How we'll become cyborgs and extend human potential | Hugh Herr

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  • čas přidán 19. 06. 2018
  • Humans will soon have new bodies that forever blur the line between the natural and synthetic worlds, says bionics designer Hugh Herr. In an unforgettable talk, he details "NeuroEmbodied Design," a methodology for creating cyborg function that he's developing at the MIT Media Lab, and shows us a future where we've augmented our bodies in a way that will redefine human potential -- and, maybe, turn us into superheroes. "During the twilight years of this century, I believe humans will be unrecognizable in morphology and dynamics from what we are today," Herr says. "Humanity will take flight and soar."
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  • @Jmotist
    @Jmotist Před 6 lety +1712

    If this guy came to me and told me he's a time traveller i'd believe him. Just look at his suit. It's awesome.

  • @kkkkkkkk811
    @kkkkkkkk811 Před 5 lety +606

    I'm a 28 female suffering from severe physical disability, which is CIDP.
    It's absolutely impossible for me to lead a life without assistance, and my QOL is extremely low.
    I want to be freed from these distresses so I want death with dignity.
    However if I can get BiOM, I want live more.
    I want to walk, run and take my lovely dog out for a walk.
    So I want this soooooooooooo much.

    • @BossKillRatio
      @BossKillRatio Před 5 lety +67

      Hang in there, look at the progress of technology. All of this will soon be affordable to everyone. You could also contact people like Hugh Herr, who knows maybe they will take you as a test subject. Humanity is in for a roller coaster of a ride, you wouldn't want to miss it.

    • @starman7645
      @starman7645 Před 4 lety +16

      Give me your address i promise you won't feel a thing

    • @kkkkkkkk811
      @kkkkkkkk811 Před 4 lety +10

      @@starman7645 Thank you, anyway. I live in Japan, so I will not be able to get this BiOM.

    • @LamZL1
      @LamZL1 Před 4 lety +4

      Stay strong!!! We are all rooting for you! Contact Hugh Herr!! The time is now!

    • @vixshire3672
      @vixshire3672 Před 4 lety

      Aina K ms or mis, K I truly hope you can find a reality in this aspiration of course time will be the teller of your fortune but with luck on your side it could be possible to do what you wish for and more

  • @MrAykut23
    @MrAykut23 Před 6 lety +683

    Leonardo Da Vinci would probably be saying "About fkn time" at this

    • @SpudEater
      @SpudEater Před 3 lety +7

      I can't begin to comprehend the things that crossed that man's mind that never reached paper.

    • @yorneustein7851
      @yorneustein7851 Před 3 lety +1

      Probably would take out a note and flex that he got the idea first

  • @lorenzoiaccarini6966
    @lorenzoiaccarini6966 Před 5 lety +400

    we'll hear a lot about this guy in 20 years or so

    • @FrogEnjoyer17
      @FrogEnjoyer17 Před 5 lety +38

      The Elon Musk of cybernetics

    • @thedark333side4
      @thedark333side4 Před 4 lety +28

      @@FrogEnjoyer17 more like elon musk's competitor because elon musk is also working on cybernetics(neuralink)

    • @Flamdring
      @Flamdring Před 4 lety +23

      @@thedark333side4 , they could also end up cooperating. It is far better than constantly fighting each other when they both want to help the world.

    • @thedark333side4
      @thedark333side4 Před 4 lety +7

      @@Flamdring I meant it as a constructive type of competition that helps lift the human enhancement field in general

    • @thedark333side4
      @thedark333side4 Před 4 lety +2

      @Daniel Appleton 😂😂👍

  • @oceanaji9074
    @oceanaji9074 Před 6 lety +300

    " Humanity will end disability in this 21th century " wow that gives me chill ! I will try to be part of that process, it would be so great to help that many people 😃

    • @icarus387
      @icarus387 Před 6 lety +33

      Really makes me want to go into biomedical engineering/bioengineering.

    • @celestialcircledance
      @celestialcircledance Před 6 lety +6

      Okay but its still an amazing improvement over a wheelchair and the proprioception takes it a step further . Hope the wings don't malfunction mid flight lol but we shmuks have to take what we can get .

    • @departmentofanalytics1116
      @departmentofanalytics1116 Před 6 lety +16

      Ok. I am going to recap what this religious zealot Awakened2Christ is all talking about. Basically they wrote a 480 words paragraph dancing around 3 "logical" arguments:
      1. Technology is evil. No question asked. (Does not sound like religious indoctrination at all, doesn't it?)
      2. Apparently anything biological is by default immortal, cheap and safe 100%. (NOT.)
      3. You are dumb.
      Oh, and also they are copy pasting this stupid paragraph everywhere.
      To give my least efforts to the development of transhumanism, I'll follow them then.

    • @OptimusNiaa
      @OptimusNiaa Před 5 lety +7

      What of people who are born disabled? People who don't have any sort of "residuum?" If someone never had a right hand. Their brain never learned how to communicate with a hand that wasn't there. Moreover, their right arm may not have the nerves and muscles that would have gone to that non-existent hand.
      I'm not saying this technology is thus worthless. But helping amputees, while great, isn't the same thing as ending disability.

