This MIT Engineer Built His Own Bionic Leg

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  • Опубліковано 1 гру 2019
  • At MIT's Media Lab, researchers are developing prosthetic limbs that users can control with their minds, making a robotic foot move as seamlessly as a biological one.
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    • @_FBI_
      @_FBI_ 3 роки тому +3

      ok

    • @ScrimZED
      @ScrimZED 3 роки тому +1

      I wish I can have one. Edir: acctually 2

    • @IIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIII
      @IIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIII 3 роки тому +17

      Ok now I'll use Adblock thanks.

    • @amanda.7125
      @amanda.7125 2 роки тому +1

      So Cute!!☺

    • @getonthecrossanddontlookba5004
      @getonthecrossanddontlookba5004 2 роки тому +1

      Repent to Jesus Christ!!
      ““I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.”
      ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭10:16‬ ‭NIV‬‬
      F

  • @outsider_in
    @outsider_in 4 роки тому +5995

    Engineer: **Has to have leg amputated**
    Engineer: *"Damn it, that's gonna take me at least 12 hours to replace."*

    • @thanhvinhnguyento7069
      @thanhvinhnguyento7069 4 роки тому +13

      🤣

    • @exorcistgg9833
      @exorcistgg9833 4 роки тому +9

      @Paul Martin This guy has more subscribers than a guy that has video😢

    • @fss1704
      @fss1704 4 роки тому +4

      @@exorcistgg9833 actually not but whatever

    • @bradleypumba
      @bradleypumba 4 роки тому

      I actualy laughed out loud when I saw this coment

    • @TheNefastor
      @TheNefastor 4 роки тому +4

      @Angello! R. For now, yes. Give it a few years.

  • @12101DyM
    @12101DyM 4 роки тому +4021

    Me getting robbed in 2040
    Robbers: Ayo take his legs

    • @Joker8pie
      @Joker8pie 4 роки тому +288

      *Rocket Raccoon has entered the chat*

    • @brianp6859
      @brianp6859 4 роки тому +75

      Lol more like the cyborgs will be robbing regular people and being able to run away as fast as a car because they have bionic legs

    • @cancerino666
      @cancerino666 4 роки тому +39

      And then you fire rockets from your legs that take the robbers out.

    • @thedapperpineapple8168
      @thedapperpineapple8168 4 роки тому +30

      @@cancerino666 And then fly away with rocket legs

    • @trevorthieme5157
      @trevorthieme5157 3 роки тому +8

      Something is wrong if he doesn't have a 007 or MIB cricket built into the toes in a high crime area. (;

  • @Tumoxa89
    @Tumoxa89 2 роки тому +1003

    "I've built an array of sensors which gave sensation to my bionic limb."
    *Makes the first step, it lands on a LEGO block*

    • @ticktockbam
      @ticktockbam 2 роки тому +16

      Poggers

    • @walrusArmageddon
      @walrusArmageddon 2 роки тому +32

      The true phantom pain

    • @birdwalkin
      @birdwalkin 2 роки тому +24

      plot twist: it's the lego's time to suffer. the sensation is of crushing it to dust. vengance.

    • @getonthecrossanddontlookba5004
      @getonthecrossanddontlookba5004 2 роки тому

      Repent to Jesus Christ!!
      ““I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.”
      ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭10:16‬ ‭NIV‬‬
      S

    • @birdwalkin
      @birdwalkin 2 роки тому +5

      @@getonthecrossanddontlookba5004 Thanks repent bot. brightened my day.

  • @vladimirpain3942
    @vladimirpain3942 Рік тому +63

    "Oh, don't touch it, those are live wires" definitelly sounds like engineer :D This is absolutelly amazing. Thanks to people like this guy we are closer to world without suffering.

  • @foux7061
    @foux7061 4 роки тому +1599

    This guy: sits dumbfounded
    His mentor: You do realize this is MIT right?

    • @stillnotspicy
      @stillnotspicy 4 роки тому +19

      lol lol lol

    • @JameBlack
      @JameBlack 4 роки тому +3

      He already knew about these prosthetics.

    • @gene7511
      @gene7511 4 роки тому +1

      lmao yea

    • @dewmontain123
      @dewmontain123 4 роки тому +27

      theres nothing like a REAL leg or foot take care people
      i know under certain circumstances its only possible to make best of what has happened
      but if you can. exercise daily. im only 23 so im not in a position to tell anybody what to do. this is only my opinion

    • @gene7511
      @gene7511 4 роки тому +21

      @@dewmontain123 there's also accidents and misfortune (e.g. natural disaster, terrorist attack), or being born with a condition like the guy in the video. Not everything can be prevented with exercise.

  • @notalan7215
    @notalan7215 3 роки тому +4704

    This man really added pinky toe sensors so he can still stub his toe on his bionic foot

    • @Epsicronics
      @Epsicronics 3 роки тому +240

      Commitment

    • @EliteFreeman
      @EliteFreeman 3 роки тому +330

      now he just needs to step on lego

    • @lemonglataitor2123
      @lemonglataitor2123 3 роки тому +114

      No pain No gain

    • @monsteryote
      @monsteryote 3 роки тому +79

      Its useful to know if you just kicked the child or a cat or put a hole in the wall with your new superhuman strength.

    • @thomascharles7724
      @thomascharles7724 3 роки тому +56

      Being a amputee all my life I am now 37 I would pk over to be able to feel

  • @rhoonah5849
    @rhoonah5849 2 роки тому +516

    Absolutely amazing engineering. Hopefully we can refine this technology, waterproof it, figure out a long term power solution and make it affordable to the average person some day.

