This MIT Engineer Built His Own Bionic Leg

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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    • @_FBI_
      @_FBI_ 3 года назад +3

      ok

    • @ScrimZED
      @ScrimZED 3 года назад +1

      I wish I can have one. Edir: acctually 2

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      @IIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIII 3 года назад +17

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    • @DK-sg3oe
      @DK-sg3oe 3 года назад

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    • @hassankhan
      @hassankhan 3 года назад +2

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  • @firefacts6913
    @firefacts6913 5 лет назад +1940

    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 5 лет назад +129

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

    • @samuelavila6606
      @samuelavila6606 5 лет назад +14

      Very true

    • @GabrielCarvv
      @GabrielCarvv 5 лет назад +92

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

    • @myopinion69420
      @myopinion69420 5 лет назад +144

      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 5 лет назад +76

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

  • @outsider_in
    @outsider_in 5 лет назад +6038

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

    • @thanhvinhnguyento7069
      @thanhvinhnguyento7069 5 лет назад +14

      🤣

    • @exorcistgg9833
      @exorcistgg9833 5 лет назад +9

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

    • @fss1704
      @fss1704 5 лет назад +4

      @@exorcistgg9833 actually not but whatever

    • @bradleypumba
      @bradleypumba 5 лет назад

      I actualy laughed out loud when I saw this coment

    • @TheNefastor
      @TheNefastor 5 лет назад +4

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

  • @ontama9184
    @ontama9184 5 лет назад +834

    That professor in suit was probably the most badass looking professor

  • @Tumoxa89
    @Tumoxa89 3 года назад +1028

    "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 3 года назад +16

      Poggers

    • @walrusArmageddon
      @walrusArmageddon 3 года назад +32

      The true phantom pain

    • @birdwalkin
      @birdwalkin 3 года назад +24

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

    • @birdwalkin
      @birdwalkin 3 года назад +5

      @Repent!. Thanks repent bot. brightened my day.

    • @diegoignacioavilesvalencia1991
      @diegoignacioavilesvalencia1991 3 года назад +8

      Proceeds to desactivate sensors and crush the lego

  • @notalan7215
    @notalan7215 4 года назад +4738

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

    • @Epsicronics
      @Epsicronics 4 года назад +243

      Commitment

    • @EliteFreeman
      @EliteFreeman 4 года назад +334

      now he just needs to step on lego

    • @lemonglataitor2123
      @lemonglataitor2123 4 года назад +115

      No pain No gain

    • @monsteryote
      @monsteryote 4 года назад +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 4 года назад +57

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

  • @joeyaknow1103
    @joeyaknow1103 5 лет назад +8834

    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 5 лет назад +388

      I will mark your words

    • @hassiaschbi
      @hassiaschbi 5 лет назад +75

      I hope so!

    • @cooliodiablo6117
      @cooliodiablo6117 5 лет назад +435

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

    • @m_i_g_5108
      @m_i_g_5108 5 лет назад +30

      @@cooliodiablo6117 lmao

    • @nicraful
      @nicraful 5 лет назад +38

      Cyberpunk ?

  • @CapemanProducti0ns
    @CapemanProducti0ns 5 лет назад +2076

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

  • @vladimirpain3942
    @vladimirpain3942 2 года назад +71

    "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.

  • @12101DyM
    @12101DyM 5 лет назад +4032

    Me getting robbed in 2040
    Robbers: Ayo take his legs

    • @Joker8pie
      @Joker8pie 4 года назад +288

      *Rocket Raccoon has entered the chat*

    • @brianp6859
      @brianp6859 4 года назад +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 года назад +40

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

    • @thedapperpineapple8168
      @thedapperpineapple8168 4 года назад +30

      @@cancerino666 And then fly away with rocket legs

    • @StarForgers
      @StarForgers 4 года назад +8

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

  • @sanghoonlee5171
    @sanghoonlee5171 5 лет назад +745

    Engineers are such an amazingly valuable class of people.

