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I am a left foot amputee and I was blessed to try the latest generation of this foot last week. It was a remarkable experience feeling motion that I haven't felt since my motorcycle accident nearly 8 years ago. I'm going to try the Meridium foot in a couple weeks and will decide which one works best for me. Thank-you Hugh Herr for developing this incredible bionic device!!!
+Smart Halayla in +-1960 the first computers cost $55.000, with inflation that would be nearly $440.000 today and today you have a perfectly fine pc for $500. time, investment and research can do a lot.
+Smart Halayla You are anything but smart. Sure you won't afford it now, but you will in 5-10 years if you really need it. Plus, insurance would deal with this.
Kai Hughes-wilkes Its amazing, v.r. new arms, this. Technology has come a long way. If only they can cure brittle bones and cancer. But step by step, they'll get there!
This is one of the most profound TED talks I've seen. "...humans are not disabled. A person can never be broken. Our built environment, our technologies are broken and disabled." Love this and am inspired. My mind and language are updated.
Ah yes, but they're smart shorts, self deodorizing & self cleaning no less. Can even absorb & destroy incontinence mess with old age, now that's clever.
I been on crutches for 66 years, spinal cord injury from surgery. I could only dream of this technology. I never considered that I was disabled, just made me more determined to adapt and over come life's obstacles. I would have gave anything just to walk even a short distance. But am so so happy that future generations will not have to deal with all the hurdles or barriers I did.
The moment you realise, that a person's accident, motivated him to dramatically improve the quality of life for many people in need. This is science, and the best example of it being used for a good cause. im crying
In my life I never thought I would see science fiction become science fact . This more than a guy and his talented team fixing broken people but actually fixing broken life’s too . This has moved me in a way ,that humanity has grounded Angels walking among us ,in my humble opinion.
Science fiction is removing the heart and insides and empowering it beyond what it was before. That wont happen, but its fantastic these people get their limbs back, sort of. but still fantastic.
I had the privilege to climb with Hugh at the Gunks in the mid 80s... Absolutely amazing work and vision, Hugh is so devoted to making dreams for all come true...bravo!
Even though I didn't really leave a dislike or a like, I think is not an amazing video because not everyone has enough money for bionic body parts. Aside from that in my case, I HAVE TO watch this for a school assignment so the motivation in this video, doesn't motivate me or inspire me.
I did.. Before investing millions in those legs, should have feed millions of starving kids in Africa.. Now he walk while every 30 seconds a little kid die.. Mean that every 30 steps his taking withhis fancy robot legs someone will be dead.. .
I just watched this last night and I had no idea prosthetic technology was at this stage....then I saw that the video is 5 years old....wtf. The news is trash, this is the stuff I want to hear about.
The new's main objective is to keep you distracted and divided. They could report on things like this but they have an agenda, and sadly things like this is what they don't want us to know about.
It's terrible. I get that there are technology channels and subreddits one can subscribe to, but advancements like this should be mainstream. Total game-changers going unoticed by the majority.
When I saw her dancing, I cried. I deeply realized what it means to be a dancer without legs. She can live a normal life, at least it has the meaning of living.
Ed Garazaky..YOU are a DISGRACE to the 'HUMAN SOCIETY for your cynical remark'!!!! Mr. Ted is a WALKING MIRACLE..This will also help many of our soldiers who has lost limbs and give them a chance for a FULL life again..I do pray that YOU NEVER FIND YOURSELF IN NEED OF ONE OF THESE 'LIMBS'!! Enjoy your day..try walking and be blest..
Oh Delsin..you WANT ME TO SHUT UP..It is such a shame that you do NOT have the sense of knowing what life would be like without your limbs..I think PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE A DISGRACE..IF you possibly can, which I DOUBT, have the capability of doing, why don't you and all the others that TRY to think as you, how YOUR LIVES would be drastically change..Why don't you join the service and get your limbs blown OFF and I bet you would be begging for help..if YOU SAY ANY DIFFERENT I WOULD CLASSIFIED YOU AS A LIAR..
This is mind blowing and all, but I feel like this only targets a small majority of humans..... He's giving this speech like it's for everybody, no offense but if you have all your body parts, this doesn't really apply to you
Yusuf Baaghil this technology also relates to exoskeletons. Ford has been testing this out with some employees and the technology has helped them reduce fatigue and increase output. But you do have a good point
@@Vespyr_ This stupid communist mentality of thing people can afford usually stifles innovation. If we had health care for all 500 years ago we still would have average life expectancy of 40 years and childhood mortality rate under 5 at 50% while every body would enjoy this primitive medicine everyone would be living equally in misery.
I am very happy to see this video."It is everyone's right to live a life without disability" great quote. I appreciate their work. May God bless them achieve more feats in removing the disabilities of the people.
Satan is our hero I as a luciferian am lucky to have his blessing and mankind as a whole will soon have his, after all the apple of knowledge was given to humans BY LUCIFER NOT God remember that when you thank him
🤔Цена вопроса такая что не каждый человек сможет себе это позволить 🤔Проект новый как правило патентообладатель с разработчиком монополизируют рынок ,как с лекарственными препаратами к примеру 🤔Но в целом согласен с вами что как изобретение очень нужное .
First time a Ted talk has made me cry like that. I clutched my face with intense emotional victory for that beautiful sprite. These are the things humanity needs huge doses of.
@@LucreBem but how I can raise funds in my country I want to do some for the people like me, mostly called disable or special person we need all of yours help and guide line so please
Bcs it was a lie they did that to get more investors.Now where we are? They build ai and robots to make us workless with that technologys .Poor ppl have no chance to get this legs bcs its to expensive. The focus isnt how to make this cheaper lol the focus is on how we make factorys richer with robots to make ppl workless !Humans dont use technology for something good. Its only get used to destroy and control !
imagine this technology i use to write this massage is for everyoune available? and this we see here is bionic can u imagine that ? its a lil bit different u dont think so? and to critic my bad english is a very dump argument to critic my message i wrote.so use ya brain and dont write rude bullshit under other comments
I am sure some people will afford those and while talking about technology tell me why is technology bad? People were traveling over seas to send a letter and nowadays its simple click on Computer... Guess I found another pessimists
This is very inspiring! I became a mechanical design engineer in the '70's because I saw development of machines as very important for our progress, and because it's interesting; the work often required electrical design of which I had to teach myself. My specialty was automation. When my son decided to become a mechanical engineer, I advised him to also learn electronics. He pursued a BS in Mechatronics, which integrates mechanical & electronic engineering, a fine basis for robotics engineering. He and I both worked in the bio-medical industry, so we share an appreciation for the vital link between engineering & biology that is creating a fast-growing, diverse industry. Anyway, my son went after a PhD in Computer Engineering by performing research in neuroscience, particularly in the links between human body motions and the nervous system, modeled as a robotic system. The logical goal of his research will be bionics! My son now is a university professor, helping new engineers to enter the field, some of whom will hopefully design bionic systems & prostheses like these! His most avid agenda is to help build-up the emerging emphasis on combining engineering education with the special demands of medical treatment in the 'new' discipline of bio-medical engineering at his university! I see a great future in this arena! For young people planning their futures & education, I'd advise that robotics & bionics jobs will not only offer great 'shelf-life', but will be fascinating! Take your education seriously now... it's an investment for yourself & the rest of us.
daradidam Their mom & dad are both teachers, and their future university tuition will be supplemented, so their advanced education will likely result. My son takes an attitude of allowing them to freely choose careers, but seems to lean toward encouraging medical studies which we both acknowledge will be very different in another generation. However, I look at my lineage that included engineering for 4 generations now, so I easily imagine an engineering orientation in their genes & upbringing. Personally, I'll encourage a thorough science education at least! If any of them pursues bionics, I'll be delighted!
Молодец, огромное уважение! Человек не просто не сдался после своего несчастного случая - он нашёл силы, возможности, группу единомышленников и цель в жизни сделать так, чтобы технологии действительно служили тем, кто в них особенно нуждается, чтобы они помогали и делали людей счастливыми и полноценными!
Donde puede llegar la inteligencia de las personas estas cosas son las que me hacen ser más feliz mi más sincera enhorabuena al inventor gracias por hacer felices a muchísima gente que dios siga dándole ese precioso don y salud para que no pare de seguir inventando
My letf leg was amputated before 2000. I have been using a fiber pegleg for almost 20 years now. Watchin' this video makes me optimistic that I will be able to walk and run like many other people someday. Thank you TED.
Вперед - это к бестелесному существованию, в виде сгустков энергии. А это назад, к неорганической биологии. Костыль 20 века - деревянная палка. Костыль 21 века - металлические конечности. Костыль 22 века - искусственные биологические тела. Костыль 23 века - распределенное сознание.
This was 6 years ago ! Imagine if the human race pooled together it’s resources to help and move humankind forward. Imagine how many people we could help and what we would achieve.