    • @Wolfbeast-gu8nk
      @Wolfbeast-gu8nk Před 5 lety +15

      @Awakened2Truth - Disciple of Jesus the Christ "Technology is evil" you say as you're certainly using some form of technology to comment on this video

  • @dag_will2615
    @dag_will2615 Před 3 lety +333

    2018: "Look at how these prosthetics move! It's so realistic!"
    2034: "And this button activates the plasma cannon..."

    • @nityanandsarkar8054
      @nityanandsarkar8054 Před 3 lety +8

      Future is hopeful

    • @iamaperson1089
      @iamaperson1089 Před 2 lety +12

      "Don't push this one it'll fire the death star.."

    • @SStupendous
      @SStupendous Před 2 lety +3

      The title looks like something I'd imagine on Mondas before the full cyber conversion... prosthetics are good, but uncompulsory cybernetic enhancement is just one step towards true cybermen being created.

    • @trijit96
      @trijit96 Před 2 lety +4

      Deus Ex

    • @crying_hippy
      @crying_hippy Před 2 lety +2

      This button regrows the skin over that bullet hole, this one prints the tendons, and this one prints the muscle and this one, oh crap, I pushed the go go gadget rocket arm!

  • @departmentofanalytics1116
    @departmentofanalytics1116 Před 6 lety +353

    Wow, I thought this would be a dreamer bullshitting about the future, but he is talking about the real, the present!

    • @riftis2210
      @riftis2210 Před 6 lety +28

      well the humans with wings part was pretty dreamy

    • @Appletank8
      @Appletank8 Před 5 lety

      Check out his older video, its pretty great.

    • @pawala7
      @pawala7 Před 5 lety +8

      Hugh Herr is a legend in the biomechatronics world. Highly recommended watching his early Ted Talks just to see how far he's gone in so little time.

    • @mrdoormat6809
      @mrdoormat6809 Před 5 lety +37

      Everything we had now are basically byproducks of dreamy, imaginative bullshit of the past.

    • @norberto6005
      @norberto6005 Před 4 lety +5

      @@riftis2210 dreamy? why? 30 years ago his legs were dreamy... robot legs that u can feel actually?

  • @mohannadrayan6782
    @mohannadrayan6782 Před 6 lety +150

    The future I dreamed as a kid is becoming soooooooooo much closer to reality

  • @shanepye7078
    @shanepye7078 Před 6 lety +244

    Happy to see him again at TED

    • @awesomeduck500
      @awesomeduck500 Před 4 lety

      Different prosthetics from the ted tall 6 years ago

  • @HistoryofU
    @HistoryofU Před 6 lety +367

    Detroit: Become Cyborg

    • @succmadick6724
      @succmadick6724 Před 6 lety +2

      Godiva lol haha

    • @guitarman0365
      @guitarman0365 Před 6 lety +8

      androids are not the same thing. that game is not relevant to this topic.

    • @HistoryofU
      @HistoryofU Před 6 lety +11

      i know they're not. i'm making it a point to draw a comparison still

    • @kaybevang536
      @kaybevang536 Před 5 lety +3

      Raiden from Metal Gear

    • @raiderfox7229
      @raiderfox7229 Před 5 lety +5

      Boston: Become Machine

  • @domss1174
    @domss1174 Před 5 lety +39

    Wow this cyber foot is freaking amazing, I wasn't even expecting the brain connection part, I hope this get implemented all around the world very soon. Cyber Hands, fingers, legs, ... So many people need this

  • @zeromailss
    @zeromailss Před 6 lety +1226

    Cyberpunk 2077

  • @logicandreason3812
    @logicandreason3812 Před 6 lety +378

    If i get to fly in real life before i die i definitely will die happy.

    • @whitebeboboy
      @whitebeboboy Před 6 lety +10

      Logic and Reason sky diving.

    • @gqh007
      @gqh007 Před 6 lety +18

      Get on a plane

    • @bulut6759
      @bulut6759 Před 6 lety +73

      actually you can fly and die happy but not sure about landing

    • @xboxuser561
      @xboxuser561 Před 6 lety +5

      james lee wisdom jr Not so much flying as it is safely falling at terminal velocity

    • @logicandreason3812
      @logicandreason3812 Před 6 lety +11

      I was obviously referring to a kind of flight like birds or even better like iron man.

  • @luisoquendo1999
    @luisoquendo1999 Před 3 lety +96

    "There is no truth in flesh, only betrayal."
    "There is no strength in flesh, only weakness."
    "There is no constancy in flesh, only decay."
    "There is no certainty in flesh but death."
    - Credo Omnissiah

    • @EnragedTurkey
      @EnragedTurkey Před 3 lety +2

      @Tz'arkhan having junk only helps Slaanesh anyways

    • @themyst733
      @themyst733 Před 2 lety +2

      Anyone from Yogic culture will understand the importance of spine

    • @mohammedmujamil6448
      @mohammedmujamil6448 Před 2 lety +1

      Well... Can we avoid death?

    • @Elia-fn8jv
      @Elia-fn8jv Před měsícem

      i was looking for this.....

  • @shadowdance4666
    @shadowdance4666 Před 6 lety +52

    I really wonder where humanity will be in 50 years

    • @no-vb2oe
      @no-vb2oe Před 4 lety +2

      Dinosaurs will do their comeback that would be lit

    • @bllodwolf2431
      @bllodwolf2431 Před 3 lety

      I believe therere will be less humanity in us. Computer parts will improve so much you might not even be able to tell what's real and what's a cybernetic part. It may even get better than a human part (take an eye for example)

    • @moseses3414
      @moseses3414 Před 3 lety

      @@bllodwolf2431 not my eyes 👀

  • @pridefulobserver3807
    @pridefulobserver3807 Před 5 lety +58

    WINGS !! I WANT THEM !! (dies on first try of flying...)

