New bionics let us run, climb and dance | Hugh Herr | TED
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Hugh Herr is building the next generation of bionic limbs, robotic prosthetics inspired by nature's own designs. Herr lost both legs in a climbing accident 30 years ago; now, as the head of the MIT Media Lab's Biomechatronics group, he shows his incredible technology in a talk that's both technical and deeply personal - with the help of ballroom dancer Adrianne Haslet-Davis, who lost her left leg in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, and performs again for the first time on the TED stage.
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Essa prótese pode ser usada por paraplégico?
No, TED talks are so ridiculous and pompous
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..
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
Tears of respect and happiness, true humans do care for others. Thank you The Team.
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
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
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."
I LOVE how he didn't see disadvantage but potential
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 ;-;
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.
There are no words to express the level of respect and admiration I have for this man. This is what greatness must feel like.
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。
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
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..
He's like Prometheus. In his words, you can see his love for human beings.
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.
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?
How are you chosen or who do you contact to try this technology. I have a 34 yr old wife and mother. I lost my leg below the knee in 1987 in a lawnmower accident. I was two. I do not remember what it was like to have a led and foot on that side, I would love to try it.
That's fantastic! Do you think you will ever ride again or are you done with motorcycle?
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
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!
Такие люди и двигают человечество вперед!!!!
Верно, но только обеспеченную часть человечества, ну а нашим нищим инвалидам остается только завидовать.
@@user-js7bn9zm1qроссиянским 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!?
18:07 "Thank you". Okay, I am officially crying. Simple words, so heartfelt.
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!
When technology is used this way, it makes sense for helping the disabled in need. It's a blessing too. This is the proper way. This is quite amazing too. Good video.
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.
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...
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
AMAZING, Do you have anything that can help Paraplegics ? Seeing GREAT stuff like this gives Me HOPE.
rite!!!
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!
You sir are a gift to humanity.
Definitely one of the best ted talks of all time!
Got all pumped up at the end.
why?
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.
8 years and it's weird how we haven't really heard anything about this getting better or being used more widely. It makes you wonder.
These are very much targeted by other buisness and hence development is prevented. Its like petroleum industries never let high innovations in electric cars.
@@sandeshkumarms2408 What's their competition exactly... technology-wise? I can't think of anything beyond other tech companies that are trying to do the same thing... but, SOMEONE should be making breakthroughs.
We live in the freaking future. This is awesome!
Mind = Blown
And still there is war and intolerance in this future...
WonderWeirdo we don't live in the future. There is still so much we haven't solved this is only the beginning of the solution for one problem.
That's what people who invented the wheel said
If for us the future is the future
What would be the future for the people in "the future"?
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.
Fantastic - Thats whats make life great again - Thank You TED
The performance was amazing , specially the development of technology you hace nade through the years, you feel me with inspiration, thank you for everything.
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!
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
"A human being can never be broken" is an incredible lense to view our lives through
You made me cry. Thank you, it was a good cry.
How tremendous is his inspiration and love for humanity!
I cried when she hugged him after the dance..such a profound gratitude is there
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 should be available to every person in need. I wish, humanity spend the resources on such inventions!!
I share this with people every week. Dr. Herr is an inspiration
*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.
ruclips.net/video/_sBBaNYex3E/видео.html
Me wondering why RUclips recommended this 5 years later:
Maybe ted needs more money.
Lol same
Data Gaming yes
Same
Same
I'm in tears. So wonderful!
Thank you for coming up with this technology it is needed
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.
I can feel the pain,happiness and passion in his voice
He sounds pretty monotone to me
Man of Steel. Such a gift to humanity
Thank you for all the work you are doing!
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?
"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.
My jaw dropped when that dancer came back to Dance = AWESOME.
Beautiful!! I even cried at the end!
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..
@@user-lg4zm5nj8t ikr
"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 😂😂😂
I haven't seen that kid with zebra tights and custom feet in decades but I remember you. It is good to see you are all grown up and doing well. I stopped to make a family. Take care and I think bionics is going to be big.