    • @stockmarketblueprint
      @stockmarketblueprint 2 роки тому +10

      Arc reactor maybe😂

    • @rhoonah5849
      @rhoonah5849 2 роки тому +24

      @@stockmarketblueprint Someone should lock you in a cave and not let you out until you have a prototype :)

    • @ghost-ul1dl
      @ghost-ul1dl 2 роки тому +8

      меньше тратьте на полеты в космос и на военные разработки и в ближайшие 10 лет у вас будут прорывные технологии в области медицины.

    • @f4ephantom
      @f4ephantom 2 роки тому +20

      It's the affordable part that is a killer. I am a bilateral below the knee amputee and my non bionic
      prosthetics which do have servos cost $64K, about twice as much as the non servoed limbs.
      Plus I had to get the new legs approved by an insurance company.

    • @ghost-ul1dl
      @ghost-ul1dl 2 роки тому +2

      @@f4ephantom 64000$ ? ну это очень много конечно, с другой стороны альтернатива только - инвалидное кресло.

  • @lAcedUpLiss
    @lAcedUpLiss Рік тому +79

    I'm disabled and look forward to the day when these kinds of prosthetics are commonplace. I have not had an amputation but I have a hereditary condition that causes significant pain and loss of mobility. I would have this procedure in a heartbeat if it meant I could do physical activities again.

  • @firefacts6913
    @firefacts6913 4 роки тому +1935

    though i have mad respect for the guy but Holy Hell ,Hugh Herr's entry at 2:38 is like that of a future business overlord

    • @joeblack4436
      @joeblack4436 4 роки тому +129

      Hugh Herr is a fellow to be taken seriously... :)

    • @samuelavila6606
      @samuelavila6606 4 роки тому +14

      Very true

    • @GabrielCarvv
      @GabrielCarvv 4 роки тому +91

      He sounds like he is going to start some sort of army
      "This is it"

    • @myopinion69420
      @myopinion69420 4 роки тому +145

      I so hope he never covers those prosthetic, the way he walked in with that power stride showing the double amputation was just inspiring, if he had his pants rolled down you would never know he did not have the lower portion of his legs. he owned it.

    • @JoeOf91
      @JoeOf91 4 роки тому +76

      i wonder if people with prosthetic legs can increase their height to like 7 ft long lol

  • @joeyaknow1103
    @joeyaknow1103 4 роки тому +8858

    Mark my words. In 10 years they're going to rebrand the paralympics the Cyberlympics and it's going to be the dopest thing on TV.

    • @icaropaiva5020
      @icaropaiva5020 4 роки тому +393

      I will mark your words

    • @hassiaschbi
      @hassiaschbi 4 роки тому +76

      I hope so!

    • @cooliodiablo6117
      @cooliodiablo6117 4 роки тому +438

      Guys throwing the shot put will literally have cannons for arms lmao

    • @m_i_g_5108
      @m_i_g_5108 4 роки тому +30

      @@cooliodiablo6117 lmao

    • @nicraful
      @nicraful 4 роки тому +39

      Cyberpunk ?

  • @JosephChan4701
    @JosephChan4701 2 роки тому +463

    "My entire life I never thought that I would be where I am now having had an amputation."
    Engineer:
    "I have an opportunity to engineer my own body and I had always dreamed about that."
    You guys are just awesome.

    • @Dante_S550_Turbo
      @Dante_S550_Turbo Рік тому

      wait until he has to do maintenance on himself and wish he was more mechanic friendly.

    • @robbieaulia6462
      @robbieaulia6462 Рік тому +3

      @@Dante_S550_Turbo the problem of making mechanic friendly machines can come later, the thing isn't even done yet.

  • @Son-Of-David1990
    @Son-Of-David1990 Рік тому +128

    Just the fact that they had a sensor to be able to bend the foot amazed me then they say you can touch where your pinky toe would be and you can actually feel it as if it were there? Wow that is that is just ridiculously amazing

  • @CapemanProducti0ns
    @CapemanProducti0ns 4 роки тому +2073

    Engineer: sits down looking sad.
    His mentor: first leg?

  • @ronl9357
    @ronl9357 4 роки тому +5645

    In the future we won't fear stepping on Lego's anymore.

  • @Titaness_pheeb
    @Titaness_pheeb Рік тому +28

    I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my engineering degree, honestly my motivation has been lacking but this has honestly moved me soo much , I want to devote my life to upgrading the human body with extensions that exceed normal human capabilities. I’m so wow’d

  • @foxman105
    @foxman105 2 роки тому +53

    This is the most literal "And then I took it personally" reaction to solving a crippling condition after something went wrong. Not that it's a bad one. Godspeed to you people. May you one day feel as the machine replacement not even there.

  • @ontama9184
    @ontama9184 4 роки тому +831

    That professor in suit was probably the most badass looking professor

  • @puntloosPD
    @puntloosPD 4 роки тому +7093

    I feel like this should be atleast 2 hours long

    • @gaeb-hd4lf
      @gaeb-hd4lf 4 роки тому +38

      Definately

    • @iron-farmer
      @iron-farmer 4 роки тому +41

      Do u see any kardashians?

    • @user-ug8vo9rt1m
      @user-ug8vo9rt1m 4 роки тому +1

      Aye!

    • @yota1092
      @yota1092 4 роки тому +20

      @FactsOverFeelings Matter ... Typical ignorant reply

    • @the20thDoctor
      @the20thDoctor 4 роки тому +23

      Post to reddit, find the guy and set up a kickstarter for a full length documentary. Honestly people, it's almost 2020, if Hbomberguy can do what he did then we can do this.

  • @acjointseparationcrashcourse
    @acjointseparationcrashcourse Рік тому +2

    Unbelievable technology. As a physical therapist, it is wonderful to see technology give people sensation and motor control back. This technology will change the world and provide an excellent quality of life to many people that otherwise would be limited by traditional prosthetics.

  • @ayushisrivastava9796
    @ayushisrivastava9796 2 роки тому +17

    I am so thankful we have engineers and people like you in this world! Hats off!