Wwoowww. What an eye opener. You see, when I was 5 years old, overnight I caught the Polio Virus. I went to sleep that Friday night as a healthy normal 5 year old boy. Full of joy for life and healthy as any other boy of my age group. It was warm that night in Louisiana, so Mom opened the unscreened windows to let the cool night air in, which after awhile I awakened and pulled the covers up around my neck and fell asleep again. The next morning I woke up, it was sunny and somewhat humid. But for me, it meant playtime. Running primarily at every opportunity. From the bedroom to the kitchen, from the front room, down the concrete front porch steps and then round and round the big front yard., When I opened my eyes, the morning sun was shining in through the bedroom window beside the bed. I don’t recall exactly why I had come into my parents bedroom that night to sleep with Mom and Dad. I immediately looked over at my Mom to ask to go out and play. Dad had gone to work before daylight as usual. She sleepily said yes, but stay inside the yard. Excited, I sat up and swung my legs over the side of the bed to stretch out. Then, it happened, in a twinkling of an eye. I fell back flat on the bed and couldn’t sit up. I reached for Moms arm, it scared me. I began to cry and my Mom sat up startled when hearing her baby boy crying. Crying, I told my Mom, “ Mommy, I can’t get up “. She helped me to sit up, and when she took her hands from my shoulders, I fell back flat on the bed and I couldn’t move my legs. They didn’t hurt, but I was numb from my stomach to my toes. Mom got out of the bed and kneeling in front of me searching both of my legs for a reason that they wouldn’t move. She pulled me upright again and let go, again I fell back flat on the bed. Mom was frantically searching my little body for a reason why my legs were paralyzed. It was very scary for the next few hours while Mom drove to the Hospital in Minden Louisiana. A Doctor was examining me, it seemed almost immediately. I heard him say to Mom “ I need to put a needle in his lower back and draw some fluid out, and test it”. Needle ? In my back ? Mom gathered me up into her warm soft chest while I cried, scared to death of what he said, needle ? Mom sewed, so I knew what a needle could do, stick you and make you bleed. The Doctor came back in pushing a tray with a towel covering the top. He told Mom,” curl him up and don’t let him move while I do this “. I was still crying and more scared while Mom held me still while the Doctor stuck me with what I thought was the longest needle in the whole world because I could feel it going in and out making a scrunching noise inside me. He finished and pulled out that long needle, that’s when I saw it looking back over my shoulder. I was somewhat relieved when he told Mom, “ I’m finished, now “. And he rolled the covered tray out of the room. Truthfully, the next hour or so was a blur, and I can’t recall exactly what happened for the next little while. But, I still couldn’t make my legs move, I just felt limp. What I just told you is exactly what I remember and that short while has stuck in my mind ever since, like it had just happened. I’m 71 now and I remember it still like it just now happened. Everything from the time I opened my eyes to the time Mom was holding me after the Doctor left is vivid in my mind today. When the Doctor came back in, he put his warm hand on my back and told my Mother, “ He has Polio”. He told Mom to carry me to Shreveport to the Confederate Memorial Hospital Polio ward. The next few days they would over and over put warmed moist heavy blankets over my legs then move my legs in all directions. This went on for days. I remember having a tremendous hunger all the time. And those sweet nurses would give me lots of food, they were so concerned for me. I remember their warm hands. They told me not to lay on my stomach, but that’s how I had slept all my life. I remember how good it felt those next few nights to fall asleep while on my tummy, it was comforting to my back. Everything I just told you is still in my my mind today. Then one morning 9 months later, I woke up one morning and I could feel my legs and I moved them. The nurse let down the side guard of the bed and sat me upright while she examined my legs. I could move them again. Long story shortened, all the Nurses and Doctors were in the room and watched me while I sat on the side of the bed raising and lowering my legs. And that’s every detail of what I recall almost every day.. since it happened. Later on my Mom told me that all of those Doctors and Nurses in that big room said, “ it’s a miracle, this has never happened before “ I remember a lot of Doctors holding my legs and telling me to move them. Well then, two of them slid me off the bed to stand up, and I could but my legs were still weakened by not being able to move them all of that time. But, I took a step while still standing. I lived a semi-normal life all through serving my Country in the Air Force for 4 1/2 years and being a mechanic on my feet every day for many years, then moving up into management, still on my my feet most of the day. Then finally I was rewarded for all of that time and what I had learned. I went to my CEO, after working successfully in 4 stores of the company , and told her, a gorgeous Latino woman, you know what ? I’m bored, do you have something else a little more challenging for me to do ? We locked eyes and butterflies came into my stomach, and for a moment I felt attracted to her. I could almost tell that the feeling was mutual. She told me while looking at me with those wonderfully appealing brown eyes,” Let me think on it, I’ll call you in a week “. I left, still sort of reeling from my boldness and remembering those big brown eyes and went back to work in my store. In less than a week, my Supervisor called me and told me to go and see the CEO. I remember that I was somewhat excited about maybe having a new opportunity, but not knowing what was to come, was a little worried that I had gone too far with that conversation that day. I knocked on the slightly open door, I heard “ please come in “. Then she handed me a set of car keys that were brand new with a key tag and the company logo on it. She said,” that’s the keys to your new car sitting outside, it’s got a Motorola phone in it, now go make my company successful “ . I said “ Yes Ma’am “ turned and left to go and see my Supervisor. He told me all of the details of my new job. I was never so excited in my whole life. All I had to do was ride around the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex area and visit all of our 31 stores all day long. Then when I turned 59, I was walking across a parking lot and I stumbled and fell on what seemed a little rise in between the two sections of concrete. It seemed at the time, for no reason at all. Then a couple of days later, I slipped on something while casually walking around inside one of my stores. I remember that one leg slide out, and quickly I was on the floor and felt pain in my right knee and the muscles on the back of my lower leg and in my foot. At first it was an excruciating stabbing feeling then a numbness in my leg from the knee down. My knee had been over extended and it was painful, but I finished out my day pretty much on the phone while riding around and parking outside of the stores watching the car mechanics inside dashing around and fix brakes on the cars. They didn’t see me, I was far enough away that they didn’t notice me backed in between two other cars. Then a couple of days later, I was walking and my legs just stopped working and I went straight down with my butt on on my heels. Again I felt the pain in both legs and I found a place to recover, it took awhile that time. Then, the falls came more often. So I went to my Doctor about it. He asked me a lot of questions and I told him about my childhood and the Polio in my my legs. When I told him that, he stopped and asked me if a Doctor ever told me that I had Post Polio in my legs ? Well, it was the first time I knew anything about it. Later on after falling so many times because my legs got tired, I decided to retire. I didn’t want to fall in one of the shops and get a head injury. I had gone back to my Doctor and he recommended that I retire from this type of profession. I thought, I can’t do any of the jobs I had worked at all of my career . So I came home and rode my tractor all day long every day mowing he fields of my 60 acres ranch. Then a week later do the same again from sun up to sundown everyday . I had the prettiest place in the Parrish ( County ) of any around. Then winters would come and day after day I would sit in my easy chair with a fire going in the fireplace and look out at the fields through the giant picture window in my living room.. And that’s my story. The falls came more and more frequently. So, today while thumbing through Facebook and UA-cam, I ran across what might be the answer to the Post Polio. I thought, these Veterans of past wars with their legs blown off by a land mine, were putting on these bionic legs and walking normally again. What a miraculous thing I thought. Can this be the answer to my Prayer to walk again ? Anticipating what can happen, I’m extremely exited, but cautiously.. Folks out there in internet Heaven, read my letter and tell me what my next step is ? Larry Ferguson 10/28/2018 9:30 pm Sunday
That's a pretty crazy story. I'm sure that as technology continues to advance these will become more widespread so that you can use the exoskeleton legs to keep yours from giving out on you. Good luck to you.
I wish I can dance like her. I mbefore bilateral amputee since 2013 and I lost also both my fingers during heart surgery.I can walk now but can’t stand that long I can drive and take care of my grandchildren here and there.I praised all this hard working professional put together their Idea and make a miracle happpened I applaud you. Thank Vivian Dellheim
"We will set the technological foundation for an enhanced human experience and we will end disability" I imagine that as an older man ill look back at this and smile. very profound words for a profound future.
Hopefully, when you're old you'll look at those mechanical limbs like we now look at steam engines. They were ingenious and they did their job, but we'll be living in a world of lab-grown auto-transplants soon.
Disagree. Lab grown limbs don't offer the ability to quickly and rapidly change themselves the way the mechanical ones do. Can't swap your foot out for a climbing foot if the interface isn't modular. Mechanical ones are easier to design and construct as well, so anyone can do it as opposed to just the biomed experts. They'll exist, and they'll be great - but they won't replace prosthetic body parts.
problem is much of this technology will be used and is probably funded by the war department. Think about exoskeletons and robotics for soldiers. Sucks to think that's where tons of innovations come from.
