How much have prosthetics advanced in the last 10 years? How

>>60878052
A little bit. A lot. Maybe. We still have a ways to go. We still don't have a good way to interface with nerve tissue or even attach the damn things to people.

Nerve interfaces tend to kill nerve cells, the difference in stiffness between the prosthetic and the body creates loads of problems

>>60878097
How close do you think near-perfect cybernetics are?

>>60878191
problem is the connection. I don't think nobody solved the whole melding metal/flesh without side effects yet.

>>60878285
How many years til we solve this problem, if ever?

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>>60878324
100.

Cybernetic legs are getting pretty damn good; if you have a below-knee amputation you can run/jog/climb stairs as good as if not better than a normal person with new biomechatronics.

>>60878285
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osseointegration
We can use titanium to fuse bone to metal as a basic physical anchor.
Neurons need a bit more work, since the entire length of your nervous system does a little bit of thinking, translation, and auto reaction down the way.

We need to integrate a long term neural interface with machine learning in the limb itself to mimic the missing portions.

>>60878449
The large stiffness difference between titanium and bone means that osseointegrated prothesis can sometimes get ripped out of bone.
>>60878191
>>60878324
beats me