    • @jacobp.2024
      @jacobp.2024 5 лет назад +98

      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 5 лет назад +12

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

    • @debarghyachattopadhyay2614
      @debarghyachattopadhyay2614 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад +7

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

    • @nickleback3695
      @nickleback3695 5 лет назад +4

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

  • @dwalters98
    @dwalters98 4 года назад +697

    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 года назад +6

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

    • @dominicstocker5144
      @dominicstocker5144 3 года назад

      @WillRQ why the „but“?

    • @MouseGoat
      @MouseGoat 3 года назад +4

      @WillRQ just have a switch for on off

    • @williamrose7184
      @williamrose7184 3 года назад +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 3 года назад

      @@dominicstocker5144 thats such an american thought

  • @rhoonah5849
    @rhoonah5849 3 года назад +522

    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 3 года назад +10

      Arc reactor maybe😂

    • @rhoonah5849
      @rhoonah5849 3 года назад +24

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

    • @ghost-ul1dl
      @ghost-ul1dl 3 года назад +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 3 года назад +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 3 года назад +2

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

  • @lithostheory
    @lithostheory 5 лет назад +761

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

    • @ClearOutSamskaras
      @ClearOutSamskaras 5 лет назад +68

      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 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад +6

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

    • @UnderdogSMO
      @UnderdogSMO 5 лет назад +8

      @@michaelatkin9649 best case.

    • @Baka_Oppai
      @Baka_Oppai 5 лет назад +2

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

  • @Van-Leo
    @Van-Leo 3 года назад +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 3 года назад +17

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

    • @rgmartin2536
      @rgmartin2536 2 года назад +87

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

    • @helleyequeue
      @helleyequeue 2 года назад +84

      @@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 2 года назад +6

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

    • @matthewlawton9241
      @matthewlawton9241 2 года назад +6

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

  • @foux7061
    @foux7061 5 лет назад +1607

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

    • @stillnotspicy
      @stillnotspicy 5 лет назад +19

      lol lol lol

    • @JameBlack
      @JameBlack 5 лет назад +3

      He already knew about these prosthetics.

    • @gene7511
      @gene7511 5 лет назад +1

      lmao yea

    • @dewmontain123
      @dewmontain123 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад +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.

  • @lAcedUpLiss
    @lAcedUpLiss 2 года назад +80

    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.

  • @odthegreatest
    @odthegreatest 3 года назад +1229

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

  • @jakomean
    @jakomean 5 лет назад +365

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

    • @Miles300s
      @Miles300s 5 лет назад +6

      When he said "Woah"
      I felt that.

    • @yonexsp8448
      @yonexsp8448 5 лет назад +1

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

  • @puntloosPD
    @puntloosPD 5 лет назад +7078

    I feel like this should be atleast 2 hours long

    • @gaeb-hd4lf
      @gaeb-hd4lf 5 лет назад +38

      Definately

    • @iron-farmer
      @iron-farmer 5 лет назад +41

      Do u see any kardashians?

    • @0.30.2
      @0.30.2 5 лет назад +1

      Aye!

    • @yota1092
      @yota1092 5 лет назад +20

      @FactsOverFeelings Matter ... Typical ignorant reply

    • @Big_Not_Good
      @Big_Not_Good 5 лет назад +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.

  • @Son-Of-David1990
    @Son-Of-David1990 2 года назад +130

    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

  • @sergio446
    @sergio446 5 лет назад +613

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

    • @codguy12
      @codguy12 5 лет назад +1

      Ok

    • @stonedsloth6367
      @stonedsloth6367 5 лет назад

      Educated people

    • @anders5611
      @anders5611 5 лет назад +1

      Not politics

    • @bl4ckh4t29
      @bl4ckh4t29 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад +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

  • @jacobdegitz2196
    @jacobdegitz2196 5 лет назад +1767

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

    • @TheDaxter11
      @TheDaxter11 5 лет назад +180

      "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 года назад +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 4 года назад +50

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

    • @blankblank5409
      @blankblank5409 4 года назад +3

      kang C *O* . *O*

    • @midnightrun5622
      @midnightrun5622 3 года назад

      How was he not Purina Bear Chow?

  • @Fantomfields
    @Fantomfields 5 лет назад +415

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

    • @themaconeau
      @themaconeau 5 лет назад +1

      Shouldn't have touched them then 😬🤣

    • @martylawson1638
      @martylawson1638 5 лет назад +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.