  • @lithostheory
    @lithostheory 4 роки тому +761

    Making these things possible for his son must be an infinite pool of motivation.

    • @ClearOutSamskaras
      @ClearOutSamskaras 4 роки тому +69

      Yes, the power of that hit me when he spoke about his son being born with the club foot too. It reminded me of a body builder who was able to smash a dead lift record by thinking of pulling the coffin of his recently passed mother up from the grave and wanting her to be restored to life. Deep inspiration is very powerful.

    • @michaelatkin9649
      @michaelatkin9649 4 роки тому +7

      He said the science cought up and they're able to correct it it now. So his son will not have a prosthetic

    • @judycanham9967
      @judycanham9967 4 роки тому +6

      Early orthopedic intervention now corrects club foot deformity. (Temporary Casts and braces)

    • @UnderdogSMO
      @UnderdogSMO 4 роки тому +8

      @@michaelatkin9649 best case.

    • @Baka_Oppai
      @Baka_Oppai 4 роки тому +2

      no one watched the video well enough to know his son didn't need the robot leg

  • @Fantomfields
    @Fantomfields 4 роки тому +414

    They way he said “those are live wires” killed me lol

    • @themaconeau
      @themaconeau 4 роки тому +1

      Shouldn't have touched them then 😬🤣

    • @martylawson1638
      @martylawson1638 4 роки тому +1

      He probably had 200-300 volts in there to run the skin ticklers. Probably not much current, but it'd still give you a nasty little shock.

  • @youngyang7215
    @youngyang7215 2 роки тому +6

    This is such a life changing development. Thank you creating such a beautiful product for those in great need, especially for yourself. You are a true inspiration.

  • @jakes935
    @jakes935 2 роки тому +2

    An amazing engineer and an amazing father. Thanks for the inspiration

  • @jakomean
    @jakomean 4 роки тому +365

    That "Woah" when he "feels" his little toe got me in the feels.

    • @Miles300s
      @Miles300s 4 роки тому +6

      When he said "Woah"
      I felt that.

    • @yonexsp8448
      @yonexsp8448 4 роки тому +1

      That "woah".................. the feeling i got

  • @valentinroncoli7949
    @valentinroncoli7949 4 роки тому +381

    The fact that he could feel the son touching his robotic foot as if it was he's ACTUAL foot it's amazing

    • @conorstewart2214
      @conorstewart2214 4 роки тому +15

      He can feel specific points on his foot, in the future hopefully it advances enough that people would be able to feel the whole foot as if it is there. It is amazing though but its only the begining

    • @zurielbabida8162
      @zurielbabida8162 4 роки тому

      No its really weird

    • @conorstewart2214
      @conorstewart2214 4 роки тому

      @Kingdoms you know what I mean, able to feel when any part of the foot was touched

    • @conorstewart2214
      @conorstewart2214 4 роки тому +18

      @@zurielbabida8162 in what way is it weird trying to improve someone's life?

    • @stevedonovan22
      @stevedonovan22 4 роки тому

      That blew my mind

  • @loverobots1070
    @loverobots1070 2 роки тому +1

    What truly amazed me besides innovative engineering is his attitude. Respect!

  • @danieldoucet8687
    @danieldoucet8687 2 роки тому +6

    Engineers are awesome problem solvers. To all engineers thank you for your service.

  • @AREALLYBIGSPOON
    @AREALLYBIGSPOON 4 роки тому +598

    "those are live wires" ... proceeds to touch them anyways. Kids are hilarious

    • @username-rs4vf
      @username-rs4vf 4 роки тому +32

      I was showing a kid a battery and how it sparked and told him if he kept doing it it might light on fire. He kept doing it for like a minute after lol.

    • @jt3742
      @jt3742 4 роки тому +1

      Cracked me up

    • @user-bl4oq7fd8d
      @user-bl4oq7fd8d 4 роки тому

      "Great, dead wires would be sad anyway :)"

    • @lengaming1651
      @lengaming1651 4 роки тому +1

      Imagine if he touched the connections, dude would litterally feel his little toe when not even close to it

    • @revenevan11
      @revenevan11 4 роки тому +1

      @@lengaming1651 imagine having a "smart" IoT compatible foot (it'll happen eventually lol 😔), and then someone hacks it to make you feel max intensity tickling on loop until you turn it off or hopefully just hit a reset or disable touch switch (or setting in an app on your phone).

  • @mookimukay3077
    @mookimukay3077 4 роки тому +920

    This a whole backstory on how his son becomes the first bionic super soldier

    • @autumnfire1490
      @autumnfire1490 4 роки тому +27

      ‘’We left multiple nuclear launch sites’’

    • @orange-cuttleanimations7577
      @orange-cuttleanimations7577 3 роки тому +6

      1000 years in the future:
      "You are getting drafted"
      *Yeets leg*

    • @ElliFong
      @ElliFong 3 роки тому

      @@orange-cuttleanimations7577 This is the plot of Gundam Thunderbolt lol

  • @macbuff81
    @macbuff81 Рік тому +1

    Progress and inventiveness motivated by love and kindness. Beautiful.
    That kid has a great father

  • @shuntebikes
    @shuntebikes 2 роки тому +4

    This is truly amazing what he's done there, just imagine in a few years when the buttons get replaced by a whole entire bionic foot with millions of sensitive points, its not that far off

  • @jacobdegitz2196
    @jacobdegitz2196 4 роки тому +1767

    I love how he casually was like "yeah once I was running from a bear on this road." Wtf? ,😂

    • @TheDaxter11
      @TheDaxter11 4 роки тому +181

      "i was running from a bear on this road and broke my leg" i know its just a brief explanation for the topic but how the fuck did the bear not get him at that point?

