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Jim_MDP · 14th January 2021, 12:53 AM

Originally Posted by arthwollipot

Yes. There are several labs working on prosthetic technology. I don't know whether Boston Dynamics is involved, but I've seen some pretty amazing stuff.

Yeah, I don't know about BD involvement but advanced prosthetics is a major investmentment dev field.
The trick (for investors) is picking the likely breakthrough artists. I expect attention to landmines over the decades (and Princess Di) pushed dev investment.
We're a long way from AI/neural/brain prosthetics, but MILLIONS of folks would be grateful for each incremental advance. [emoji20]

14th January 2021, 12:53 AM	#56
Jim_MDP Philosopher Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: N.Cal/S.Or Posts: 8,121	Originally Posted by arthwollipot Yes. There are several labs working on prosthetic technology. I don't know whether Boston Dynamics is involved, but I've seen some pretty amazing stuff. Yeah, I don't know about BD involvement but advanced prosthetics is a major investmentment dev field. The trick (for investors) is picking the likely breakthrough artists. I expect attention to landmines over the decades (and Princess Di) pushed dev investment. We're a long way from AI/neural/brain prosthetics, but MILLIONS of folks would be grateful for each incremental advance. [emoji20]
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