  • @ayushisrivastava9796
    @ayushisrivastava9796 3 года назад +16

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

  • @AREALLYBIGSPOON
    @AREALLYBIGSPOON 5 лет назад +600

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

    • @username-rs4vf
      @username-rs4vf 5 лет назад +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.

    • @jt1738x
      @jt1738x 5 лет назад +1

      Cracked me up

    • @i.i.iiii.i.i
      @i.i.iiii.i.i 5 лет назад

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

    • @lengaming1651
      @lengaming1651 5 лет назад +1

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

    • @revenevan11
      @revenevan11 5 лет назад +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).

  • @ronl9357
    @ronl9357 5 лет назад +5634

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

  • @mookimukay3077
    @mookimukay3077 5 лет назад +917

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

    • @autumnfire1490
      @autumnfire1490 5 лет назад +27

      ‘’We left multiple nuclear launch sites’’

    • @orange-cuttleanimations7577
      @orange-cuttleanimations7577 4 года назад +7

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

    • @ElliFong
      @ElliFong 3 года назад

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

  • @JosephChan4701
    @JosephChan4701 3 года назад +465

    "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 2 года назад

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

    • @robbieaulia6462
      @robbieaulia6462 Год назад +3

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

  • @HunterR1177
    @HunterR1177 4 года назад +299

    "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 3 года назад +2

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

  • @valentinroncoli7949
    @valentinroncoli7949 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад

      No its really weird

    • @conorstewart2214
      @conorstewart2214 5 лет назад

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

    • @conorstewart2214
      @conorstewart2214 5 лет назад +18

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

    • @stevedonovan22
      @stevedonovan22 5 лет назад

      That blew my mind

  • @johnnyskellington9581
    @johnnyskellington9581 5 лет назад +3069

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

    • @ginofoogle6944
      @ginofoogle6944 5 лет назад +50

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

    • @MdFaisal-ut9uv
      @MdFaisal-ut9uv 5 лет назад +3

      @Ribshok Productions suxk you own puss*

    • @Mike-zu1md
      @Mike-zu1md 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад +4

      Nah the future is complete limb regeneration

    • @kurtislucien9052
      @kurtislucien9052 5 лет назад +1

      The future doesn't exist

  • @Titaness_pheeb
    @Titaness_pheeb 2 года назад +30

    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

  • @DmitryLapshukov
    @DmitryLapshukov 5 лет назад +334

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

    • @bubbyroosh4038
      @bubbyroosh4038 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад +3

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

    • @yerp1554
      @yerp1554 5 лет назад +7

      IamJAG_GG Elon musk is already doing that

    • @DaSquareful
      @DaSquareful 5 лет назад +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?

    • @ØØØØ-s3q
      @ØØØØ-s3q 5 лет назад

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

  • @MaxGalofre
    @MaxGalofre 5 лет назад +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.

    •  5 лет назад +7

      @Jesse James Awake320 Facts. That's also on us, we never elect the right people in office. Haven't seen anyone protest against wars since the Vietnam War.

    • @Khyrid
      @Khyrid 5 лет назад

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

  • @drunkcj4236
    @drunkcj4236 4 года назад +683

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

    • @wanderbolt9498
      @wanderbolt9498 3 года назад +13

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

  • @danieldoucet8687
    @danieldoucet8687 3 года назад +6

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

  • @modelllichtsysteme
    @modelllichtsysteme 3 года назад +784

    A true engineer!

    • @ghost-ul1dl
      @ghost-ul1dl 3 года назад +2

      ну да он инженер а вы думали он повар??

    • @alexhaile7957
      @alexhaile7957 3 года назад

      @Repent!. Jesus went down on me once in a bathroom truck stop in central PA

  • @sky9high611
    @sky9high611 5 лет назад +498

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

    • @333n3wk34333
      @333n3wk34333 5 лет назад +38

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

    • @Kanielwhiskey
      @Kanielwhiskey 5 лет назад +8

      I knew I would find that comment!