Ein Mensch kann nicht gebrochen werden, die Technik tut das
Technologie ist unzureichend, wenn jemand aufgrund eines körperlichen oder psychischen Problems auf Barrieren stößt,
und von da an begann all diese faszinierende Forschung und diese Fortschritte, die helfen
Tausende von Menschen auf der Welt. Ich finde es ist eine schöne Spiegelung
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
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."
Incrível! Parabéns a toda equipe, é emocionante!
This is incredible, I can imagine how it can change people’s life completely… it seems so real…my grandfather doesn’t have a leg, he lost it in a war and I can totally imagine the impact this type of technology would have been on his life. I wish it gets wide spread and is available to common people like us..
Gen Z gonna be roasting kids like "This mf don't even got a bionic exosuit!"
qvindicator Imagine not having an exo cloak
Yeah and our physique will be that of an udon noodle with zero muscle toning. So sexy
LMAOOO BOY AINT GOT NO AUTO TORQUE
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.
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 ! !
I've got above the knee amputation last September, its kinda hard for me but watching this video. It gives me hope, i want to walk and run again so badly. I know it cost a lot of money to buy this technology but im hoping to have this!
Perhaps you can contact Mr. Herr at MIT to find out how you can get a new bionic leg. God bless you, I am sorry for all the trauma and pain and suffering you’ve experienced. 🌸
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...
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 RUclips, 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
Almost cried tears of joy here. I have a brother that was in a motorcycle accident almost 16 years ago. He's paralyzed from about mid-chest down. This is great for walking again, but there also other biological functions that need to be addressed. I can see him using an exoskeleton. His damage was to his spine.
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.
This dude is.. a hero.
no, just a humble engineer :)
But... but we don't see him in Comic books :0
And comunist!
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
Congratulations sir. I bow my head for your great research outcome in bionics. Please take it to the next level of testing it on large number of people and make it available to those who are in need of it at affordable cost. With best regards.🙏🙏🙏.
Extraordinary, spectacular! Saying congratulations is not enough.
Can't wait to get my exo suit on
+Niko Skipz everybodywantstobelikeironman?
As long as I have no disabilities in the future I'd never do this.
if we help each other we can do everything... the time is comming to conker a new world or die...
PootisPigeon: Maybe you do it already, Pigeon! You drive a car. You ride a bicycle, you own a smarwhatever ...
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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
So happy for people who will get this bio tecnology and came back to a better 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!
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!
Dam, Mr. Skeltal sure got some fine moves. 15:42.
+Rasmus Lundqvist underrated post
I kek too hard
+Rasmus Lundqvist oh my goodness, i never reply to comments but i was dying when i read this comment haha
*spooky scary skeletons starts playing*
I know it was emotional to talk about a a dancer who's singular joy was ripped away by the act of cowardly individuals in a terror attack, but I'll never not laugh at a dancing skeleton
I would like to see alot more of this.
What a great man. Thank you from all mankind.
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
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
- Он даже без ног покоряет горы, а какие оправдания у тебя!?
- У него ноги не мерзнут
All of mankind has untapped potential that only together we can achieve ultimate greatness and exponential advancements in the quality of life for everyone. This video is a perfect example. Thank you for bionics.
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.
What would have been awesome at the end of the dance scene, would be for Nathan to lift the cuff of his trouser leg to also reveal a bionic limb.
Incredible!! Thank 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
you see this? because this is why science is awesome!
"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.
Watching him climb a mountain and her dance beautifully, I only wish technology was more advanced for those with partial paralysis. I have so little use of my left leg which has left me completely immobile in lots of situations and it’s beautiful to see what those with the money to do it, can do now with prosthetics. If there’s ever a study for those with limb paralysis in lower extremities I’d be all over 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
❤️
The feels! Oh the feels!
My thoughts exactly.
Dem feels.
Dat PR :)
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...
This man reminds me of a special I saw on TV once years ago about a group of climbers going for Everest. One of the group was also a double leg amputee who used screw on spikes to help climb the mountain.