    • @nicksalvatore5717
      @nicksalvatore5717 4 роки тому +75

      @@TheDaxter11 I believe he said it was a black bear, which usually don't confront humans. He probably ran due to fear, thus causing him to sharply press his foot against the hard rock and break it. The bear probably just wandered off, I hope.

    • @yytyytg
      @yytyytg 3 роки тому +50

      @Darooj Are you sure it is not still following him?

    • @blankblank5409
      @blankblank5409 3 роки тому +3

      kang C *O* . *O*

    • @midnightrun5622
      @midnightrun5622 3 роки тому

      How was he not Purina Bear Chow?

  • @sanghoonlee5171
    @sanghoonlee5171 4 роки тому +746

    Engineers are such an amazingly valuable class of people.

    • @jacobp.2024
      @jacobp.2024 4 роки тому +99

      That's an understatement. They quite literally made society what it is today. If there was one class of people society couldn't exist without, it's them.

    • @debarghyachattopadhyay2614
      @debarghyachattopadhyay2614 4 роки тому +12

      @@jacobp.2024 you can live without us, until disease hits you

    • @debarghyachattopadhyay2614
      @debarghyachattopadhyay2614 4 роки тому +4

      @@faiyazsaqifkhansummit792 we have a different class dude, we like to invent new things dream of changing small things to big and question can it not be changed? We don't have time for those people...

    • @Twiggy163
      @Twiggy163 4 роки тому +7

      Im a civil engineer in underground infrastructure, nothing like this. Do I still count?
      (hopefull look)

    • @nickleback3695
      @nickleback3695 4 роки тому +4

      They are often arrogant tho, kinda like most modern farmers.

  • @Clara_Page
    @Clara_Page Рік тому +2

    This technology is truly amazing, I look forward to the day that it's available to everybody who needs it

  • @robertmckay694
    @robertmckay694 Рік тому

    So awesome! I’m happy you’re on your journey, it’ll be so amazing to build yourself back to better than before.

  • @dwalters98
    @dwalters98 4 роки тому +696

    The fact that he managed to get sensation back is incredible. I feel like that's the biggest step in bionics is not just getting signals out, but getting them back.

    • @dominicstocker5144
      @dominicstocker5144 3 роки тому +6

      @WillRQ I hope that people using them for combat will be in the minority

    • @dominicstocker5144
      @dominicstocker5144 3 роки тому

      @WillRQ why the „but“?

    • @MouseGoat
      @MouseGoat 3 роки тому +4

      @WillRQ just have a switch for on off

    • @williamrose7184
      @williamrose7184 2 роки тому +10

      I’m in amputee and let me tell you something you don’t ever lose the sensation I could feel my toes just like they were there

    • @Kikext
      @Kikext 2 роки тому

      @@dominicstocker5144 thats such an american thought

  • @johnnyskellington9581
    @johnnyskellington9581 4 роки тому +3084

    Wow this is pretty fucking epic. Definitely feels like we’re beginning to see the future

    • @ginofoogle6944
      @ginofoogle6944 4 роки тому +51

      you can't seethe future.. you mean you are beginning to see movie references.

    • @MdFaisal-ut9uv
      @MdFaisal-ut9uv 4 роки тому +3

      @Ribshok Productions suxk you own puss*

    • @Mike-zu1md
      @Mike-zu1md 4 роки тому +7

      In ten years this technology will receive the same innovations as cellphones in that they will try a prosthetic which instead of several buttons controlling specific spots, there will be a sort of touch screen for your prosthetic. A prosthetic able to provide more accurate and acute sensation. The same way analog phones switched to touch phones, just with prosthetics.

    • @MichaelBCooper
      @MichaelBCooper 4 роки тому +4

      Nah the future is complete limb regeneration

    • @kurtislucien9052
      @kurtislucien9052 4 роки тому +1

      The future doesn't exist

  • @eustab.anas-mann9510
    @eustab.anas-mann9510 Рік тому +1

    How nice to have a mentor to bring you to MIT's biomechatronics lab when you're facing amputation.

  • @u0aol1
    @u0aol1 Рік тому +1

    It's incredible how true to life it moves, how they are able to get the sensation of touch and feel through leaving behind muscle during amputation. This is really incredible

  • @sergio446
    @sergio446 4 роки тому +615

    This is the people that deserve our attention, this is the people that change the world for the better. Thank you for your work!

    • @user-ti6ix5tn2o
      @user-ti6ix5tn2o 4 роки тому +1

      Ok

    • @stonedsloth6367
      @stonedsloth6367 4 роки тому

      Educated people

    • @anders5611
      @anders5611 4 роки тому +1

      Not politics

    • @bl4ckh4t29
      @bl4ckh4t29 4 роки тому +3

      Yeah and not Gretel saying “how dare you!”. People that build things like this should be focused on more than dumb kids that don’t know their facts

    • @ktolwal
      @ktolwal 4 роки тому +1

      i know people are spending billions on drugs, alcohol. They could give it to these geniuses here in MIT. life would be so much better

  • @Van-Leo
    @Van-Leo 2 роки тому +779

    even with all the exposed wires and stuff it looks so much more natural in movement than other prosthetics out there. thats amazing

    • @pinklady7184
      @pinklady7184 2 роки тому +17

      Exposed wires can get caught in anything and then be ripped, if brushed up against objects.

    • @rgmartin2536
      @rgmartin2536 2 роки тому +87

      That is a problem that could easily be solved by adding some sort of plastic casing.

    • @yourtubecards
      @yourtubecards Рік тому +86

      @@pinklady7184 It is a prototype, he is working on it. You don't close it up till the work is done

    • @jordyv.703
      @jordyv.703 Рік тому +6

      @@yourtubecards And even then there's always improvements to be made

    • @matthewlawton9241
      @matthewlawton9241 Рік тому +6

      The exposed wires probably aren't ideal from a longevity point of view, but aesthetically I found it really intriguing.