    • @May-gr8bp
      @May-gr8bp 3 года назад +2

      apex legends meme

    • @YaBoi-cx8yu
      @YaBoi-cx8yu 3 года назад +4

      *titanfall music playing in the background*

    • @blurrytracerwr5265
      @blurrytracerwr5265 3 года назад

      @@333n3wk34333 😆😆😆😆

  • @JohnPorsbjerg
    @JohnPorsbjerg 5 лет назад +110

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

  • @acjointseparationcrashcourse
    @acjointseparationcrashcourse Год назад +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.

  • @bukovinian
    @bukovinian 5 лет назад +247

    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 5 лет назад +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_ 5 лет назад +79

      TheAstronomyDude damn what an evil person you are. Shame!

    • @spinachhouse
      @spinachhouse 5 лет назад +29

      Shame on you AstronomyDude

    • @gorrthegod
      @gorrthegod 5 лет назад +18

      @@TheAstronomyDude It is a gamble.

    • @paulian1888
      @paulian1888 5 лет назад +33

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

  • @paulmckenzie5155
    @paulmckenzie5155 5 лет назад +620

    "oh those are live wires" 😂

  • @JustinSmith-ph1le
    @JustinSmith-ph1le 5 лет назад +23

    I hope they are getting a lot of vets into having this done for them.

  • @macbuff81
    @macbuff81 2 года назад +1

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

  • @magalaleo9949
    @magalaleo9949 4 года назад +831

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

    • @nicolasstagliano3213
      @nicolasstagliano3213 4 года назад +4

      I was thinking the exact same thing

    • @swiftsetrider4543
      @swiftsetrider4543 4 года назад +5

      I wonder if he could insulate them

    • @ResasRandomStuff
      @ResasRandomStuff 4 года назад +10

      i dont think its that hard to make them waterproof

    • @kasuraga
      @kasuraga 4 года назад +17

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

    • @igorordecha
      @igorordecha 4 года назад +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

  • @am_taur3001
    @am_taur3001 5 лет назад +236

    In my ideal world, these people are my celebrities.

    • @liamschallock5346
      @liamschallock5346 5 лет назад +3

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

    • @marquez4497
      @marquez4497 5 лет назад

      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 5 лет назад +4

      @Anthony Lopez ok boomer

    • @dannyherrera1598
      @dannyherrera1598 5 лет назад

      @@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 5 лет назад +2

      @@dannyherrera1598 ok boomer

  • @jamzee_
    @jamzee_ 4 года назад +735

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

    • @jabberwocky1707
      @jabberwocky1707 4 года назад +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_ 4 года назад +20

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

    • @pwnmeisterage
      @pwnmeisterage 3 года назад +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 года назад +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 года назад +4

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

  • @foxman105
    @foxman105 2 года назад +54

    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.

  • @ryandavis4448
    @ryandavis4448 5 лет назад +36

    As heartbreaking as this is, it was gonna take someone in this SAME situation to bring it to the next level. No one can have more desire and technical prowess to get it done, the way he does. Kudos my friend!

  • @InspireWire
    @InspireWire 5 лет назад +660

    "The brotherhood of steel are now hostile towards you"

  • @PaKePo
    @PaKePo 5 лет назад +227

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

    • @PeaktendenCs
      @PeaktendenCs 5 лет назад +5

      I miss that so much

    • @skymm8888
      @skymm8888 5 лет назад +2

      I miss the bionicles soo much

    • @blinky4778
      @blinky4778 5 лет назад

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

    • @PaKePo
      @PaKePo 5 лет назад +1

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

    • @blinky4778
      @blinky4778 5 лет назад

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

  • @youngyang7215
    @youngyang7215 3 года назад +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.

  • @NOVIDEOSATHISCHANNEL
    @NOVIDEOSATHISCHANNEL 5 лет назад +489

    "we end disability" is an interesting statement..

    • @m_i_g_5108
      @m_i_g_5108 5 лет назад +72

      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 5 лет назад +31

      Well at least physical disabilities maybe

    • @kericue2065
      @kericue2065 5 лет назад +9

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

    • @marywangen4696
      @marywangen4696 5 лет назад +2

      Very interesting statement

    • @seph.
      @seph. 5 лет назад

      @@SeattleRingHunter No.