    • @pawala7
      @pawala7 Před 5 lety +13

      We're too heavy for wings. We'd need to hollow out our bones and throw away some organs to achieve flappy winged flight. Compact jet engines on the other hand...

  • @420cm
    @420cm Před 4 lety +34

    We're living in the earliest era of the future

    • @starheller2083
      @starheller2083 Před 2 lety +2

      We are living in the end times. Jesus is coming back to put an end to all of this foolishness.

  • @thomasholstjohansen8939
    @thomasholstjohansen8939 Před 4 lety +111

    "We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better, than he was. Better, stronger, faster."

    • @dreshaunbarnes3658
      @dreshaunbarnes3658 Před 4 lety +1

      Million Dollar Man

    • @sithican5706
      @sithican5706 Před 3 lety +1

      yeah no way you made that urself

    • @MrEnjaycee
      @MrEnjaycee Před 2 lety

      @kanggaro 'Six million dollar man' starring Lee Majors was a TV series. A spin-off was the 'Bionic woman' starring Lyndsay Wagner..

    • @reynaldomercado
      @reynaldomercado Před 2 lety

      How much we enjoyed that tv series... Looks like it became a real thing soon.

    • @angeladavis2380
      @angeladavis2380 Před 2 lety

      @@dreshaunbarnes3658 SIX million dollar man

  • @amarthgul5578
    @amarthgul5578 Před 5 lety +49

    I’m an engineering student and I’m literally crying watching this, that’s the future I’m looking for

  • @ASLUHLUHCE
    @ASLUHLUHCE Před 6 lety +43

    Hey I remember this guy from when he talked about advanced prosthetics. I'm looking forward to seeing his progress over the last few years

  • @gamingheadztvMediaHeadztv
    @gamingheadztvMediaHeadztv Před 5 lety +69

    I lost my leg to cancer and would love the same legs he has

    • @rappeldo
      @rappeldo Před 5 lety +42

      I lost my lower left leg in a tram accident 18 years ago. I'm so used to it now that my disability is just a part of me.
      When I just saw the clip of the guy moving that foot around I felt a weird sensation in my body and started to cry a little bit. Why? I don't know.
      I think it has to do with actually seeing it in the real-world instead of sci-fi stuff.
      Like it instantly occurred to me that.. that could be ME... US! Ah well.. who knows right? I'm 30 years old now and hope I get to see this happen. That would be so bizarre..
      Now that I think of it.. after 18 years.. would I still want to go back? Sorry for my babbling but this video made my brain go haywire :P
      Time will tell. Greets from The Netherlands \m/

    • @snikrepak
      @snikrepak Před 3 lety +3

      @@rappeldo this is our future, hopefully we can replace spinal injury's. And this gentleman here has prooves to me that we are not only on the right path, but we are over achieved the goal, to have our lives back, plus more. Our body's are only the beginning to enhance, next will be our very minds.

  • @kathleenkuhn9599
    @kathleenkuhn9599 Před 4 lety +44

    I am so hopeful for those with disabilities and for those invested in longevity after watching this talk!!! Congratulations on your success !! Thank you for making the world a better place !!!

    • @laughingvampire7555
      @laughingvampire7555 Před 8 měsíci +1

      now the challenge is to make these cheap and accessible to millions in the world.

  • @ry8246
    @ry8246 Před 6 lety +144

    He has bionic limb.
    He climbs wall.
    Genji confirmed.

  • @Ctw1313
    @Ctw1313 Před 6 lety +7

    This guy, if his first ted talk wasn't already the best one, this one will take the top place. Epic. What a time to be living in.

  • @stevenbaumann8692
    @stevenbaumann8692 Před 6 lety +533

    “Resistance is futile”...sorry. I couldn’t help myself.

    • @Kcimor78
      @Kcimor78 Před 6 lety +4

      Steven Baumann 😂😂😂

    • @MetallicReg
      @MetallicReg Před 6 lety +31

      Well *it is* . This is indeed unavoidable and no amount of old fundamentalistic ideology could ever change it.

    • @stevenbaumann8692
      @stevenbaumann8692 Před 6 lety +15

      MetallicReg well. That depends. Don’t get me wrong. I’m all for it. Society as a whole appears to be regressing. If it continues to do so, all this technology and science could become lost.

    • @MetallicReg
      @MetallicReg Před 6 lety +17

      Don't worry, it doesn't in reality. It is just that the small conservative minorities do a great job of crying louder in a globalized world while the rest is busy building it up.
      All the statistics are clear about this one - the majority is getting access to education and can sustain their life. This leads directly to the eradication of fundamentalism and other ideologies.
      You just can witness the "last resistance" of some major dying cults.

    • @stevenbaumann8692
      @stevenbaumann8692 Před 6 lety +6

      MetallicReg I hope so. With all the flat earth idiots. I worry.