It would only destroy us even faster. After all, money has always been available to any nation in the world. Still, we have all the suffering in the world. Hence, it is not money that is lacking, but the ability and perseverance to fill our goals.
@@waylander751 it's great for government to pioneer these technologies. But if you rely on government to disseminate it, they will scrap the technology alltogether and just find a way to build a cheaper peg leg.
***** dude being that one of your videos is about the xbox one being invented by the anti Christ im not surprised ....inventions like these some Christians have problems with cause its a modification of gods work.....holding us back become a Mormon or something they love technology take shay carl for example lol
***** well said and I agree with you! Robots will just ruin the reality. The only robot idea I appreciate is the ones that will help us in space but not on earth!
My bionic leg and arm limb have superseded this design shown. As an engineer I'm hoping to develop more advanced quantum bionics. It's been 6 years ago that MIT designed those limbs. Now in 21 we have even greater ones. Well done to the MIT team.
Great! It's a shame bionic limbs were not around when I had my climbing accident! I struggled for 20 years to get something similar and I was dreaming about such kind of artificial legs, but in the end I had to put up with what I had. Now I'm getting older and not so active any more, but things would have been different if these legs have come about earlier. They should be made available to everyone who needs them. NHS financing won't be easy though, I think. Respect to you for what you have done for humankind, man! Greetings from Hungary!
So sorry to hear that, but he lost his legs 30 years ago and the first he build himself were not bionic at all. Just custom foot extensions to regular prosthetics adapted to the challenges of climbing. And to be fair, I guess German heath insurance would not pay for those kind of 'feet' for me, too. Correction: 40 years ago. Heck, I'm getting old.
@@mayfloweros4193 60 next year. I'm more or less fine now but things would have taken a different course if this bionic stuff had been around that time when I fought my battle to get back to normal after the accident and 2 years of hospital treatment with 20 operations. Fewer operations and a bionic leg would have lead to a better result and I could have retained my former level of activity. Anyway, it's all over now and I let things go a long time ago.
@@attilakovacs5803 Hi AK, I just turned 64 but am healthy. I had my ankle amputated just over 3 years ago. I’m glad to see this video. I’m insured and should’ve at least been informed of this technology. I didn’t see it until today (11/14/22). I’m thankful/grateful for what I have, but still struggle to walk 100 meters. Anyway, best to you. Time to do even more research. This video was inspiring.
È meraviglioso! Mi è venuto da piangere quando ho visto Adrienne ballare sul palco come una farfalla, ho capito che la mente umana non ha limiti, nulla, è impossibile! Bisogna solo metterlo nelle mani buone come quelle di Ted!
Exactly, luckily the M.I.T lab is a 20 minute bike ride from my house. I became disabled 5 years ago, and today I can barely walk. I can't tie shoelaces or button a shirt or lift a frying pan. I want to donate my body to science BEFORE I die!
@@varunpathak2678 "before I die" research can be done under different conditions, not just when the person passes away. If it yields positive results, it benefits him. So chill.
Oh my, I’m speechless! Tears are running down my face, good tears! My wonderful husband was born back in the early 50’s, his mom took a medication for morning sickness.. he was born with one leg minis toes, 1/2 a leg, that has no knee or anything below were your knee is, he was born missing fingers, he spent most of his childhood at the Gillette children’s hospital in Minneapolis Minnesota going through multiple surgeries no child should ever have to go through at the age of four he was fitted with the artificial leg back in 2001 the file cabinet fell over on him he was unable to wear his leg anymore due to the weight it damaged his spine so he’s been on crutches which has damaged his upper arms & neck.. he Never complains.. Medicare will not buy him crutches let alone a new leg although he is 100 % disabled.. I don’t look at him as disabled, He is extremely intelligent, kind, & giving.. He used to water ski, down hill ski, hunt , icefish.. he loved to sail with his buddy’s in Regatta.. He also still to this day try’s to help educate Children about why he hasn’t a leg, why is hands are different, that these are only what are called limitations, but really aren’t, they are only limitations if you want them to be... Unfortunately the leg he has now he is unable to use, as I said sense 2001.. it is so extremely heavy.. at least 15 to 20 + lbs.. it fits completely up to his hip and his stump goes into the socket, he invented his own design strap that goes around his waste line and loops through a buckle attached to the leg.. He goes through crutches very fast, I just bought him another pair last week, then we started talking and he tried his old leg on and said wow, my upper body doesn’t hurt like it does with the crutches but my back is absolutely killing me, he tried using his old bulky leg off and on 10 min here and 10 a little later, unfortunately that night his pain was uncontrollable.. So sad 😭..he sad you know Medicare nor Medicaid will help, if they won’t pay for a set of crutches they sure as heck won’t help with a leg .. Life isn’t fair, who ever said it would be.. Today my car was stuck due to a snow storm, I looked outside and there he was on his crutches with one leg hand shoveling in a blizzard 🌨, he is my inspiration, I took a video of him without him knowing, I wish I would upload it to this, but I don’t know how, also if he knew I did, well he would probably get upset with me.. He isn’t the only one out there like this he would say.. He is so extremely kind, giving as I said.. but when it comes to him and his needs, he focuses on others.. Like he says all the time when people stare at him or call him names like stumpy.. You can’t make people better than they are, but you can take the time to educate the Children.. even if one child listens, That’s all it takes, No one asked to be born like this.. Thanks to people like( Ted ) who has the knowledge to create these state of the art prosthesis, I pray someday my husband will be able to afford a light weight leg so he can stand tall again, I wish there were affordable payment plans.. I just wanted to share our story to help educate people that just because they were born a little different doesn’t make them different, People should stop and think just how blessed they are to have two leg’s, arm’s, hands with four fingers and a thumb.. Count your blessings every day because even if you weren’t born disabled, in the blink of an eye it might be you, and trying to get and pay for artificial limbs well unless your wealthy with excellent insurance is unfortunately almost impossible.. I pray that someday people with disabilities don’t feel segregated, judged indifferent, because we are all human being’s.. I always live by what my incredibly intelligent husband said one day, Before you speak, stop and think 🤔 is that going to hurt someone’s feelings? If so, it’s better left unsaid 🌝 Thank you for everything you have done, I’m shocked it took me five yrs to see this video.. As you said in the future maybe even the baby’s born from the horrible drug for nausea in pregnant women in the 1950s ( Filitamineq ) won’t have to worry about affording a limb, because they were born different.. the drug companies should be required to pay for every baby born disabled.. again thank you for reading this.. thank you for helping those wonderful people who didn’t have the Choice of how they were born... Blessings from Northern Minnesota were the wind blows, snowstorms don’t discriminate the disabled, but sometimes ( most of the time) while we are trying to shovel by hand , me 66 with two legs, my husband 64 with one leg on crutches , the heavy snow and a truck with a plow drive by & honks at us, he looks at me with a smile 😊 and says remember, you can’t make people better than they are.. Happy Holidays..🎄🌞
Wow. I read your entire comment and I'm touched! I really hope that your husband can recover to full capacity. I'm working in a lab that is helping create lightweight prosthetics; hopefully I can be of some help in the future!
Thiruvalluva r Thank you for your kind words.. He truly is incredibly inspiring.. I’m blessed to have him in my life.. the world is a better place with people like him in it.. Thank you for reading, I didn’t realize how long my comment was.. Yikes .. You are truly a caring person.. Blessings to you...
that's why I LOVE science instead of stupid, USELESS and imaginaries GODS.. man this was beautifull , i cried.. since i was a kid i always dreamed to be alive enough to see people involved in some accident and having a second chance in life to live with dignity and not seen just like some useless invalid
scottpipper "never", really? what experimental design would you employ to test that hypothesis? FYI faith is not necessarily the same thing as religion, which may be clouding your perspective.
The performance was amazing , specially the development of technology you hace nade through the years, you feel me with inspiration, thank you for everything.
+TheImpiroGirl Exactly. Amazing state of the art of the bending of the human with his eventual destiny - the machines. I hope we make it in time since only a machine is going to be able to live on this planet if global warming continues to be ignored in the highest political realms...
The climbing where you can see a rope is either sport or traditional climbing. Once he reaches a section with either something to clip on to or a good spot to place some gear. He’ll attach his rope to that. Think of it as a checkpoint. If he falls he’ll be back to that section.
@Charles Bohnsack You are correct, in the clip where he does a toe hook he is bouldering and there should be a pad and spotter below him. In every other clip he does have a rope.
This is so amazing that it brought tears to my eyes my sister lost a third if her leg before she died from gangrene this would've been a wonderful thing for her to have God Bless the man who has the brains to create such a wonderful thing
I'm from Brasil, i só happy to see this, i have all my legs and arms, but i understand this amazing work. Thanks ALL of you for this hard work, the Future os now. Very thanks!!