  • @wolfofdubai
    @wolfofdubai 5 лет назад +41

    I love engineering.
    It opens so many new opportunities on so many levels.

  • @armandenaseem5431
    @armandenaseem5431 4 года назад +63

    I met Mr. Herr several years ago as my father teaches at MIT. Very inspiring man.

    • @zainseyal
      @zainseyal 3 года назад

      MashaAllah. What does your dad teach?

    • @HIPPYGOATWITHCHEESE
      @HIPPYGOATWITHCHEESE 3 года назад

      Thats not even how u spell his name. U sure u met him?

    • @n.ducanh
      @n.ducanh 3 года назад

      @@HIPPYGOATWITHCHEESE so what is his name?

  • @Clara_Page
    @Clara_Page 2 года назад +2

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

  • @kgkendall845
    @kgkendall845 5 лет назад +441

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

    • @justbreathe8835
      @justbreathe8835 5 лет назад +6

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

    • @KalRandom
      @KalRandom 5 лет назад +3

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

    • @oi-nf9uz
      @oi-nf9uz 5 лет назад +13

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

    • @firebreathercat133
      @firebreathercat133 5 лет назад +7

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

    • @raymondfrye5017
      @raymondfrye5017 5 лет назад

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

  • @visualonestudio
    @visualonestudio 5 лет назад +359

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

    • @amitkumar-sz6ze
      @amitkumar-sz6ze 4 года назад +3

      A lot of meanings would change in future

    • @soughtsdad6628
      @soughtsdad6628 4 года назад

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

    • @templar-yu5ve
      @templar-yu5ve 3 года назад

      @@soughtsdad6628 I’ve been their before

    • @flyingeagle1278
      @flyingeagle1278 3 года назад

      Underrated

  • @joshualee2460
    @joshualee2460 5 лет назад +632

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

    • @canyoushutup12
      @canyoushutup12 5 лет назад +10

      Lets go

    • @vaughanellis7866
      @vaughanellis7866 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад +2

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

    • @bud1221
      @bud1221 5 лет назад +3

      I'll be 97 if I make it to 2100

    • @wbhsjajdjwbwb6758
      @wbhsjajdjwbwb6758 5 лет назад

      @@bud1221 correction as soon as 2028 mark my words

  • @sumedhrbajra
    @sumedhrbajra Год назад +1

    This is what true courage is. There is always hope and where there is hope, there is always a place to re-create. That's where the creative mind starts to take place and great things are born.

  • @DamagedF0X
    @DamagedF0X 5 лет назад +7

    5:58
    Extremely incredible. Gate is nearly perfect.
    It only keeps getting better.

  • @AdeelKhan1
    @AdeelKhan1 5 лет назад +33

    Hugh Herr's bionic prosthetics keep getting more amazing!

  • @n00bhotline
    @n00bhotline 5 лет назад +59

    “Those are live wires” that was a close one. Mom would’ve been pissed about that

  • @iCortex1
    @iCortex1 Год назад +1

    8:30 oh my, that somehow brought tears to my eyes, I fuking love people like this. You will accomplish great things sir.

  • @chase_h.01
    @chase_h.01 5 лет назад +421

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

    • @DutchOrbit
      @DutchOrbit 5 лет назад +62

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

    • @Volfur2251
      @Volfur2251 5 лет назад +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 года назад +12

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

    • @BlackRose-rp7kv
      @BlackRose-rp7kv 4 года назад +8

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

    • @JeffGranja27
      @JeffGranja27 4 года назад +2

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

  • @kekkaisenn6497
    @kekkaisenn6497 5 лет назад +153

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

    • @mistercohaagen
      @mistercohaagen 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад +5

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

    • @mistercohaagen
      @mistercohaagen 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад +1

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

  • @xyrenegade
    @xyrenegade 4 года назад +25

    Her wife looks so proud of him. Any person who chooses his family first is a person I can respect.

  • @jacobgavin149
    @jacobgavin149 Год назад +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.