  • @Shuniverse
    @Shuniverse 2 роки тому +1

    Unbelievably beautiful. This is something that gives me much optimism about technology for the future.

  • @SegmentW
    @SegmentW Рік тому

    This should have global attention. Period. This is too important to not be shared.

  • @HunterR1177
    @HunterR1177 4 роки тому +300

    "You know, I think its 2019 and it's about time we got robots on people" is one of the most MIT things I've ever heard.

    • @captaincrunch8333
      @captaincrunch8333 2 роки тому +2

      This will be the guy who Linda Hamiltons character pays a visit to in the future.

  • @am_taur3001
    @am_taur3001 4 роки тому +240

    In my ideal world, these people are my celebrities.

    • @liamschallock5346
      @liamschallock5346 4 роки тому +3

      @Anthony Lopez I think your missing the point of what this video and this science is about

    • @marquez4497
      @marquez4497 4 роки тому

      Anthony Lopez But then again there are people who are born disabled, and this machine nonsense is something that could really improve their lives.

    • @pn2313
      @pn2313 4 роки тому +4

      @Anthony Lopez ok boomer

    • @dannyherrera1598
      @dannyherrera1598 4 роки тому

      @@pn2313 whats up with everyone calling everyone a boomer? Is that the new trend now? 😒
      Cus I seriously doubt someone named Anthony Lopez is a boomer....

    • @AliceInAWasteland
      @AliceInAWasteland 4 роки тому +2

      @@dannyherrera1598 ok boomer

  • @joaoneves916
    @joaoneves916 2 роки тому +1

    I honestly just re watched this video today, more than a year after I first watched it, just because it's such an inspirational message. Thank you to all who research this and to the ones that made the video.

  • @brendatenorio5721
    @brendatenorio5721 2 роки тому

    To think of what these people can do for others is amazing

  • @kgkendall845
    @kgkendall845 4 роки тому +442

    Are we just gonna gloss over the fact that he was running from a bear.

    • @justbreathe8835
      @justbreathe8835 4 роки тому +6

      Wtf did I see this comment exactly as he said it. It sounded fake honestly.

    • @KalRandom
      @KalRandom 4 роки тому +3

      Yeah, why didn't the bear chasing him have lunch ?

    • @oi-nf9uz
      @oi-nf9uz 4 роки тому +13

      The bear felt bad after it made him break his leg and left.

    • @firebreathercat133
      @firebreathercat133 4 роки тому +7

      Bear prolly wasnt chasing him he just saw the bear and his fight or flight response caused him to skdaddle

    • @raymondfrye5017
      @raymondfrye5017 4 роки тому

      Don't tell me!...was it one of those animatronic bears?

  • @odthegreatest
    @odthegreatest 3 роки тому +1234

    As a father I thoroughly understand and appreciate.
    As an engineer I'm thoroughly amazed.

  • @dolphin6229
    @dolphin6229 2 роки тому

    i hope one day we will look back at all this and just appreciate how far we've come.

  • @kilroy294
    @kilroy294 2 роки тому

    dude your an amazing dad and father. you also are an amazing inventor. Do not give up! EVER

  • @DmitryLapshukov
    @DmitryLapshukov 4 роки тому +334

    I think, it is 2019 and it's about time we got robots on people... - this is gold!

    • @bubbyroosh4038
      @bubbyroosh4038 4 роки тому +11

      Why the fuck do I always read these AS THEY SAY IT. I also agree. The human foot is absolutely awful in design.

    • @ImJustJAG
      @ImJustJAG 4 роки тому +3

      I wonder when they will put a computer in someones head. Imagine that.

    • @yerp1554
      @yerp1554 4 роки тому +7

      IamJAG_GG Elon musk is already doing that

    • @DaSquareful
      @DaSquareful 4 роки тому +1

      Not joking I think it would be interesting to have a third arm hooked onto your lower back. Only problem is how to interface it, maybe training some back muscles?

    • @user-mo5ph7yj4h
      @user-mo5ph7yj4h 4 роки тому

      Gm Mg bro I did the same thing I’m shooketh

  • @drunkcj4236
    @drunkcj4236 3 роки тому +685

    the engineer: i need legs
    companies: alright but it's exp-
    this guy: FINE i'll do it myself

    • @wanderbolt9498
      @wanderbolt9498 2 роки тому +13

      still exorbitantly expensive no doubt, but compared to medical equipment costs it's probably leagues cheaper

  • @willg1944
    @willg1944 Рік тому

    him walking with is family was so beautiful at the end! WOW

  • @semoru
    @semoru 2 роки тому

    This is so inspriring!!
    I wish the team the best with their research!

  • @sky9high611
    @sky9high611 4 роки тому +501

    "Break a leg, mine are made of steel."
    -Octane

    • @333n3wk34333
      @333n3wk34333 4 роки тому +37

      "You think I'm afraid of you?! I blew off my own legs! ". (Octane main here)

    • @Kanielwhiskey
      @Kanielwhiskey 4 роки тому +8

      I knew I would find that comment!

    • @May-gr8bp
      @May-gr8bp 3 роки тому +2

      apex legends meme

    • @YaBoi-cx8yu
      @YaBoi-cx8yu 3 роки тому +4

      *titanfall music playing in the background*

    • @blurrytracerwr5265
      @blurrytracerwr5265 3 роки тому

      @@333n3wk34333 😆😆😆😆

  • @PaKePo
    @PaKePo 4 роки тому +229

    This guy: built his own bionic leg
    All of us 15 years ago: building our own bionicles

    • @simonriley3438
      @simonriley3438 4 роки тому +5

      I miss that so much

    • @skymm8888
      @skymm8888 4 роки тому +2

      I miss the bionicles soo much

    • @blinky4778
      @blinky4778 4 роки тому

      G VS more like building our first flesh light.. rubber glove toilet paper roll Etc Etc...