  • @itshelpa
    @itshelpa Před 6 lety +227

    I loved the talk but did he have to dress like a Bond villain? ^^

    • @sAMiAm1
      @sAMiAm1 Před 6 lety +3

      itshelpa lol

    • @SGrahamArt
      @SGrahamArt Před 6 lety +55

      Well, at least he's trying to break away from the standard men's uniform that's been the only choice for us for the last few decades. Good for him. Awesome tech though!

    • @susang9753
      @susang9753 Před 5 lety +9

      It is the turtleneck 😂😂

    • @lisabella6687
      @lisabella6687 Před 4 lety +4

      No, I'm not a StarTrek fan, but he is dressed like the character "Data," who is not a villain. He's a "cyborg" (a human-like robot). This was not a reference to the James Bond movies.

    • @DEEPANJANBISWAS
      @DEEPANJANBISWAS Před 4 lety

      I think his dress compliments his name.

  • @Malikramus
    @Malikramus Před 6 lety +8

    This overwhelmed me emotionally a little at the end. People are walking again, hearing again, seeing again. The future is bright! ♥

  • @TheSwordcluts
    @TheSwordcluts Před 6 lety +151

    Those damn synths...

    • @foxboiunknown320
      @foxboiunknown320 Před 5 lety +9

      Ad victoriam!

    • @skylerreichenbach207
      @skylerreichenbach207 Před 5 lety +4

      Ad victoriam sentinel

    • @kazomazo6646
      @kazomazo6646 Před 4 lety +3

      Thank you for showing us his location we will despatch a courser ASAP. Regards " The institute". ps join us or be replaced with a better version of you ! :)

    • @PrideBornAmadi
      @PrideBornAmadi Před 4 lety +1

      FYI Arthur Maxson is a cyborg similar to this. Year old comment but thought I should mention it.

    • @ghosthuntergirl2048
      @ghosthuntergirl2048 Před 4 lety +2

      Synths rule!!!

  • @StreetMan2720
    @StreetMan2720 Před 6 lety +10

    Kudos! to Professor Herr for his work with bionics and his courage in recovering from his mountain-climbing accident. Needless to say, many people will be supplied with prosthetic limbs because of bionics.

  • @GIGroundNPound
    @GIGroundNPound Před 3 lety +17

    THIS RIGHT HERE is a CROWING ACHIEVEMENT of human ingenuity and medicine. Well done! This is what we can do if we decide that we can be more and give more to create a BETTER human experience. So beyond proud of these wonderful men and women of Project Cyborg to help make peoples' lives better!

  • @dextrian
    @dextrian Před 6 lety +12

    That research is a HUGE step forward in Bionics and Biomechatronics.
    We indeed are in the 21st century. Cyber Physical systems, augmented reality, Gene engineering (CRISPR) and Bionics are not words on some syfy media anymore, they are very real.
    In the context of Biomechatronics, that literaly means that severed parts could with enough investment in research, be replaced by robotics limbs ... stronger, faster, more precise... without the need to control it like a joystick. They just are intrinsically part of you main operational system.

  • @MagickP00dle
    @MagickP00dle Před 6 lety +36

    I can't wait for this stuff to be an option for everybody. i have a birth defect that's causing my femur to widdle away at the inside on my knee and ankle joints. It also alters my gait and posture at times leading to significant back pain. I am in chronic pain and my only options currently are prescription pain killers (which i despise) or a 50/50 surgery that could increase the pain more radically over time. On top of all that arthritis runs in my family.
    I'd gladly amputate to get cyborg limbs at this point.

    • @tentailmadara2500
      @tentailmadara2500 Před 5 lety

      Awakened2Truth - Disciple of Jesus the Christ I read half way but regenerating bones is hard

    • @louisemartin6820
      @louisemartin6820 Před 5 lety +4

      Sorry to hear about your chronic pain issues, I have the same issues relying on strong painkillers daily too, you know I can understand completely the need in terms of people with disablements being disabled myself I can see the great benefit, however being open to everyone should never be an option, if you are non disabled and healthy zero impairments, then replacing healthy parts of yourself just for an upgrade is a terrifying prospect.

    • @callmeaweeb4169
      @callmeaweeb4169 Před 4 lety +3

      @@louisemartin6820 but what if they're better than our original bodies

  • @cloudcover540
    @cloudcover540 Před 5 lety +10

    Imagine showing this to someone just 50 years ago .... makes you think what in store for the next 50

  • @seacaptain72
    @seacaptain72 Před 6 lety +6

    Of all the TED talks I've seen, this is probably the most amazing. Humanity... you have it baby

  • @Noine14159145
    @Noine14159145 Před 5 lety +37

    My right foot is slowly dying and I will loose it in a couple of years.
    Seeing this, I am less scared.

    • @bllodwolf2431
      @bllodwolf2431 Před 3 lety +9

      Hey man! How are you holding up? I'm just checking in after a year since I felt bad for you

    • @adityabhalekar3506
      @adityabhalekar3506 Před 3 lety

      It's been a couple of years. I hope your foot is good

    • @Noine14159145
      @Noine14159145 Před 3 lety

      @@adityabhalekar3506 thanks for checkin in. It got a little worse. I have therapy on the foot every other day. I can feel it getting more and more stiff. But hey, it is still attached to me, so I got that going for me.

    • @adityabhalekar3506
      @adityabhalekar3506 Před 3 lety

      @@Noine14159145 I am soo happy to hear that. Cannot even imagine knowing that one of my most vital body parts is going to lose its function. Hopefully that never happens

  • @SiimLand
    @SiimLand Před 6 lety +163

    I'm a cybernetic organism. Living tissue over a metal endoskeleton.