Amazing is the ONLY word I can use or I can find to describe this BioM ! Thank God and thank you bringing this new bionics to the mankind especially those unlucky ones who lost their limb(s) in accidents ! Please keep on doing the Good works for mankind ! !
7 years ago I asked the VA therapy group "Do I have to shoot my left foot so that I can get a prosthetic so I can walk normal ?" They answered they have had GI's that did that ! I have a drop foot with an ankle brace, but it doesn't give me the balance to walk without a walker ! So glad there is hope!
with technology developing, everything is changing. I almost cry when the girl dancing with her new leg. thanks to those people who commit themselves to technologies that can help people.
Every time I start to lose all faith in humanity, I end up finding someone doing somthing so amazing that changes my mind completley. This man is a legend 😁
I think what he's doing is great for people who need bionic limbs. But, I can see some downsides to attachments that take the force off of working muscles and joints. For example, it's important to have strong leg muscles, and to use your joints regularly. As he said, those who walked with the attachments for 45 minutes remarked that their legs felt very heavy after removing the attachments. One of the benefits of walking and running is that you can strengthen your legs. You can't really strengthen a machine by using it more. I don't think a person should use a prosthetic unless they need it. It's best to gain as much health benefit as possible from the exercise you're trying to perform.
I saw it more as the testing phase was done on healthy ppl. I have mild cerebral palsy, and as a result the part of my brain that controls my right leg is scar tissue. The nerves in my spinal cord are still intact, I still have reflexes, yet I cannot consciously move my foot. This device could potentially help me. But I do agree with you, the way our society is structured already limits our physical activity, we don't need to limit it more.
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Essa prótese pode ser usada por paraplégico?
No, TED talks are so ridiculous and pompous
I need some legs like that 34 double amputee been like a year now wat can I do to get some legs like that
This was 6 years ago, I can’t even imagine how far they’ve come now
not very far, they only merchandized it with different colors
Sea Firm yea things as great as this have there limits it’ll probably be another 10 years before we see anymore developments
What? I've seen very significant progress in this field.... but I may be mistaken.
They put the sensor to feel the mechanical tickles
Right question....was mine
18:07 "Thank you". Okay, I am officially crying. Simple words, so heartfelt.
I am a left foot amputee and I was blessed to try the latest generation
of this foot last week. It was a remarkable experience feeling motion
that I haven't felt since my motorcycle accident nearly 8 years ago. I'm
going to try the Meridium foot in a couple weeks and will decide which
one works best for me. Thank-you Hugh Herr for developing this
incredible bionic device!!!
All the best for your new foot
God bless you my friend.
Is it way more advanced than the one in this old video?
That's fantastic! Do you think you will ever ride again or are you done with motorcycle?
How i can i get it in india. I'm also an amputee. Left leg below knee.
To this day, still one of the best TED talks ever. Since first time I saw it, his humanity and profundity has been role model to me!
Truly good to see what real Americans can do when we are not fighting each other! WOOT!
it feels so surreal to see somebody standing there with bionic legs, it feels so futuristic yet so real at the same time.
The new is coming to overwhelm our lives.
and this is 7 years ago, phenominal
a cyberpunk world is aprotching boi
That guy has no legs and he's giving a conference while standing. What a time to live in!!
Oh my god the end was so awesome
not just standing but walking around, truly amazing
And he climbs mountain, the beauty with this, you can choose your height and make women love you
Paul Tremblay Manlets will be cutting their legs to become human scarecrows XDD
Incredibly true..
You sir are a gift to humanity.
There are no words to express the level of respect and admiration I have for this man. This is what greatness must feel like.
That last part went straight to the feels
+NarkDights | JRkk7heGamer Chu chu, everybody in the feel train!
Feel train leaves in 2 minutes!
+NarkDights | JRkk7heGamer
Sure. Just pay us $764,936,750,436 so you"ll be able to walk again.
+Smart Halayla in +-1960 the first computers cost $55.000, with inflation that would be nearly $440.000 today and today you have a perfectly fine pc for $500. time, investment and research can do a lot.
+Smart Halayla You are anything but smart. Sure you won't afford it now, but you will in 5-10 years if you really need it. Plus, insurance would deal with this.
proof of humanity ability to conquer and over come adversity.
what an amazing person.
Kai Hughes-wilkes Its amazing, v.r. new arms, this. Technology has come a long way.
If only they can cure brittle bones and cancer. But step by step, they'll get there!
How tremendous is his inspiration and love for humanity!
I cried when she hugged him after the dance..such a profound gratitude is there
Tears of respect and happiness, true humans do care for others. Thank you The Team.
He was walking around so naturally i didnt even notice he was missing his feet, its incredible how far bionic limbs have come
His prosthetic feet are calibrated for him individually
And these are 7 years old.
Vou falar em português, porque eu sei que tu é BR.
Isso acontece com vários soldados em guerras também. Felizmente existem pessoas igual esse cara.
@@yoda6076 não sou br
@@sebastiaomendonca1477 ;-;
This is one of the most profound TED talks I've seen. "...humans are not disabled. A person can never be broken. Our built environment, our technologies are broken and disabled."
Love this and am inspired. My mind and language are updated.
I wish my emotions could have been fixed 65 years ago.
Sadly technology is suppressed and far behind its own age.
He is giving a ted talk wearing shorts, this is the future.
I love this comment and i belive it's really undervalued
Ah yes, but they're smart shorts, self deodorizing & self cleaning no less. Can even absorb & destroy incontinence mess with old age, now that's clever.
That shorts are sadly a full pants for him.
@@zakirhussainmintu pretty sure he can wear full pants since he have legs now : P
alonso quijano thats obviously so everyone can see his legs
I been on crutches for 66 years, spinal cord injury from surgery. I could only dream of this technology. I never considered that I was disabled, just made me more determined to adapt and over come life's obstacles. I would have gave anything just to walk even a short distance. But am so so happy that future generations will not have to deal with all the hurdles or barriers I did.
Imagine having the power to step on legos and stub your toe.
It's godly
Aren Sama I have the power to do those things. It’s painful but I keep walking and carry the pain.
Imagine saying legos
@@BATMAN-vw2eg Legos
BATMAN5051 Legos
@@BATMAN-vw2eg Legos
The moment you realise, that a person's accident, motivated him to dramatically improve the quality of life for many people in need. This is science, and the best example of it being used for a good cause. im crying
I am not crying. I just want to be able to type without a physical keyboard (and faster than with a keyboard).
Καιρος γαρ εγγυς so we should break out bones to give ourselfs motivation...
I tend to think about suicide in that condition tho, there's something special in this man
thats why we must stay focusedon the positive
In my life I never thought I would see science fiction become science fact . This more than a guy and his talented team fixing broken people but actually fixing broken life’s too . This has moved me in a way ,that humanity has grounded Angels walking among us ,in my humble opinion.
science is just in front of you showing off and you go back to fairytales to explain it somehow
Science fiction is removing the heart and insides and empowering it beyond what it was before.
That wont happen, but its fantastic these people get their limbs back, sort of. but still fantastic.
Not broken people, broken bodies. Restrictions to who they can be.
I had the privilege to climb with Hugh at the Gunks in the mid 80s... Absolutely amazing work and vision, Hugh is so devoted to making dreams for all come true...bravo!
I can feel the pain,happiness and passion in his voice
He sounds pretty monotone to me
Definitely one of the best ted talks of all time!
Got all pumped up at the end.
why?
Who the heck dislikes an amazing video like this? He's self-effacing, insightful and an inspiration.
@shrowdy ydworhs What?
John Connor and his rebellion group I suppose
Even though I didn't really leave a dislike or a like, I think is not an amazing video because not everyone has enough money for bionic body parts. Aside from that in my case, I HAVE TO watch this for a school assignment so the motivation in this video, doesn't motivate me or inspire me.
I did.. Before investing millions in those legs, should have feed millions of starving kids in Africa.. Now he walk while every 30 seconds a little kid die.. Mean that every 30 steps his taking withhis fancy robot legs someone will be dead.. .
Pat R who cares kids in africa?, this is the future
I LOVE how he didn't see disadvantage but potential
Technology is art, and that guy is a devoted artist.
He's definitely an evil villain
"True art is an explosion!☝💥"
Junked Lamp huh
Not quite however its innovation that drives technological advances
This isn’t art when many people need this. This man is helping humanity
I just watched this last night and I had no idea prosthetic technology was at this stage....then I saw that the video is 5 years old....wtf. The news is trash, this is the stuff I want to hear about.
The new's main objective is to keep you distracted and divided. They could report on things like this but they have an agenda, and sadly things like this is what they don't want us to know about.
@leila lalala belive man
Your right its all about the Kardashians and what clothes there wearing....
It's terrible. I get that there are technology channels and subreddits one can subscribe to, but advancements like this should be mainstream. Total game-changers going unoticed by the majority.
The News IS trash and has been for decades... Drama and turmoil sell...