    • @PaKePo
      @PaKePo 4 роки тому +1

      If I become a millionaire, I'm bringing Bionicle back

    • @blinky4778
      @blinky4778 4 роки тому

      G VS i didn’t buy them back then and i wouldn’t now if they came back.. all about GUNDOM WING

  • @mikeresler2741
    @mikeresler2741 9 місяців тому

    as a recent ak , im so excited to see the advancement in this tec. just recieved my first leg and boy its a learning curve. im a disabed vet and im so lucky for it. im truly intreged with the new tec. hopfully one day in the furure i can have one also. thank you

  • @jacobgavin149
    @jacobgavin149 Рік тому +1

    This is probably one of the coolest videos I have ever seen
    I am a structural Engineer at UIUC and its so cool seeing ingenuity at work.

  • @InspireWire
    @InspireWire 4 роки тому +661

    "The brotherhood of steel are now hostile towards you"

  • @paulmckenzie5155
    @paulmckenzie5155 4 роки тому +621

    "oh those are live wires" 😂

  • @23StudiosSports
    @23StudiosSports 2 роки тому +2

    This is an astounding achievement of engineering. Amazing what humans can do.

  • @JohnPorsbjerg
    @JohnPorsbjerg 4 роки тому +111

    "oh THOSE are live wires" yeah that's an electrical engineer right there lol

  • @jamzee_
    @jamzee_ 3 роки тому +737

    Everybody focusing on the bionic man, while Dr. Hieu has two prosthetic legs.

    • @jabberwocky1707
      @jabberwocky1707 3 роки тому +39

      "To lose one leg, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness".
      • Paraphrasing Oscar Wilde
      • According to another post the Prof. 'lost' his legs as a result of a mountain climbing accidentally

    • @jamzee_
      @jamzee_ 3 роки тому +20

      @@jabberwocky1707 hmmmmmmmmmm, he was inspired by the Mechanicus from warhammer 40k.

    • @pwnmeisterage
      @pwnmeisterage 3 роки тому +64

      He stands a little taller than natural, judging by the rest of his physical proportions.
      But I suppose if you're gonna get two prosthetic legs then you can choose any height you like.

    • @jamzee_
      @jamzee_ 3 роки тому +30

      @@pwnmeisterage you're tellin me, that instead of me being 6'4, i can be 6'5 with legs that arent weak to decay and that will eventually fail me?

    • @ghostbuster8377
      @ghostbuster8377 3 роки тому +4

      He has "bionic legs", machine learning and s**t

  • @watchedsmile
    @watchedsmile 7 місяців тому +1

    this has always been my childhood career. i want to work on seamless prosthetics. better than the low standard that the public has. i wish i had the chance to finish high school or go to collage. maybe some day i will still be able to do this. i hope so

  • @lolonaut1
    @lolonaut1 2 роки тому

    i love the mindset of this engineeer. its like being a kid but solving grown up problems.

  • @magalaleo9949
    @magalaleo9949 4 роки тому +830

    'That's live wires'
    *Stands near the salty ocean*

    • @nicolasstagliano3213
      @nicolasstagliano3213 3 роки тому +5

      I was thinking the exact same thing

    • @swiftsetrider4543
      @swiftsetrider4543 3 роки тому +6

      I wonder if he could insulate them

    • @ResasRandomStuff
      @ResasRandomStuff 3 роки тому +10

      i dont think its that hard to make them waterproof

    • @kasuraga
      @kasuraga 3 роки тому +17

      @@ResasRandomStuff yeah, it actually would be pretty easy to weather proof the electronics. Obviously for prototyping having it exposed is easiest.

    • @igorordecha
      @igorordecha 3 роки тому +6

      @@swiftsetrider4543 sure but it would be much harder for him to debug whats going on or make upgrades. Maybe is apple made a prostetic limb it would be flooded with silicon so no one can look inside

  • @meccamiles7816
    @meccamiles7816 4 роки тому +497

    Magic is real; we just call it science.

    • @joemelton4747
      @joemelton4747 4 роки тому +12

      Exurb1a

    • @pattrickc8546
      @pattrickc8546 4 роки тому +4

      this is so true

    • @alalalala57
      @alalalala57 4 роки тому +8

      @@joemelton4747 Disability (noun) *was* a physical and mental condition that limited a person's movements, senses, or activities.

    • @Iku00
      @Iku00 4 роки тому +12

      Sounds like a line that someone from Dr stone would say

    • @muhammadrafay9490
      @muhammadrafay9490 4 роки тому

      Yes brother you are right !

  • @oqvp
    @oqvp 2 роки тому

    My gosh amazing, I have hope for humanity thanks to those kind of people.

  • @ishandeshmukh2925
    @ishandeshmukh2925 Рік тому

    Sir, I was really inspired by your journey and your bionic inventions. I am an aspiring mechatronics engineer and was overwhelmed by looking at the progress mechatronics is been making over the years. 🤖

  • @joshualee2460
    @joshualee2460 4 роки тому +632

    “It’s 2019, it’s about time we got robots on people”

    • @canyoushutup12
      @canyoushutup12 4 роки тому +10

      Lets go

    • @vaughanellis7866
      @vaughanellis7866 4 роки тому +21

      Just wait you'll have the Intersectional/Identitarian crowd coming up with whole new pronoun sets depending on how many "robots" you're using

    • @bud1221
      @bud1221 4 роки тому +2

      No doubt about it , we'll definitely have robots by 2100

    • @bud1221
      @bud1221 4 роки тому +3

      I'll be 97 if I make it to 2100

    • @wbhsjajdjwbwb6758
      @wbhsjajdjwbwb6758 4 роки тому

      @@bud1221 correction as soon as 2028 mark my words

  • @NOVIDEOSATHISCHANNEL
    @NOVIDEOSATHISCHANNEL 4 роки тому +490

    "we end disability" is an interesting statement..