    • @prav1997
      @prav1997 Před 6 lety +8

      Really? What happened to your natural endoskeleton?

    • @prav1997
      @prav1997 Před 6 lety +7

      John T.. ahhh, that way. I assumed you somehow managed to grow muscle and flesh on an artificial metal endoskeleton. I am disappointed, my stupidity, my bad.

    • @pedrofontana3350
      @pedrofontana3350 Před 6 lety

      Siim Land tim ferris

    • @bradhorner
      @bradhorner Před 6 lety +2

      Siim Land it's also a good way to introduce yourself as an icebreaker.

    • @CanitJayce
      @CanitJayce Před 6 lety +1

      Siim Land so you're wolverine?

  • @user-nk2zp8hy3z
    @user-nk2zp8hy3z Před 6 lety +56

    I hope Im not dead by then

  • @MrAykut23
    @MrAykut23 Před 6 lety +48

    Officially not climbing a mountain

  • @amerlad
    @amerlad Před 4 lety +2

    i just watched his ted talk from 2014, ITS AMAZING HOW FAR HE HAS COME HOLY CRAP.

  • @TheodoreRobertBundy46
    @TheodoreRobertBundy46 Před 2 lety +4

    *From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the blessed machine. Your kind cling to your flesh as if it will not decay and fail you. One day the crude biomass that you call a temple will wither and you'll beg my kind to save you. But I am already saved. For the machine is immortal. Even in death i serve the Omnissiah*

  • @thegreyman4920
    @thegreyman4920 Před 4 lety +6

    Absolutely incredible. The advances in technology in my young life are astounding.

  • @JesusChristDenton_7
    @JesusChristDenton_7 Před 2 lety +4

    Sarif was right about one thing. It's in our nature to want to rise above our limits. Think about it. We were cold, so we harnessed fire. We were weak, so we invented tools. Every time we met an obstacle, we used creativity and ingenuity to overcome it. The cycle is inevitable. In the past, we've had to compensate for weaknesses, finding quick solutions that only benefit a few. But what if we never need to feel weak or morally conflicted again? What if the path Sarif wants us to take enables us to hold on to higher values with more stability? One thing is obvious. For the first time in history, we have a chance to steal fire from the gods. To turn away from it now - to stop pursing a future in which technology and biology combine, leading to the promise of a Singularity - would mean to deny the very essence of who we are. No doubt the road to get there will be bumpy, hurting some people along the way. But won't achieving the dream be worth it? We can become the gods we've always been striving to be. We might as well get good at it.
    - Deus Ex Human Revolution

  • @annalisasteinnes
    @annalisasteinnes Před rokem +1

    There's a documentary called "Augmented" available on PBS streaming that goes into the whole story behind the research and Herr's experiences. I wish there was more about how people can fly, but it's really good.

  • @JorgeLopez-ct2ur
    @JorgeLopez-ct2ur Před 4 lety +5

    Amazing!! Keep improving, keep discovering, keep advancing humanity and helping those that are hurt the most, or have rare disabilities

  • @vivekanandareddymaddela
    @vivekanandareddymaddela Před 5 lety +7

    Pushing the limits, Rewriting the fate, Achieving the impossible. Congratulations whole team who involved

  • @adityashankar5267
    @adityashankar5267 Před 5 lety +30

    He is Great... He didn't cry or grieve for the loss of legs. If we could improve the tech that gives him his legs we can surely make cyborgs

  • @Jayzee31519
    @Jayzee31519 Před 5 lety +2

    Haven’t heard from him in a long time, only appropriate he made yet ANOTHER leap in prosthetic technology, amazing guy

  • @Dbjjr26
    @Dbjjr26 Před 4 lety +2

    This was one of the most inspiring Ted talks I've ever seen. Awesome presentation.

  • @marlousv
    @marlousv Před 6 lety +65

    Can I get one of these, my feet are slowly paralyzing. And it is killing me inside, no one wants two floppy things at the end of their legs. And that is what I have.

    • @BankruptGreek
      @BankruptGreek Před 6 lety +1

      is that an illness or something?

    • @marlousv
      @marlousv Před 6 lety +13

      Different yes, it's CMT, not just my feet, also my hands. It's a neuropathy.

    • @jensai895
      @jensai895 Před 6 lety +13

      marlousv im sorry to hear that. hope you can find happiness

    • @marlousv
      @marlousv Před 6 lety +18

      Janzi oh I am generally very happy. Just not so happy with my body.

    • @departmentofanalytics1116
      @departmentofanalytics1116 Před 6 lety

      Sorry but a neuropathy means illness in the brain. It can't be fix with new muscels.

  • @jobsingames
    @jobsingames Před 4 lety +5

    This Talk sounds like one BIG Sales Pitch for MIT !

  • @phatrickmoore
    @phatrickmoore Před 4 lety

    the principal insight is a truly great find, I can't believe that this doesn't get more coverage

  • @jakereilly9396
    @jakereilly9396 Před rokem +3

    This video made me realize how much bionics and ai can be applied now and how far it can go in the future. This also made me realize how smart our brain is and how well it can interpret what seems to be impossible signals. Overall this video was very enlightening.

