one other thing i've been thinking about...

[rmd]

so, microcontrollers are cheap. and there's a growing user-base of easily-accessible microcontroller related stuff, with the arduino etc.

there ae a bunch of people who have prosthetics. and there's a lot of kids coming back from overseas missing limbs. some of these people have to be nerds.

why am i not yet hearing about people doing customized things involving prosthetic limbs and electronics? i mean, outside of the MIT leg lab.

i assume it'll happen eventually. i'm just surprised it hasn't happened already.

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[madbodger.livejournal.com]

I suspect part of the problem is that it's tricky (and possibly dangerous) to interface electronics to living tissue. Many years ago, however, I figured if I lost an arm, all I'd need were enough neural connections for 8 bits + strobe.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

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so your arm can do lighting and strobe effects for a rave?