I can tell he wanted to cry when he gave that first demonstration of running under neural command. The future we all wanted is here.
Долгих лет жизни и здоровья Хью Герру!!! Он настоящий человек от Бога!
Сергей Корбин человек от бога который атеист😂
И каждым вторым предложением, говорит буквально: "Мы человечество и мы сильнее."
When I saw her dancing, I cried. I deeply realized what it means to be a dancer without legs. She can live a normal life, at least it has the meaning of living.
Yeah you're right, hi how are you ?
@@davemaxwell6745 Sometimes my knee hurts when I practice dancing, but I can still dance
Yes iam also.... cried 😭😭... Because I am also handicap person...i can't walk without crunches...i want walk...i want dance 😭😭😭
@@javedidealhittalmani5545 I have hope that maybe you will be able to one day.
Yeah, I cried too. This technology brings hope to all who have been injured or lost a limb due to illness/disease. It’s very heartwarming
This guy already looks like a ceo from a cyberpunk movie
hah!
Ed Garazaky jajajaja nailed
Ed Garazaky..YOU are a DISGRACE to the 'HUMAN SOCIETY for your cynical remark'!!!! Mr. Ted is a WALKING MIRACLE..This will also help many of our soldiers who has lost limbs and give them a chance for a FULL life again..I do pray that YOU NEVER FIND YOURSELF IN NEED OF ONE OF THESE 'LIMBS'!! Enjoy your day..try walking and be blest..
Anne Hendon Hendon Shut up
Oh Delsin..you WANT ME TO SHUT UP..It is such a shame that you do NOT have the sense of knowing what life would be like without your limbs..I think PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE A DISGRACE..IF you possibly can, which I DOUBT, have the capability of doing, why don't you and all the others that TRY to think as you, how YOUR LIVES would be drastically change..Why don't you join the service and get your limbs blown OFF and I bet you would be begging for help..if YOU SAY ANY DIFFERENT I WOULD CLASSIFIED YOU AS A LIAR..
So beautiful when humans get things right.
This is mind blowing and all, but I feel like this only targets a small majority of humans..... He's giving this speech like it's for everybody, no offense but if you have all your body parts, this doesn't really apply to you
Yusuf Baaghil this technology also relates to exoskeletons. Ford has been testing this out with some employees and the technology has helped them reduce fatigue and increase output. But you do have a good point
@@TrusttheY why would you care for prosthetic limbs if you have all your body parts?
これは数年前に見て激しく感銘を受けた。
TED Talksの中で私は最も好きな講演です。
"I reason that human being can never be broken, technology is broken. Technology is inadequate" Well said
Yeah, easily said by someone who can afford it.
@@Vespyr_ nothing ever built was cheap in the first place
@@Vespyr_ This stupid communist mentality of thing people can afford usually stifles innovation. If we had health care for all 500 years ago we still would have average life expectancy of 40 years and childhood mortality rate under 5 at 50% while every body would enjoy this primitive medicine everyone would be living equally in misery.
This is 2 and a half year ago ..makes you wonder at which level they are now...
Be ready to buy stocks!
They made Data from Star Trek Next Gen already
now you can have four legs
Good man
I believe they are making arms now!
I am very happy to see this video."It is everyone's right to live a life without disability" great quote. I appreciate their work. May God bless them achieve more feats in removing the disabilities of the people.
Smart & determined people can do with technology what no god can! This is the way, this is why mankind is awesome.
Satan is our hero I as a luciferian am lucky to have his blessing and mankind as a whole will soon have his, after all the apple of knowledge was given to humans BY LUCIFER NOT God remember that when you thank him
Я рад, что существуют такие люди и есть способ помочь людям с ограниченными возможностями! Это великое достижение!
🤔Цена вопроса такая что не каждый человек сможет себе это позволить 🤔Проект новый как правило патентообладатель с разработчиком монополизируют рынок ,как с лекарственными препаратами к примеру 🤔Но в целом согласен с вами что как изобретение очень нужное .
В путинской России в ближайшие 20 лет этой технологии точно не будет.
First time a Ted talk has made me cry like that. I clutched my face with intense emotional victory for that beautiful sprite. These are the things humanity needs huge doses of.
Well said
Never seen such an inspiring talk in my life. Hats off to your work in the field Mr Herr.
Now this is the kind of science that helps people.
I m a disable person I need such leggs if one can help me to provide such leggs for me I will be very thankful to the person
@@achaybhai the only thing that separates you from bionic legs are money, good luck!!!
@@LucreBem I will menage rupees but I need so please kindly help me to reach these legs
@@tasosplat3589 I will menage so you must guide me how to get
@@LucreBem but how I can raise funds in my country I want to do some for the people like me, mostly called disable or special person we need all of yours help and guide line so please
He's like Prometheus. In his words, you can see his love for human beings.
This dude is.. a hero.
no, just a humble engineer :)
But... but we don't see him in Comic books :0
And comunist!
Why hasn't this gentleman garnered a Nobel prize?
Bcs it was a lie they did that to get more investors.Now where we are? They build ai and robots to make us workless with that technologys .Poor ppl have no chance to get this legs bcs its to expensive. The focus isnt how to make this cheaper lol the focus is on how we make factorys richer with robots to make ppl workless !Humans dont use technology for something good. Its only get used to destroy and control !
@@p.s.9991 Cool facts bro
@@p.s.9991 Imagine typing that, but then realizing that you used technology to send this grammatically incorrect message.
imagine this technology i use to write this massage is for everyoune available? and this we see here is bionic can u imagine that ? its a lil bit different u dont think so? and to critic my bad english is a very dump argument to critic my message i wrote.so use ya brain and dont write rude bullshit under other comments
I am sure some people will afford those and while talking about technology tell me why is technology bad? People were traveling over seas to send a letter and nowadays its simple click on Computer... Guess I found another pessimists
This is very inspiring! I became a mechanical design engineer in the '70's because I saw development of machines as very important for our progress, and because it's interesting; the work often required electrical design of which I had to teach myself. My specialty was automation. When my son decided to become a mechanical engineer, I advised him to also learn electronics. He pursued a BS in Mechatronics, which integrates mechanical & electronic engineering, a fine basis for robotics engineering.
He and I both worked in the bio-medical industry, so we share an appreciation for the vital link between engineering & biology that is creating a fast-growing, diverse industry. Anyway, my son went after a PhD in Computer Engineering by performing research in neuroscience, particularly in the links between human body motions and the nervous system, modeled as a robotic system. The logical goal of his research will be bionics!
My son now is a university professor, helping new engineers to enter the field, some of whom will hopefully design bionic systems & prostheses like these! His most avid agenda is to help build-up the emerging emphasis on combining engineering education with the special demands of medical treatment in the 'new' discipline of bio-medical engineering at his university! I see a great future in this arena!
For young people planning their futures & education, I'd advise that robotics & bionics jobs will not only offer great 'shelf-life', but will be fascinating! Take your education seriously now... it's an investment for yourself & the rest of us.
qrayz Thank you.
SIMKINETICS and what about your grandkids? (if you already have one that is)
daradidam Their mom & dad are both teachers, and their future university tuition will be supplemented, so their advanced education will likely result. My son takes an attitude of allowing them to freely choose careers, but seems to lean toward encouraging medical studies which we both acknowledge will be very different in another generation. However, I look at my lineage that included engineering for 4 generations now, so I easily imagine an engineering orientation in their genes & upbringing.
Personally, I'll encourage a thorough science education at least! If any of them pursues bionics, I'll be delighted!
sounds like a nerdy awesome family you got there! cheers
daradidam 'Nerdy', I can attest to!
Молодец, огромное уважение! Человек не просто не сдался после своего несчастного случая - он нашёл силы, возможности, группу единомышленников и цель в жизни сделать так, чтобы технологии действительно служили тем, кто в них особенно нуждается, чтобы они помогали и делали людей счастливыми и полноценными!
I like how he made his prosthetic legs longer to be taller, lol.
Saw the opportunity and took it.
What's Gibby Thinking About? That's what I'm thinking when it came to bionic legs
When the hoe says: "sorry im into 6ft tall guys." any you: "give me a sec."
I can't believe this brought tears to my eyes.
Donde puede llegar la inteligencia de las personas estas cosas son las que me hacen ser más feliz mi más sincera enhorabuena al inventor gracias por hacer felices a muchísima gente que dios siga dándole ese precioso don y salud para que no pare de seguir inventando
My letf leg was amputated before 2000. I have been using a fiber pegleg for almost 20 years now. Watchin' this video makes me optimistic that I will be able to walk and run like many other people someday. Thank you TED.
Такие люди и двигают человечество вперед!!!!
Верно, но только обеспеченную часть человечества, ну а нашим нищим инвалидам остается только завидовать.