  • @MoveInSilence23
    @MoveInSilence23 Před 6 lety +76

    Transhumanism for the win!!
    I absolutely loved this one... this was great.

    • @averat84
      @averat84 Před 5 lety +2

      @@MoveInSilence23 Julian Huxley?

    • @millabasset1710
      @millabasset1710 Před 5 lety +4

      The death of death. Socialism and transhumanism will send humanity to space.

    • @marcusanark2541
      @marcusanark2541 Před 4 lety +2

      @@millabasset1710 All Transhumanist advances in the last 100 years have been done in market countries.

  • @pinballwizard_740
    @pinballwizard_740 Před 5 lety +14

    Lieutenant Dan, you got new legs.

  • @write2mel
    @write2mel Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you Professor Hugh Herr for your contributions and also for being an amazing & life-saving friend.

  • @giggle_tush708
    @giggle_tush708 Před 6 lety +1

    Truly extraordinary accomplishments in technology. I used to study prosthetic technology back in my junior year in high school, even creating designs for a powerpoint presentation. This has reignited my interest, and makes me want to go to college to help aid in this technology. Absolutely amazing accomplishments!

  • @MissingNo99
    @MissingNo99 Před 6 lety +6

    I am concerned about our humanity. I have the feeling that we can't survive without this technology, but at the same time I have the feeling it destroys something about being human.
    So interesting to think about it.

    • @morbidgirl6808
      @morbidgirl6808 Před 2 lety +1

      Cyborg here. I'm actually deaf since birth but device instilled inside my head (cochlear implant). I would say that vulnerability makes me a human. I never felt fit into disabled people and even "normal" people. I was stuck in between two but one thing is surely apparent; vulnerability. That's what makes us humans.

  • @k.r6715
    @k.r6715 Před 6 lety +156

    I want to be a cyberboi

    • @Kcimor78
      @Kcimor78 Před 6 lety

      Kobe Robinov ewww

    • @recmanyeah8272
      @recmanyeah8272 Před 6 lety

      Yes lol

    • @eagleeye5520
      @eagleeye5520 Před 6 lety +3

      You'll always be a step behind for what you're now . So be greatful

    • @Jmotist
      @Jmotist Před 6 lety +8

      Same, i think i'll do that when prosthetics will be better than our actual limbs.

    • @riftis2210
      @riftis2210 Před 6 lety +1

      Well fall off a rock, simple.

  • @alitawolf4334
    @alitawolf4334 Před 4 lety +1

    Happy to say this is the first ted talk i have watched out of my own free will

  • @pickleypick20batsnake66
    @pickleypick20batsnake66 Před 2 lety +1

    Wow ted i was amputated a year ago and ive lost everything with this amputation .i lost my job my wife and im stuck between 4 walls all day long i used to be very active but now i am the opposite.i cant go outside and play with my 10 year old daughter .i feel like a burden to everyone around me i was honestly ready to give up and now you have given me some hope .thanks a million .i actuaally would love to talk with you

  • @AJ-mw4nb
    @AJ-mw4nb Před rokem +3

    The true Cyberpunk promo

  • @iogssothoth666
    @iogssothoth666 Před 6 lety +30

    You will be upgraded!

    • @rollog1248
      @rollog1248 Před 5 lety +3

      @Awakened2Truth - Disciple of Jesus the Christ To be fair you seem less enlightened than this guy because you believe in a fairy tale.

    • @razvancisma4154
      @razvancisma4154 Před 4 lety

      cybermans... :)

  • @mrlilgucci9399
    @mrlilgucci9399 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Thank you for your lecture

  • @A4957_BT
    @A4957_BT Před 2 lety +1

    Thnx so much 4 this vid, this tech looks amazing & can help so many peeps who desperately need it.

  • @lazyskull7949
    @lazyskull7949 Před 5 lety +36

    Honestly cant wait. Cybernetics will improve the human life a lot.

  • @ForthRight
    @ForthRight Před 5 lety +44

    It is really sad how many people are against this, don't use your religion to shame others for wanting a normal life. Some people are saying "I would never let them make me half robot" this is to help people that have lost the use of their limbs, you can't imagine what that is like.

    • @OptimusNiaa
      @OptimusNiaa Před 5 lety +12

      He isn't talking about using technology just to help disabled people. He's talking about that, yes, but also trans-humanism, which is very different.

    • @pedrokantor3997
      @pedrokantor3997 Před 5 lety +7

      @@OptimusNiaa To paraphrase Ray Kurzweil, Biological evolution is too damn slow for us. With technology, we can tell it to take a hike as we leave it in the dust.

    • @OptimusNiaa
      @OptimusNiaa Před 5 lety +3

      ​@@pedrokantor3997 I was responding to the comment made by "A Brief History Of," wherein he/she said this technology is to help people have a normal life and so folks shouldn't be opposed to it. I pointed out that Mr. Herr is talking about using technology for more than letting people have a normal life, but rather trans-humanism.
      Point being...I already knew that trans-humanism was what was in view here. You'll note that I wasn't arguing whether it's good or bad, but merely that it is different than merely wanting to let disabled people lead normal lives.