    • @m_i_g_5108
      @m_i_g_5108 4 роки тому +74

      US healthcare would like a word with him.
      "That'll be $99,999 per year."
      "We also offer cheaper options. We have a brand name wheelchair for $499."

    • @adenintriphosphat520
      @adenintriphosphat520 4 роки тому +31

      Well at least physical disabilities maybe

    • @kericue2065
      @kericue2065 4 роки тому +9

      I would like a robotic spine. Notice how nobody talk about pain. Or am I the only one who feel pain?

    • @marywangen4696
      @marywangen4696 4 роки тому +2

      Very interesting statement

    • @seph.
      @seph. 4 роки тому

      @@SeattleRingHunter No.

  • @ZJasmineDragon
    @ZJasmineDragon Рік тому +1

    This was the first time I've seen one of these, and saw the prosthesis, and genuinely feel like it was their limb. Like I saw him, moving what should be his ankle on the chair, with his detached foot reacting and moving a few feet away, genuinely feeling as if that were a connected part of him that was just a few feet away.

  • @Anita-tm3bi
    @Anita-tm3bi 2 роки тому +1

    For a prototype this is already crazy amazing.

  • @bukovinian
    @bukovinian 4 роки тому +249

    When his son comes out at 7:30 it just broke me, then knowing that son had same condition, on both legs. Man that's heartbreaking. Thank you for the video, its art.

    • @TheAstronomyDude
      @TheAstronomyDude 4 роки тому +47

      The stupid idiot should never have had a child to begin with. All the genetic flotsam like him would have been eliminated long ago if people had the decency not to pass along their handicaps to their offspring.

    • @Stoneface_
      @Stoneface_ 4 роки тому +79

      TheAstronomyDude damn what an evil person you are. Shame!

    • @spinachhouse
      @spinachhouse 4 роки тому +29

      Shame on you AstronomyDude

    • @gorrthegod
      @gorrthegod 4 роки тому +18

      @@TheAstronomyDude It is a gamble.

    • @paulian1888
      @paulian1888 4 роки тому +34

      Well, I mean... he's not wrong

  • @vibhavg1064
    @vibhavg1064 4 роки тому +416

    Why don’t we hear more about this?
    We only see prosthetics

    • @111vincento
      @111vincento 4 роки тому +69

      well like said in this vid most people don't get their limbs amputated in a way that allows it.

    • @hendrianjayyy7395
      @hendrianjayyy7395 4 роки тому +37

      And of course this is expensive

    • @gagetaylor192
      @gagetaylor192 4 роки тому +32

      @@111vincento I don't understand why everyone's limbs aren't amputated like this. Sure not everybody can afford these kinds of bionic legs but why not give everybody the chance?

    • @user-ti6ix5tn2o
      @user-ti6ix5tn2o 4 роки тому +9

      @@gagetaylor192 then be generous and give people money

    • @gagetaylor192
      @gagetaylor192 4 роки тому +24

      @@user-ti6ix5tn2o Not my job to provide what the government should be providing.

  • @RatKing-jy9qf
    @RatKing-jy9qf 2 роки тому +3

    Seeing this is another reason out of millions why I want to attend MIT, this is inspiration to continue trying to achieve my goal of attending MIT

  • @raj180380
    @raj180380 2 роки тому

    Inventors have always been doing the greatest service to humanity.

  • @modelllichtsysteme
    @modelllichtsysteme 2 роки тому +787

    A true engineer!

    • @ghost-ul1dl
      @ghost-ul1dl 2 роки тому +2

      ну да он инженер а вы думали он повар??

    • @getonthecrossanddontlookba5004
      @getonthecrossanddontlookba5004 2 роки тому +1

      Repent to Jesus Christ!!
      ““I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.”
      ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭10:16‬ ‭NIV‬‬
      S

    • @alexhaile7957
      @alexhaile7957 2 роки тому

      @@getonthecrossanddontlookba5004 Jesus went down on me once in a bathroom truck stop in central PA

  • @visualonestudio
    @visualonestudio 4 роки тому +359

    This brings new meaning to the expression “pushing your dads buttons”.

    • @amitkumar-sz6ze
      @amitkumar-sz6ze 3 роки тому +3

      A lot of meanings would change in future

    • @soughtsdad6628
      @soughtsdad6628 3 роки тому

      I love how he casually was like "yeah once I was running from a bear on this road." Wtf? ,😂

    • @templar-yu5ve
      @templar-yu5ve 3 роки тому

      @@soughtsdad6628 I’ve been their before

    • @flyingeagle1278
      @flyingeagle1278 3 роки тому

      Underrated

  • @LukSingBong
    @LukSingBong 10 місяців тому

    that‘s a real meaningful technolog for someone who need that help!

  • @un.bekannter.halunke273
    @un.bekannter.halunke273 2 роки тому

    Thats amazing ! Wish this people all the best and health for future.

  • @kekkaisenn6497
    @kekkaisenn6497 4 роки тому +154

    I started crying when he said he was thinking about what his son's world and future would be.

    • @mistercohaagen
      @mistercohaagen 4 роки тому +4

      The real question is, are there enough of "us", to overwhelm the culture of anti-science and plutocracy to make it real.

    • @kekkaisenn6497
      @kekkaisenn6497 4 роки тому +3

      @@mistercohaagen I don't know... There seems to be one Mister Yang trying to make it that way, but, science is an objective process of information analysis, not self-centered nor altruistic. All the fallacies of our society seem based on sociopathic tendencies of people with too many resources and time already on their hands. Obviously they are a minority, even among other lucky people, but I don't see any way of overriding their destructive influence,-other than banding together over state and national lines. Seeing as how their cancerous ways have spread all over the planet.