@@ВадимТерещенко-э3зроссиянским инвалидам не видать таких протезов никогда, их фашистам не продают
Тем временем бесполезные депутаты в гос думме, получающие по 300к за торговлю своим бестолковым 3блом: 🗿
Вперед - это к бестелесному существованию, в виде сгустков энергии.
А это назад, к неорганической биологии.
Костыль 20 века - деревянная палка.
Костыль 21 века - металлические конечности.
Костыль 22 века - искусственные биологические тела.
Костыль 23 века - распределенное сознание.
@@oz7837 ну ты прям философ... сгустки энергии... а трахаться ты как будешь? Нафиг без этого жить, скажи мне!?
"Spongebob, my legs are frozen solid! I'm going to need you to cut them off with a saw!"
"I can't..."
"W-why not?"
"I already sawed off my own ARMS"
Goddamnit
Idiot Box references
😂
I am so done 😂😂😂
This was 6 years ago ! Imagine if the human race pooled together it’s resources to help and move humankind forward. Imagine how many people we could help and what we would achieve.
0900:-$
To any darkness there shall be a light, balance and harmony shall be achieved
yes that would be amazing. but no we have to go to war with each other.
Imagine a better world
@@roberine7241 yeah like monkeys 😒
Wwoowww. What an eye opener. You see, when I was 5 years old, overnight I caught the Polio Virus. I went to sleep that Friday night as a healthy normal 5 year old boy. Full of joy for life and healthy as any other boy of my age group. It was warm that night in Louisiana, so Mom opened the unscreened windows to let the cool night air in, which after awhile I awakened and pulled the covers up around my neck and fell asleep again. The next morning I woke up, it was sunny and somewhat humid. But for me, it meant playtime. Running primarily at every opportunity. From the bedroom to the kitchen, from the front room, down the concrete front porch steps and then round and round the big front yard., When I opened my eyes, the morning sun was shining in through the bedroom window beside the bed. I don’t recall exactly why I had come into my parents bedroom that night to sleep with Mom and Dad. I immediately looked over at my Mom to ask to go out and play. Dad had gone to work before daylight as usual. She sleepily said yes, but stay inside the yard. Excited, I sat up and swung my legs over the side of the bed to stretch out. Then, it happened, in a twinkling of an eye. I fell back flat on the bed and couldn’t sit up. I reached for Moms arm, it scared me. I began to cry and my Mom sat up startled when hearing her baby boy crying. Crying, I told my Mom, “ Mommy, I can’t get up “. She helped me to sit up, and when she took her hands from my shoulders, I fell back flat on the bed and I couldn’t move my legs. They didn’t hurt, but I was numb from my stomach to my toes. Mom got out of the bed and kneeling in front of me searching both of my legs for a reason that they wouldn’t move. She pulled me upright again and let go, again I fell back flat on the bed. Mom was frantically searching my little body for a reason why my legs were paralyzed. It was very scary for the next few hours while Mom drove to the Hospital in Minden Louisiana. A Doctor was examining me, it seemed almost immediately. I heard him say to Mom “ I need to put a needle in his lower back and draw some fluid out, and test it”. Needle ? In my back ? Mom gathered me up into her warm soft chest while I cried, scared to death of what he said, needle ? Mom sewed, so I knew what a needle could do, stick you and make you bleed. The Doctor came back in pushing a tray with a towel covering the top. He told Mom,” curl him up and don’t let him move while I do this “. I was still crying and more scared while Mom held me still while the Doctor stuck me with what I thought was the longest needle in the whole world because I could feel it going in and out making a scrunching noise inside me. He finished and pulled out that long needle, that’s when I saw it looking back over my shoulder. I was somewhat relieved when he told Mom, “ I’m finished, now “. And he rolled the covered tray out of the room. Truthfully, the next hour or so was a blur, and I can’t recall exactly what happened for the next little while. But, I still couldn’t make my legs move, I just felt limp. What I just told you is exactly what I remember and that short while has stuck in my mind ever since, like it had just happened. I’m 71 now and I remember it still like it just now happened. Everything from the time I opened my eyes to the time Mom was holding me after the Doctor left is vivid in my mind today. When the Doctor came back in, he put his warm hand on my back and told my Mother, “ He has Polio”. He told Mom to carry me to Shreveport to the Confederate Memorial Hospital Polio ward. The next few days they would over and over put warmed moist heavy blankets over my legs then move my legs in all directions. This went on for days. I remember having a tremendous hunger all the time. And those sweet nurses would give me lots of food, they were so concerned for me. I remember their warm hands. They told me not to lay on my stomach, but that’s how I had slept all my life. I remember how good it felt those next few nights to fall asleep while on my tummy, it was comforting to my back.
Everything I just told you is still in my my mind today.
Then one morning 9 months later, I woke up one morning and I could feel my legs and I moved them. The nurse let down the side guard of the bed and sat me upright while she examined my legs. I could move them again.
Long story shortened, all the Nurses and Doctors were in the room and watched me while I sat on the side of the bed raising and lowering my legs. And that’s every detail of what I recall almost every day.. since it happened.
Later on my Mom told me that all of those Doctors and Nurses in that big room said, “ it’s a miracle, this has never happened before “
I remember a lot of Doctors holding my legs and telling me to move them.
Well then, two of them slid me off the bed to stand up, and I could but my legs were still weakened by not being able to move them all of that time. But, I took a step while still standing.
I lived a semi-normal life all through serving my Country in the Air Force for 4 1/2 years and being a mechanic on my feet every day for many years, then moving up into management, still on my my feet most of the day. Then finally I was rewarded for all of that time and what I had learned. I went to my CEO, after working successfully in 4 stores of the company , and told her, a gorgeous Latino woman, you know what ? I’m bored, do you have something else a little more challenging for me to do ? We locked eyes and butterflies came into my stomach, and for a moment I felt attracted to her. I could almost tell that the feeling was mutual. She told me while looking at me with those wonderfully appealing brown eyes,” Let me think on it, I’ll call you in a week “.
I left, still sort of reeling from my boldness and remembering those big brown eyes and went back to work in my store.
In less than a week, my Supervisor called me and told me to go and see the CEO. I remember that I was somewhat excited about maybe having a new opportunity, but not knowing what was to come, was a little worried that I had gone too far with that conversation that day.
I knocked on the slightly open door, I heard “ please come in “. Then she handed me a set of car keys that were brand new with a key tag and the company logo on it. She said,” that’s the keys to your new car sitting outside, it’s got a Motorola phone in it, now go make my company successful “ . I said “ Yes Ma’am “ turned and left to go and see my Supervisor. He told me all of the details of my new job. I was never so excited in my whole life. All I had to do was ride around the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex area and visit all of our 31 stores all day long.
Then when
I turned 59, I was walking across a parking lot and I stumbled and fell on what seemed a little rise in between the two sections of concrete. It seemed at the time, for no reason at all.
Then a couple of days later, I slipped on something while casually walking around inside one of my stores. I remember that one leg slide out, and quickly I was on the floor and felt pain in my right knee and the muscles on the back of my lower leg and in my foot. At first it was an excruciating stabbing feeling then a numbness in my leg from the knee down. My knee had been over extended and it was painful, but I finished out my day pretty much on the phone while riding around and parking outside of the stores watching the car mechanics inside dashing around and fix brakes on the cars. They didn’t see me, I was far enough away that they didn’t notice me backed in between two other cars. Then a couple of days later, I was walking and my legs just stopped working and I went straight down with my butt on on my heels. Again I felt the pain in both legs and I found a place to recover, it took awhile that time. Then, the falls came more often. So I went to my Doctor about it. He asked me a lot of questions and I told him about my childhood and the Polio in my my legs. When I told him that, he stopped and asked me if a Doctor ever told me that I had Post Polio in my legs ? Well, it was the first time I knew anything about it. Later on after falling so many times because my legs got tired, I decided to retire. I didn’t want to fall in one of the shops and get a head injury. I had gone back to my Doctor and he recommended that I retire from this type of profession. I thought, I can’t do any of the jobs I had worked at all of my career . So I came home and rode my tractor all day long every day mowing he fields of my 60 acres ranch. Then a week later do the same again from sun up to sundown everyday . I had the prettiest place in the Parrish ( County ) of any around. Then winters would come and day after day I would sit in my easy chair with a fire going in the fireplace and look out at the fields through the giant picture window in my living room..
And that’s my story.
The falls came more and more frequently.
So, today while thumbing through Facebook and UA-cam, I ran across what might be the answer to the
Post Polio. I thought, these Veterans of past wars with their legs blown off by a land mine, were putting on these bionic legs and walking normally again. What a miraculous thing I thought.
Can this be the answer to my Prayer to walk again ? Anticipating what can happen, I’m extremely exited, but cautiously..
Folks out there in internet Heaven, read my letter and tell me what my next step is ?
Larry Ferguson 10/28/2018 9:30 pm Sunday
That's a pretty crazy story. I'm sure that as technology continues to advance these will become more widespread so that you can use the exoskeleton legs to keep yours from giving out on you. Good luck to you.
