big one

          and the only way i can keep my healthcare is if i stay in poverty

          so if i make money, i cant get no more help with my prosthetics, and then cant work, so end up again in poverty

          guess where i live guys

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            I am missing a limb, a very important and Big one

            First I thought penis, but then you said “big”.

            Jokes aside, it sucks that you’re stuck in this vicious cycle. Sadly poverty also keeps you from emigrating somewhere better.

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          Not everyone lives in a cyberpunk dystopia, there are state funded healthcare systems that mandate long term support for medical devices. Clown emoji yourself, buddy.

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            " My country is perfect and my existence is the center of the world so dont talk about your cyberpunk dystopia scenarios if I am around, you peasants " 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

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        Yeah, that one. Definitely wish it was FOSS so these people won’t be dependent on corporate intellectual property existing.

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      I am looking forward to see the repo man collecting it since it was only a licensed company asset, especially since it is fused with her own tissues.

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    This is one of the coolest damn things I’ve seen in a while, she’s a true cyborg!

    I think the coolest thing is that she has a limited sense of touch.

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    Cyberpunk 2077 here we come! I need me some fucking Gorilla Arms! Lets Fucking Go!! Lol, j/k

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    God damnit if this isn’t the perfect superhero movie waiting to happen

    Marvel, get on it. Miss Bionic Saves The World, I want it in films by 2025

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      Nobody said they expected it to fuse. Only that it just…did. There’s your origin/accident-in-the-lab scene.

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    How long has she been using it? It says

    • she’s two decades without hand, and now can use this
    • this one used for years
    • she has less pain issues now

    So has she been using this for two decades? Some years but less?

    Seems like they connected it after using more traditionals for a while?

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      No, it says she was without her right hand for decades, and that she got this one three years ago. So I assume she did not use traditional prosthetics?

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    I didn’t see it in the article, but that hand seems to be missing a wrist, right? So far “only” the fingers and the thump are driven.