    • @andreabernal1518
      @andreabernal1518 Před 3 lety

      What difference does it make to you if some people will never let them do that to them? 😆 you need them to want this too? Its a no from me but yall have at it. I would take your place in line. 😉

    • @permafrost1030
      @permafrost1030 Před 2 lety +2

      he isnt just talking about disabled people he is talking about everyone and it just horrifies me how many people want to become cyborgs and want to have literal surgery to get robotic arms

  • @mr.mcclinton7679
    @mr.mcclinton7679 Před 5 lety +1

    How is the flesh to leg interface? I know that traditional prosthetics tend to blister where tissue and synthetic materials meet. Superb concepts; these devices will improve quality of life for those that require them! Great post!!

  • @The231998
    @The231998 Před 3 lety +1

    most underrated TED talk!

  • @johnbagel2560
    @johnbagel2560 Před 6 lety +365

    His voice sounds like it is from a cyborg.

    • @aidanwalker5019
      @aidanwalker5019 Před 6 lety +34

      World History With Dan He is just slightly nervous.

    • @smallsignals
      @smallsignals Před 6 lety +13

      Sometimes, nervousness can sound like an artefact from auto-tune. I think that’s why he sounds a bit robotic. Aidan totally nailed it.

    • @soonny002
      @soonny002 Před 6 lety +5

      Is it me... or does he remind you of Data from Star Trek TNG?

    • @lukasschreyer2047
      @lukasschreyer2047 Před 6 lety +2

      He is a professor what do you expect :D

    • @moncef0147
      @moncef0147 Před 6 lety +2

      @Aidan Walker @Kenneth Mionnet i don't think it's because he's nervous, he's a professor and he's highly involved with this bionics program, he had a million presentations, conferences and tv appearances, including another TED talk before this one, i think he sounds like that because he's slightly winded, i imagine standing up for a long period of time using only your hips and core strength to stay balanced is very physically demanding, not only that but i'd imagine that just before starting he had to go up some stairs to go on stage which made it a bit worse for him, but it's still very impressive nonetheless.

  • @Kapplerartbloomingdale
    @Kapplerartbloomingdale Před 4 lety +5

    Ironically, I am writing a sci-fi novel about this very subject “Remotely Controlled “

  • @Dismantled95
    @Dismantled95 Před 5 lety

    Amazing. Can't wait to see what they come up with in the years to come.

  • @thatringinginyourears3955

    I have an uncle who’s missing 2 legs due to an ied, and he struggles to even get up with his prosthetics, much less do little unconscious things, like how the guy in the video walks from side to side out of nervousness, that’s insane to me.
    The future truly is now

  • @jennygw1883
    @jennygw1883 Před 4 lety +3

    To end disability, yes
    To augment, no.
    We have to keep tight controls on this technology or we will lose what it is to be human. It is not only our strengths that make us who we are, but also our frailties.

  • @kratos_motivation3451
    @kratos_motivation3451 Před 3 lety +5

    Me looks at my leg: Mom where you kept the saw

  • @Lunareon
    @Lunareon Před 6 lety

    What an amazing talk and awesome jumpsuit!

  • @ryat66
    @ryat66 Před 6 lety

    This is wonderful. I eagerly anticipate the future of human augmentation.

  • @aiahzohar5636
    @aiahzohar5636 Před 5 lety +3

    If this comes to pass, and I think it's likely, how affordable will it be? Who'll be in charge of deciding whether it's available to the average person? Who'll own the technology that's put inside humans? We like to think we'll be super-beings tomorrow. I think the reality will be a lot less shiny.

  • @Nogardtist
    @Nogardtist Před 2 lety +3

    Theres a problem with cybernetics and it needs military grade firewall
    You dont want your body to be controlled by someone thats not you the results of that can be fatal by a single input

  • @ahmedrejit4238
    @ahmedrejit4238 Před 2 lety +2

    STANDING HERE...

  • @mazzozzy8218
    @mazzozzy8218 Před 6 lety +7

    Great speaker, no umm's or ahh's :)
    Wonderful team, fascinating subject.

  • @jonathanxdoe
    @jonathanxdoe Před 6 lety +4

    Hi, I'am an MIT professor, I created a portable device that when connected to your ear canal produces a sound that will make prosthesis obsolete. Once activated it sounds something like: "FREE CLIMBING IS A BAD IDEA! HOW MANY MIT PROFESSORS SHOULD IT TAKE TO UNDERSTAND THIS?!"

    • @jovanleon7
      @jovanleon7 Před 5 lety

      It's so bad that people are becoming cyborgs and are soon have literal wings and fly like a bird.

    • @nityasoni4278
      @nityasoni4278 Před 5 lety

      He took it pretty well though, and it shows how you can develop mental strength, think how most people would react in tough situations. He was doing the climbing for his own satisfaction. Risky things in life are necessary. He has a vision for humans now, a purpose to live. Working towards a goal you want to achieve while liking it is a life worth living. Life is how you see it; would you play Mario if you didn't like it? Living in a dream is as necessary as living in reality.
      Critics are important too, but like this you're only discouraging people to do things they like even if it's not hurting anybody else.
      Time to rethink, bruh.
      (Sorry if the first paragraph doesn't make much sense, my mind can get too philosophical even for me sometimes)

  • @mmmmwarm7504
    @mmmmwarm7504 Před 4 lety

    Beautiful to see the development after all these years

  • @AQUASURF
    @AQUASURF Před 4 lety +2

    A-MAZING !! Kudos to Jim and to team Cyborg... I had wet eyes watching him climb and thinking what this truly means for people - I just hope it becomes cheap enough for all to have who need

  • @crohr1000
    @crohr1000 Před 6 lety +20

    #TED
    Can this be done for hand fingers? I have lost half of my finger and rest of them are demaged

    • @BankruptGreek
      @BankruptGreek Před 6 lety +8

      how?
      to answer your question, yes it's possible it follows the same logic, it's fair to say all muscle-moved parts of the human body can be made artificially controlled and communicate with the body. The only problem is size, look at the size of that leg and its motors, sure you don't need the fingers to be as massive but some stuff can't be made smaller to the scale of a finger. Also I am not very knowledgeable about fingers and hands but there is a ton of muscles involved that are very small compared to legs, hope for the best for you man, I think it ll happen in your life time.