Whoa! This comment is really precious
An amazing story. Thanks for sharing
thank you for sharing this
I am Gary Ferguson and you just had me in tears amen
I wish I can dance like her. I mbefore bilateral amputee since 2013 and I lost also both my fingers during heart surgery.I can walk now but can’t stand that long I can drive and take care of my grandchildren here and there.I praised all this hard working professional put together their Idea and make a miracle happpened I applaud you. Thank Vivian Dellheim
"We will set the technological foundation for an enhanced human experience and we will end disability" I imagine that as an older man ill look back at this and smile. very profound words for a profound future.
Hopefully, when you're old you'll look at those mechanical limbs like we now look at steam engines. They were ingenious and they did their job, but we'll be living in a world of lab-grown auto-transplants soon.
Disagree. Lab grown limbs don't offer the ability to quickly and rapidly change themselves the way the mechanical ones do. Can't swap your foot out for a climbing foot if the interface isn't modular. Mechanical ones are easier to design and construct as well, so anyone can do it as opposed to just the biomed experts. They'll exist, and they'll be great - but they won't replace prosthetic body parts.
this video is like an introduction of a villain from marvel.
Yes maybe he can ballroom dance us to death after stunning us with his rock climbing skills.
That's what I was thinking, he reminds me of Doc Ock.
Anon Mason well said 👍
Poor taste of response to such an amazing and positive movement. Shame on you..
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Never has a science and technology video kicked me in the feels like this. Wow.
"A human being can never be broken" is an incredible lense to view our lives through
you see this? because this is why science is awesome!
Imagine if the money spent on wars was used to advance mankind instead of destroy it.
problem is much of this technology will be used and is probably funded by the war department. Think about exoskeletons and robotics for soldiers. Sucks to think that's where tons of innovations come from.
What a amazing statment you said.you so right man.
Yeah... if only we started pushing peacefull technology at least as much as weapons and mili tech
I agree a world without war would be nice.
It would only destroy us even faster. After all, money has always been available to any nation in the world. Still, we have all the suffering in the world. Hence, it is not money that is lacking, but the ability and perseverance to fill our goals.
*When you realised this was made in 2014*
yea just shared it with an amputee friend and then realized how old it is, this type of science needs massive investment for public use.
Holy faaaqing god
@@waylander751 Always be weary of government intervention. People are not as careful with other people's resources as they are their own.
@@waylander751 it's great for government to pioneer these technologies. But if you rely on government to disseminate it, they will scrap the technology alltogether and just find a way to build a cheaper peg leg.
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This is absolutely amazing. Ty so much 2 everyone involved w/ da r&d 4 this, as well TED & da man who was brave enough 2 forge new frontiers w/ tech.
this is amazing
*****
shut up
I totally agree, rep. This is the future, and it's glorious!!!
***** dude being that one of your videos is about the xbox one being invented by the anti Christ im not surprised ....inventions like these some Christians have problems with cause its a modification of gods work.....holding us back become a Mormon or something they love technology take shay carl for example lol
Rep, ignore AwakenedToTruth. He's a penis.
***** well said and I agree with you! Robots will just ruin the reality. The only robot idea I appreciate is the ones that will help us in space but not on earth!
My bionic leg and arm limb have superseded this design shown. As an engineer I'm hoping to develop more advanced quantum bionics. It's been 6 years ago that MIT designed those limbs. Now in 21 we have even greater ones. Well done to the MIT team.
I know legs are different from arms but is it cool if I ask if your able to do normal hand movements with the bionic limb
I'm a new amputee and I want to know how to buy it. I really need a high-tech foot
Maybe it'll give me more confidence
how much is cost?
Great! It's a shame bionic limbs were not around when I had my climbing accident! I struggled for 20 years to get something similar and I was dreaming about such kind of artificial legs, but in the end I had to put up with what I had. Now I'm getting older and not so active any more, but things would have been different if these legs have come about earlier. They should be made available to everyone who needs them. NHS financing won't be easy though, I think. Respect to you for what you have done for humankind, man! Greetings from Hungary!
I am sorry you never got one. How old are you now?
So sorry to hear that, but he lost his legs 30 years ago and the first he build himself were not bionic at all. Just custom foot extensions to regular prosthetics adapted to the challenges of climbing. And to be fair, I guess German heath insurance would not pay for those kind of 'feet' for me, too.
Correction: 40 years ago. Heck, I'm getting old.
@@mayfloweros4193 60 next year. I'm more or less fine now but things would have taken a different course if this bionic stuff had been around that time when I fought my battle to get back to normal after the accident and 2 years of hospital treatment with 20 operations. Fewer operations and a bionic leg would have lead to a better result and I could have retained my former level of activity. Anyway, it's all over now and I let things go a long time ago.
@@attilakovacs5803 Hi AK, I just turned 64 but am healthy. I had my ankle amputated just over 3 years ago. I’m glad to see this video. I’m insured and should’ve at least been informed of this technology. I didn’t see it until today (11/14/22). I’m thankful/grateful for what I have, but still struggle to walk 100 meters. Anyway, best to you. Time to do even more research. This video was inspiring.
U have to strive to live and be honest in self to encourage and have the confidence to push one self to show the love of life!!!-)
È meraviglioso! Mi è venuto da piangere quando ho visto Adrienne ballare sul palco come una farfalla, ho capito che la mente umana non ha limiti, nulla, è impossibile! Bisogna solo metterlo nelle mani buone come quelle di Ted!
There's an wireless connection between legs and mussels.
My first thought: somebody can hack your legs.
Milan Vidosavljevic 😂😂😂😂many people didn’t think about that but am happy for those who are getting these wireless connections legs
That is true, from my 11 yr old standpoint!!! 😂
Viper The Sniper if you’re 11 years old, I don’t think you’d have even the basic understanding about that stuff lmao
Russia hacked my legs 😢
I dont think that's how it works
What happened in these five years? I barely know about this genius.
Exactly, luckily the M.I.T lab is a 20 minute bike ride from my house. I became disabled 5 years ago, and today I can barely walk. I can't tie shoelaces or button a shirt or lift a frying pan. I want to donate my body to science BEFORE I die!
@@GuitarUniverse2013 the research could benefit you as well.
@@GRJproductionz wtf how would body donation help him?
He would be dead af!!!
@@varunpathak2678 "before I die" research can be done under different conditions, not just when the person passes away. If it yields positive results, it benefits him. So chill.
He never learned to pronounce bionics properly :c
Oh my, I’m speechless! Tears are running down my face, good tears!
My wonderful husband was born back in the early 50’s, his mom took a medication for morning sickness.. he was born with one leg minis toes, 1/2 a leg, that has no knee or anything below were your knee is, he was born missing fingers, he spent most of his childhood at the Gillette children’s hospital in Minneapolis Minnesota going through multiple surgeries no child should ever have to go through at the age of four he was fitted with the artificial leg back in 2001 the file cabinet fell over on him he was unable to wear his leg anymore due to the weight it damaged his spine so he’s been on crutches which has damaged his upper arms & neck.. he Never complains.. Medicare will not buy him crutches let alone a new leg although he is 100 % disabled.. I don’t look at him as disabled, He is extremely intelligent, kind, & giving..
He used to water ski, down hill ski, hunt , icefish.. he loved to sail with his buddy’s in Regatta.. He also still to this day try’s to help educate Children about why he hasn’t a leg, why is hands are different, that these are only what are called limitations, but really aren’t, they are only limitations if you want them to be...
Unfortunately the leg he has now he is unable to use, as I said sense 2001.. it is so extremely heavy.. at least 15 to 20 + lbs.. it fits completely up to his hip and his stump goes into the socket, he invented his own design strap that goes around his waste line and loops through a buckle attached to the leg..
He goes through crutches very fast, I just bought him another pair last week, then we started talking and he tried his old leg on and said wow, my upper body doesn’t hurt like it does with the crutches but my back is absolutely killing me, he tried using his old bulky leg off and on 10 min here and 10 a little later, unfortunately that night his pain was uncontrollable.. So sad 😭..he sad you know Medicare nor Medicaid will help, if they won’t pay for a set of crutches they sure as heck won’t help with a leg ..
Life isn’t fair, who ever said it would be..
Today my car was stuck due to a snow storm, I looked outside and there he was on his crutches with one leg hand shoveling in a blizzard 🌨, he is my inspiration, I took a video of him without him knowing, I wish I would upload it to this, but I don’t know how, also if he knew I did, well he would probably get upset with me..
He isn’t the only one out there like this he would say.. He is so extremely kind, giving as I said.. but when it comes to him and his needs, he focuses on others.. Like he says all the time when people stare at him or call him names like stumpy.. You can’t make people better than they are, but you can take the time to educate the Children.. even if one child listens, That’s all it takes, No one asked to be born like this..