    • @mopandas462
      @mopandas462 4 роки тому +5

      Only thing negative about this are the greedy corporate companies that will exploit this for personal gain

    • @mistercohaagen
      @mistercohaagen 4 роки тому +5

      @@kekkaisenn6497 Yeah... I'm not done donating to Yang yet, and started right after his JRE appearance. I was an automation engineer / sysadmin, and I dropped out of the commercial workforce to do NPO stuff. Seems like any corporation you can work for large or small, only seems to contribute to our decline as a species through some wasteful nonsensical traditional way of doing things. I figure I can at least not give them my brain and hands voluntarily. Seems the only moral thing to do; civil disobedience of a sort. Oddly enough I seem to contribute more to the household just doing things like maintaining the house itself and keeping the cars running instead of paying someone to do it wastefully. I'm reading about how to grow veg in the yard next summer, etc. Anything to offset the money that would've been spent on more waste. We are slaves, but we can sit it out if we're prepared to deal with poverty. It's not so bad, especially with an Internet connection. I feel a lot healthier, that's for sure. Might even live longer.

    • @theturkanabus3610
      @theturkanabus3610 4 роки тому +1

      He has no control over that world. No one does. Don't have children.

  • @orangeboy97
    @orangeboy97 4 роки тому +350

    This just confirms why I want to finish my electrical engineering degree.

    • @bleh6232
      @bleh6232 4 роки тому +7

      Gl

    • @kappamaster7179
      @kappamaster7179 4 роки тому +17

      still very, very far from doing anything like this

    • @Gabagool22
      @Gabagool22 4 роки тому +19

      As a final year electronic engineering student, this was truly inspiring.

    • @ishigamiyu1991
      @ishigamiyu1991 4 роки тому +31

      @@kappamaster7179 give the guy a bit of motivation 😂

    • @dadinggo
      @dadinggo 4 роки тому +14

      @@kappamaster7179 +2 more years for a phd is hardly very far.

  • @N.............................
    @N............................. 2 роки тому

    Building and renewing effected lives.. Salute to people who created this bionic limb..

  • @applied.precision
    @applied.precision 2 роки тому

    We're getting there. I'm glad I'm alive to see it.

  • @chase_h.01
    @chase_h.01 4 роки тому +421

    I'd much rather lose a leg than an arm. Replacement legs look much farther along than arms.

    • @DutchOrbit
      @DutchOrbit 4 роки тому +62

      @divorcedme imagine how fast these limbs would advance if they were necessary to car manufacturing or commerce.

    • @Volfur2251
      @Volfur2251 4 роки тому +31

      hmm tbh i would say arms are much farther then legs by a mile stone, legs are so much simple in comparison. what i will say how ever is due to arms being so much more complex they are less seen or made

    • @TheGr0nch
      @TheGr0nch 4 роки тому +12

      yeah, there are far less important nerves that control leg function, and are easier to find/narrow down

    • @BlackRose-rp7kv
      @BlackRose-rp7kv 3 роки тому +8

      Its cause its harder to make parts of whats left of your arm control 5 fingers including different amounts of pressure

    • @JeffGranja27
      @JeffGranja27 3 роки тому +2

      I don't see myself going through this time without videogames, so yes, I'd prefer missing a leg than an arm

  • @swiftcee266
    @swiftcee266 4 роки тому +218

    We can rebuild him....we have the technology.

    • @caraxes_noodleboi
      @caraxes_noodleboi 3 роки тому +8

      Darth Vader is just a few decades away

    • @Tim-57
      @Tim-57 3 роки тому +6

      Make him stronger and faster...

    • @rightuppercut1426
      @rightuppercut1426 3 роки тому +4

      We have the capability to make the world’s first bionic man

  • @marcoantoniomejiamedina8539

    So AMAZING!!! My mind is just excited to see the intense desire to make this happen for people. Speechless now

  • @jaynouby
    @jaynouby 2 роки тому +1

    "We end disability".
    What a powerful sentence, I love it.

  • @Dekarowski25
    @Dekarowski25 4 роки тому +90

    He has the technology. He can rebuild himself.

    • @neonblud9595
      @neonblud9595 4 роки тому

      6 Million Dollar Man reference 👍🏼

    • @d3lsl0w
      @d3lsl0w 4 роки тому +2

      We can rebuild him, but we don't want to spend a lot of money.

    • @TheLe016
      @TheLe016 4 роки тому

      d3lsl0w That’s exactly what went thru my mind, then I saw that you already made that comment. Ah, Peter Griffin.

  • @VendettaMax
    @VendettaMax 4 роки тому +94

    This is amazing. I wish more resources were given for the research and production on these projects. There must be millions of people who could benefit from this.

    • @Khyrid
      @Khyrid 4 роки тому

      @MrPCT007 Because there are people who spend their lives making us need those missiles. Bad people exist.

  • @tatski3440
    @tatski3440 2 роки тому

    As an engineer of prosthetic arms, I got motivated so much :)
    Thank you.

  • @stevennagley3407
    @stevennagley3407 Рік тому

    What’s fascinating was the surgery that allows his body to interface with the bionics! That’s awesome medical work!

  • @forgiveness_denied
    @forgiveness_denied 4 роки тому +132

    it doesn’t matter how many legs you got, everybody got those PUMA costco socks #meToo

  • @PobonsPing
    @PobonsPing 4 роки тому +129

    Remember Hiccup from How to train your dragon?
    This is him now

  • @GautamBharali100
    @GautamBharali100 2 роки тому

    No words....true contribution to humanity

  • @mitachiuchiha1426
    @mitachiuchiha1426 2 роки тому

    The best thing about this vid is, that he build sensors in his prostetic so he can feel the signals that his regular foot would have give him. This is so amazing.