    • @watsonwrote
      @watsonwrote Před 6 lety +3

      www.onwardohsu.org/blog/detail/future-now -- there's a trial going on now for mind-controled hands and fingers. There's a version that even has touch and heat sensation

    • @crohr1000
      @crohr1000 Před 6 lety

      Smitb Smitb how can i find that?

    • @crohr1000
      @crohr1000 Před 6 lety

      Awakened2Truth - Disciple of Jesus the Christ
      You'r right. Thats acctualy much better solution. But I've seen his ted talk he was talking about organs. They have deferent muscle. (Soft muscle) while fingers etc. have skeleton muscles. I don't know if they can do that. Although that talk was in 2011

    • @veljanevolja88
      @veljanevolja88 Před 6 lety +1

      How are you typing this tho?

  • @veganath
    @veganath Před 6 lety +5

    "We can rebuild him, better, stronger, faster".... Loved this presentation thank you

  • @rknewell9547
    @rknewell9547 Před 5 lety +1

    Hugh Herr was one of the best young climbers in the country in 1982. Amazing where life has brought him

  • @gamingheadztvMediaHeadztv

    how do i get a leg like that ted talk ? and do they have one for a person like me who lost there hip to ?

  • @Techykr
    @Techykr Před 6 lety +55

    Allways best Ted.💒💒

    • @vaibhavgupta20
      @vaibhavgupta20 Před 6 lety

      Babastar Technical where are comments like these on non popular videos?

  • @toufiqurrahman1998
    @toufiqurrahman1998 Před rokem +4

    Ah yes cyberpunk becoming real.

  • @azizbrownkuwindacorp
    @azizbrownkuwindacorp Před 5 lety +1

    One of the coolest videos I’ve seen in a while. We will all be like the major in ghost in the shell soon haha

  • @AJ-mw4nb
    @AJ-mw4nb Před rokem +1

    13:22 listen to what he's saying here. A guy standing behind the first computer said that one day computers will fit the palm of your hand and people will talk over long distances with small devices. What he's saying is really our future.

  • @MSPWrit3r
    @MSPWrit3r Před 2 lety +3

    This is really amazing and important work, but I get concerned when people attribute disability to only physical ones. I'm referring specifically to his comment that we'll "erase disability in the 21st century". I mean, I hope he's right, but if so, there is a lot of catch-up needed for other fields of research into other types of disabilities.
    Unless he's truly speaking holistically, his comment erases those that suffer from emotional, mental, and covert physical disabilities, and we are so much further behind in those fields than we are with overt physical disabilities.
    There are so many people who don't even acknowledge that there are any disabilities beyond overt ones, and I fear that if we don't catch up with the amazing technology that is happening for those with overt disabilities, then those with covert ones will be left behind, or erased from the disability label altogether.

  • @AmericanJezus
    @AmericanJezus Před 6 lety +10

    What an amazing an inspiring human. Great talk.

  • @oldirtysanchez7204
    @oldirtysanchez7204 Před 6 lety

    Powerfully moving!

  • @vladanlausevic7971
    @vladanlausevic7971 Před 5 lety

    Very inspiring and encouraging video

  • @Happy-cw6jx
    @Happy-cw6jx Před 5 lety +3

    I love Hugh Herr

  • @irahat6387
    @irahat6387 Před 5 lety +40

    2070:
    Me i like to order a pair of advanced enhanched legs and arms and a heart and bionic eyeball with x ray and temp sensor and an AI implanted to my brain
    Make it snappy

    • @novacolonel5287
      @novacolonel5287 Před 4 lety

      If you can afford it, which you probably will not be able to.

    • @HeadsUpTV
      @HeadsUpTV Před 4 lety +4

      @@novacolonel5287 Nah! By that time, technology would be so advanced that the costs would be low.

    • @HeadsUpTV
      @HeadsUpTV Před 4 lety +12

      2090: Doctor, i have a headache
      Doctor: Did you update your software?

    • @frisbeejo8449
      @frisbeejo8449 Před 3 lety

      Lol

    • @Maimkillburn69
      @Maimkillburn69 Před 3 lety

      Aspiring to the purity of the blessed machine

  • @vocabularystudiesfordrums4862

    I wanna cry, you so amassing. I lorn so much, thank you.

  • @demus89
    @demus89 Před 4 lety

    I don’t know how but I’m going to work in this field it is truly the infancy of what the future of humanity will be and I love it.

  • @SDFordOfficial
    @SDFordOfficial Před 6 lety +4

    If you wanna know where and how fast technology is headed I suggest researching Ray Kurzweil 😌