Thanks to people like( Ted ) who has the knowledge to create these state of the art prosthesis, I pray someday my husband will be able to afford a light weight leg so he can stand tall again, I wish there were affordable payment plans..
I just wanted to share our story to help educate people that just because they were born a little different doesn’t make them different, People should stop and think just how blessed they are to have two leg’s, arm’s, hands with four fingers and a thumb.. Count your blessings every day because even if you weren’t born disabled, in the blink of an eye it might be you, and trying to get and pay for artificial limbs well unless your wealthy with excellent insurance is unfortunately almost impossible.. I pray that someday people with disabilities don’t feel segregated, judged indifferent, because we are all human being’s.. I always live by what my incredibly intelligent husband said one day, Before you speak, stop and think 🤔 is that going to hurt someone’s feelings? If so, it’s better left unsaid 🌝
Thank you for everything you have done, I’m shocked it took me five yrs to see this video.. As you said in the future maybe even the baby’s born from the horrible drug for nausea in pregnant women in the 1950s ( Filitamineq ) won’t have to worry about affording a limb, because they were born different.. the drug companies should be required to pay for every baby born disabled..
again thank you for reading this.. thank you for helping those wonderful people who didn’t have the Choice of how they were born...
Blessings from Northern Minnesota were the wind blows, snowstorms don’t discriminate the disabled, but sometimes ( most of the time) while we are trying to shovel by hand , me 66 with two legs, my husband 64 with one leg on crutches , the heavy snow and a truck with a plow drive by & honks at us, he looks at me with a smile 😊 and says remember, you can’t make people better than they are..
Happy Holidays..🎄🌞
No matter how hard it has been, you and your husband have kept your heads up. You're blessed🙏
Wow just when I think I'm chzllenged!!! Much love and respect to you both..
God blessings abound with you
No words needed...
Wow. I read your entire comment and I'm touched! I really hope that your husband can recover to full capacity. I'm working in a lab that is helping create lightweight prosthetics; hopefully I can be of some help in the future!
Thiruvalluva r Thank you for your kind words..
He truly is incredibly inspiring.. I’m blessed to have him in my life.. the world is a better place with people like him in it..
Thank you for reading, I didn’t realize how long my comment was.. Yikes ..
You are truly a caring person..
Blessings to you...
I share this with people every week. Dr. Herr is an inspiration
that's why I LOVE science instead of stupid, USELESS and imaginaries GODS.. man this was beautifull , i cried.. since i was a kid i always dreamed to be alive enough to see people involved in some accident and having a second chance in life to live with dignity and not seen just like some useless invalid
*tips fedora*
*tips fedora
Once there was no distinction between faith and science, and it will be that way again.
Greg Banks Nop, Science is never going back, people may, but then others will take the lead.
scottpipper "never", really? what experimental design would you employ to test that hypothesis? FYI faith is not necessarily the same thing as religion, which may be clouding your perspective.
"A human being could never be broken. Technology is broken. Technology is inadequate."
Profoundly inspiring.
I watched the video, I was amazed.
Then I noticed it comes from 6 years ago... I can't imagine how advanced this technology is today
Fantastic - Thats whats make life great again - Thank You TED
I'm stoked to see human augmentation finally become such a great reality.
Would have been fun if he was wearing long trousers and shoes for the first half of the speak.
A pair that had velcro so that they could quickly become shorts in mid-presentation!!
Yeah those strip pants
This guy is the real life David Sarif. "They cannot stop us. They cannot stop the future." Impressive work!
The performance was amazing , specially the development of technology you hace nade through the years, you feel me with inspiration, thank you for everything.
No I'm not crying...
+TheImpiroGirl Emotional Thinks... the humans can be better for with others... Crying too...
Technology is an amazing thing
+TheImpiroGirl neather do i...!
+TheImpiroGirl Exactly. Amazing state of the art of the bending of the human with his eventual destiny - the machines. I hope we make it in time since only a machine is going to be able to live on this planet if global warming continues to be ignored in the highest political realms...
+TheImpiroGirl damn onion ninjas...
Can never understand how people can rock climb without the safety rope. To have the strength and confidence to never fall
The rope that hangs down catches them on a hook if they fall, you just have to be aware after the hook catches you that you will slam into the wall
The climbing where you can see a rope is either sport or traditional climbing. Once he reaches a section with either something to clip on to or a good spot to place some gear. He’ll attach his rope to that. Think of it as a checkpoint. If he falls he’ll be back to that section.
Yea....it's like playing with death
@Charles Bohnsack You are correct, in the clip where he does a toe hook he is bouldering and there should be a pad and spotter below him. In every other clip he does have a rope.
That’s part of the fun for me, being so close to death that if I make a mistake, I die
This is one of the coolest things I've ever seen, it's incredible how far we've come technologically in such a short period of time.
Your profile picture is my sleep paralysis demon
Medi Evil
This should be available to every person in need. I wish, humanity spend the resources on such inventions!!
Me wondering why UA-cam recommended this 5 years later:
Maybe ted needs more money.
Lol same
Data Gaming yes
Same
Same
This is the best TED talk I've seen so far!
Ironic how the only person Ive seen complain about shoes giving blisters is a guy with no feet.
use that picture myself sometimes :P
goes to show how much he thinks of others
Ever heared of something called "Metaphoric" ?
@@thebongmaster well he said it because it's a way to get people to relate to his topic and therefore listen more intently.
Zune Nebula he didn’t complain about it
This is so amazing that it brought tears to my eyes my sister lost a third if her leg before she died from gangrene this would've been a wonderful thing for her to have God Bless the man who has the brains to create such a wonderful thing
❤️
This is hard work. Never give up
Please please god get a patreon. As a vet, I would give so much money to that lab.
me too,i would give them money
I'm from Brasil, i só happy to see this, i have all my legs and arms, but i understand this amazing work. Thanks ALL of you for this hard work, the Future os now. Very thanks!!
Meu primo, 🖐🇵🇹🇧🇷
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Amazing is the ONLY word I can use or I can find to describe this BioM ! Thank God and thank you bringing this new bionics to the mankind especially those unlucky ones who lost their limb(s) in accidents ! Please keep on doing the Good works for mankind ! !
This was just a week or 2 short of being 5yrs ago...i wonder what new advancements have been made since then..! This is just wonderful to see!
It’s almost been five years.
*Just, think about that.*
Don't tell me what to do
I presume she forgot most of her emotional trauma because of the amputated leg, and lives a normal life
🤔
xd
It’s 5 years now ;)
“The simple idea was a call to arms”
And legs apparently...
Hellgrinde 😂
@@leahv3299 - Notice to all bionic leg wearers. Bionic legs allegedly cause cancer just like everything else electronic does. Smh!
Kmak Milly
Can you prove that electronics cause cancer?
@@RAM1776 - Are you capable of googling?
@@Kmakmizzle
You made a claim. I'm not obligated to prove it for you.
7 years ago I asked the VA therapy group "Do I have to shoot my left foot so that I can get a prosthetic so I can walk normal ?" They answered they have had GI's that did that !
I have a drop foot with an ankle brace, but it doesn't give me the balance to walk without a walker ! So glad there is hope!
2:50 "give the competition a chance", brilliant
Finally cyborgs arrived, I waited since early 90's
2077 wait till that year
@@jeffbolt3757 :))))
@@jeffbolt3757 We humans from 2077 can pass through the walls
The feels! Oh the feels!
My thoughts exactly.
Dem feels.
Dat PR :)
with technology developing, everything is changing. I almost cry when the girl dancing with her new leg. thanks to those people who commit themselves to technologies that can help people.
Every time I start to lose all faith in humanity, I end up finding someone doing somthing so amazing that changes my mind completley. This man is a legend 😁
just continue to focus on the positive
“I quickly realized that the artificial part of my body is malleable; able to take any form-“
*and why I have a vacuum for legs...*
I think what he's doing is great for people who need bionic limbs. But, I can see some downsides to attachments that take the force off of working muscles and joints. For example, it's important to have strong leg muscles, and to use your joints regularly. As he said, those who walked with the attachments for 45 minutes remarked that their legs felt very heavy after removing the attachments. One of the benefits of walking and running is that you can strengthen your legs. You can't really strengthen a machine by using it more. I don't think a person should use a prosthetic unless they need it. It's best to gain as much health benefit as possible from the exercise you're trying to perform.
I 100% agree with you!
I saw it more as the testing phase was done on healthy ppl. I have mild cerebral palsy, and as a result the part of my brain that controls my right leg is scar tissue. The nerves in my spinal cord are still intact, I still have reflexes, yet I cannot consciously move my foot. This device could potentially help me. But I do agree with you, the way our society is structured already limits our physical activity, we don't need to limit it more.
@Darth Apples then we aren't people. We're robots.
For war to carry more loads and fire power
Darth Apples For who ? Most people are against that.