  • @orangeboy97
    @orangeboy97 5 лет назад +351

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

    • @bleh6232
      @bleh6232 5 лет назад +7

      Gl

    • @kappamaster7179
      @kappamaster7179 5 лет назад +17

      still very, very far from doing anything like this

    • @Gabagool22
      @Gabagool22 5 лет назад +19

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

    • @ishigamiyu1991
      @ishigamiyu1991 5 лет назад +31

      @@kappamaster7179 give the guy a bit of motivation 😂

    • @dadinggo
      @dadinggo 5 лет назад +14

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

  • @forgiveness_denied
    @forgiveness_denied 5 лет назад +133

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

  • @puglord7176
    @puglord7176 3 года назад +75

    watching this in 2021 and thinking "wonder how much he improved that thing during quarantine"

  • @RatKing-jy9qf
    @RatKing-jy9qf 3 года назад +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

  • @chrishickman7059
    @chrishickman7059 5 лет назад +380

    "I wouldn't call myself an inventor"
    6:10 "I am also an engineer and an inventor"

    • @dxfvgyhjh
      @dxfvgyhjh 4 года назад +9

      that was fast right?

    • @jamzee_
      @jamzee_ 4 года назад +24

      I too, am very humble.

    • @MaximilianonMars
      @MaximilianonMars 4 года назад +3

      He changed his mind halfway through.

    • @Alucard-gt1zf
      @Alucard-gt1zf 3 года назад

      @GenuinePsychopath no ge says inventor

  • @meccamiles7816
    @meccamiles7816 5 лет назад +497

    Magic is real; we just call it science.

    • @jmfm-r2q
      @jmfm-r2q 5 лет назад +12

      Exurb1a

    • @pattrickc8546
      @pattrickc8546 5 лет назад +4

      this is so true

    • @alalalala57
      @alalalala57 5 лет назад +8

      @@jmfm-r2q Disability (noun) *was* a physical and mental condition that limited a person's movements, senses, or activities.

    • @WAVE0025
      @WAVE0025 5 лет назад +12

      Sounds like a line that someone from Dr stone would say

    • @muhammadrafay9490
      @muhammadrafay9490 5 лет назад

      Yes brother you are right !

  • @Dekarowski25
    @Dekarowski25 5 лет назад +89

    He has the technology. He can rebuild himself.

    • @neonblud9595
      @neonblud9595 5 лет назад

      6 Million Dollar Man reference 👍🏼

    • @d3lsl0w
      @d3lsl0w 5 лет назад +2

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

    • @TheLe016
      @TheLe016 5 лет назад

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

  • @u0aol1
    @u0aol1 2 года назад +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

  • @swiftcee266
    @swiftcee266 5 лет назад +218

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

    • @caraxes_noodleboi
      @caraxes_noodleboi 4 года назад +8

      Darth Vader is just a few decades away

    • @Tim-57
      @Tim-57 4 года назад +6

      Make him stronger and faster...

    • @rightuppercut1426
      @rightuppercut1426 4 года назад +4

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

  • @holy7660
    @holy7660 4 года назад +29

    His smile made my day. He was smiling especially more when his son was touchinh his toes lmao.

  • @mikecryea
    @mikecryea 5 лет назад +5

    I remember watching Dr. Herr's TED talk about biomechanics about 5 or 6 years ago and feeling enchanted by the progress we have made as humanity. Also as a former student of robotics, it had always been my desire to one day see the days in which robotics don't necessarily exceed humanity's ability but compliments it.
    We're at this point now, with our many mistakes and errors as a species but we are exceptional, let us learn and improve together to become even more so.

  • @SegmentW
    @SegmentW Год назад

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

  • @tomerwin1472
    @tomerwin1472 5 лет назад +34

    None of this was even conceivable just 20 years ago. Imagine how far this will go.

  • @Ohhdeeds
    @Ohhdeeds 5 лет назад +10

    As someone who’s studying Biomed Eng, if I ever lose motivation I’ll always come back to this

  • @royalarmy1837
    @royalarmy1837 4 года назад +127

    7:51, Daddy casually telling his son "That's live wires".

    • @aldervic6293
      @aldervic6293 3 года назад +10

      Gosh diggity darn it. My child diggity combusted into flames because of these electronic components on my prosthetic. Oh well.

