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There are times (and we've all had them) where you're
doing something and realise that another hand would be
really useful. It is at this point you realise you only have
two hands, unless you are from a remote village in China
or India and got a third arm and hand at birth.
In a valiant effort
to correct this cruel evolutionary
oversight, UBCo Medical have devised a program to
distribute low cost, high efficiency robotic arms to those
who want them, whether their motivation is for work or
pleasure, or both.
We are cognisant of the unfortunate fact that a new limb
currently costs an arm and a leg, so the expected increase
in popularity of extra manipulative appendages is likely to
reduce the cost of obtaining one for oneself, by dint of
economies of scale.
Building small, highly detailed models of your favourite
period soldiery just got a lot easier.
"Helping Hands"
http://www.radiosha...p?productId=3928375
When the thing that needs holding is on the small side. [Vernon, Jun 13 2012]
The Mote in Gods Eye
http://en.wikipedia...Mote_in_God%27s_Eye
This proposition reminds me of the 3-armed Moties in the linked SF story. They had 2 small and one large arm. If you like SF and have not read Mote do not read this wikipedia article; instead, order the book. [bungston, Jun 14 2012]
Get away from her you Bitch!
http://pinktentacle...r-exoskeleton-suit/
Half baked - BOOM! [S-note, Jun 18 2012]
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It's a step (or rather, a reach) in the right
direction, but
lacks the ultimate flexibility and versatility of
having
multiple independant units controlled by a
single Collective
consciousness, which makes it so much
easier to hold the
figure, the sword belt and the glue just right. |
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Yep. Trying to reassemble something my daughter
managed to disassemble. Just plain hard work. |
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So, aside from the ingenious concept of making
these robotic arms "low cost" and "high
efficiency",
the innovation here presumably lies in a brilliant
new method for attaching and perfectly
controlling the
robotic arm, and for providing the tactile
feedback
which other low cost, high efficiency robotic arms
lack. |
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[Ubie], in your haste you seem to have forgotten
to
post the novel part of this idea. |
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Oh no, there's no brilliantly efficient way to attach
them or to perfect co-ordination and control of
the arms. You'll spend years of work on learning
fine motor control management of the arm, yet
you'll still be a klutz who breaks everything you
touch, only more so. |
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The reason for this is simple... you will now have
an
arm that's hooked to your already confused,
struggling brain that was probably having trouble
with the two arms that you possessed since birth.
Life isn't meant to be fair,
[Max]. This exercise is about UBCo Medical ripping
off a whole bunch of people by selling them
something they don't need and will probably never
learn to use properly, a lot like home gymnasium
equipment. |
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We simply omitted that distressing fact from the
marketing materials... economy of truth, they call
it, down in the marketing department. |
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Ah yes, the famous Aussie economy. |
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Seriously, it's an interesting one in which to be
living. Parts of it are growing so rapidly it's laughable.
Other parts of it are standing still. It's a complex
situation. |
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Inspector UnaBubba.
Good luck with Dr Claw. |
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If you're looking at going third arm on the cheap, consider that there should be a way to combine robotic limbs with the phantom third limb pain and itching some stroke victims encounter. If you can find the right brain injury to trigger it, you'll have a low-cost method of getting sensation to the artificial third limb. |
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It only matters if you think it's itchy. |
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Would come in Handy(pun intended) for when eatingToast and the dreaded double itch syndrome strikes. Allows eating and both scrotal and buttock scratching. |
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Pick your nose whilst scratching trunk and junk? |
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Exactly, or for carrying heavy shopping and having a smoke
at the same time. |
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