  • @Shuniverse
    @Shuniverse 2 года назад +1

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

  • @adamlentz6708
    @adamlentz6708 3 года назад +10

    My mom lost her hands and feet to sepsis when I was 15, and this kind of research is not only mind blowing, but hits relatively close to home. I can't wait to see what all changes over the next year, decade, and over my lifetime.

  • @diegomarquez971
    @diegomarquez971 5 лет назад +400

    “I don’t like to think of my self as an inventor”
    A few minutes later
    “But Im also and engineer and an inventor”
    6:08

    • @Shikadi134
      @Shikadi134 5 лет назад

      Diego Marquez was thinking about commenting this same thing hahaha

    • @toubo6249
      @toubo6249 5 лет назад +31

      He doesn't like to think of himself as an inventor, but he is one.

    • @Jafmanz
      @Jafmanz 5 лет назад +9

      @@toubo6249 Indeed, not liking to think of ones self as such but understanding ones nature is perfectly reasonable. The OP and the 100+ goons that liked his comment are not M.I.T material.

    • @newp0rt
      @newp0rt 5 лет назад +3

      @@Jafmanz well to be fair less than 1% are close to MIT material. the world is way more brain dead than you think. of course out of 800,000 views there will be 100+ people dumb enough to not understand what the MIT engineer said. ive learned to lower my expectations of youtube commentors to the bare minimum.

    • @Jafmanz
      @Jafmanz 5 лет назад

      @@newp0rt No they are not more brain dead than I think. They are however evidently less braindead than you think...

  • @idoyt8684
    @idoyt8684 5 лет назад +123

    “Wow Gordon, that MIT education really paid for itself” - Barney

    • @therealsteel1634
      @therealsteel1634 5 лет назад +5

      Luv dat half life reference

    • @bob-mu5ys
      @bob-mu5ys 5 лет назад +5

      Gordon let me get a look at you man. You haven't changed one iota how do you do it man?

    • @GamerDude27
      @GamerDude27 5 лет назад +2

      Still waiting for that beer he owes me

    • @harshdeepsingh4219
      @harshdeepsingh4219 5 лет назад +2

      HL3 confirmed 😂

  • @shuntebikes
    @shuntebikes 3 года назад +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

  • @PobonsPing
    @PobonsPing 5 лет назад +129

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

  • @alexacosta148
    @alexacosta148 3 года назад +21

    That's incredible and amazing, the work you guys do is truly beyond all speech. The amount of people you help with your research is inspiring.

  • @matthewdechello4325
    @matthewdechello4325 4 года назад +5

    This is by far one of the most amazing things I have ever seen and truly shows how limitless innovation and dedication to thinking about what can be rather than what is yields.

  • @mikeresler2741
    @mikeresler2741 Год назад

    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

  • @Leyla-pq3fe
    @Leyla-pq3fe 3 года назад +35

    Wow fantastic!!! I’m in engineering major also and my final project homework in one of my classes is about 3D designing an artificial leg and writing a report about it. This video was so inspirational. And seeing a college student helped this leg to happen is much more inspirational for me! Thank you!

  • @jalakor
    @jalakor 5 лет назад +7

    I hope that this type of technology becomes more and more available and as it becomes so, the price drops (basic system of supply and demand), so that more people have access to this.

  • @AsuraDandy
    @AsuraDandy 3 года назад +30

    Wow, that blew my mind when he started moving it up and down like that. we've come a really long way, we're now able to start connecting cybernetics to biology. In a few years, we're gonna start actually connecting veins to synthetic veins to truly get perfect feedback.

  • @ZJasmineDragon
    @ZJasmineDragon 2 года назад +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.

  • @snowysnoozledo1959
    @snowysnoozledo1959 5 лет назад +14

    This is heart warming. Loseing any limb is my main fear.

  • @armchairrocketscientist4934
    @armchairrocketscientist4934 5 лет назад +28

    7:54 - "Oh those are live wires!" 😂
    I love kids.

  • @daniboy2619
    @daniboy2619 5 лет назад +60

    I see that mit education is really paying off.