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SciurusAtreus OP t1_j2cm9xn wrote

To me, this seems like a game changer. The multitude of applications for this type of technology and the impact it will have on our daily lives will be interesting to see as the research continues. I think the application of this to robots will be inevitable and unlock even more advanced & precise abilities and skills.

I wonder if it it’s even possible for our skin to be replaced by something like this in the future?

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FuturologyBot t1_j2co15k wrote

The following submission statement was provided by /u/SciurusAtreus:

To me, this seems like a game changer. The multitude of applications for this type of technology and the impact it will have on our daily lives will be interesting to see as the research continues. I think the application of this to robots will be inevitable and unlock even more advanced & precise abilities and skills.

I wonder if it it’s even possible for our skin to be replaced by something like this in the future?

Please reply to OP's comment here: https://old.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/zzn985/gold_coated_silver_nanowires_that_is_electrically/j2cm9xn/

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SquirrelAway99Acorns t1_j2coft9 wrote

This sounds like is a terrible product. Washes off every time you go pee.

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JayEOh0788 t1_j2cot34 wrote

Replying to SciurusAtreus (#1,215,429)

I wonder if this could potentially be able to drastically enable or at least improve upon joint and muscle related inflictions like arthritis or weaking grip strength and things of the like..

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InsomniaticWanderer t1_j2cpswp wrote

Better apply it to your hands. The most commonly rubbed place with soap and water.

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Reward_Antique t1_j2cs1pq wrote

I am just in awe of this... i have major nerve damage in my spinal cord and although I'm incredibly, like, incredibly lucky to be alive and mobile, I can't control my left hands fingers, i wonder is this would be something that would someday be appropriate for people like me...

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_jericho t1_j2czlwk wrote

Oh no!

A.I. is gonna disrupt the masturbation industry 😨

Reddit will be in shambles

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au-smurf t1_j2d3p1u wrote

This stuff sounds like some tech from Peter Hamilton novels, Pandora’s star and Judas Unchained.

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joebojax t1_j2ddyi5 wrote

Please don't waste precious silver and gold on disposable wearable

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pichael288 t1_j2dpuos wrote

Replying to SciurusAtreus (#1,215,429)

Ehh I like my skin. It's one of the few things I want to keep when I go full cyborg. Fuck my legs, useless shits always hurting. Let me get some thunder stompers that I can set to autopilot and take a nap while my ass walks itself to the store.

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RiverDragon64 t1_j2drqm5 wrote

"and stays on unless rubbed in soap & water."

So until the first time you take a leak & wash your hands. Unless you're a disgusting savage.

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Dalivus t1_j2e242v wrote

Could this lead to a kind of skill tech such as guitar playing skill just by wearing something like this?

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UBRC t1_j2e5sxy wrote

Lol at the “,and”

That sentence structure is ridiculous.

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Frodolives101 t1_j2e6rmo wrote

Great concept, would make more sense to make it something that sinks under the skins surface so it doesn’t wash off

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skankhunt402 t1_j2eafml wrote

Replying to The_Synthax (#1,232,084)

Idk if it says something about you guys or not but that ur first thought about a regular practice after using the restroom (washing your hands) came after the thought of people pissing on themselves seems a bit off to me

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Seltur72 t1_j2ed5y4 wrote

I’m just glad my feed isn’t bombarded with ai posts anymore

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Reward_Antique t1_j2ee96r wrote

Replying to Fire548 (#1,222,168)

They lack strength and i can't control specifically my ring and pinkie on my left hand- they move, when i make a fist, etc, but just as an example, I took pottery lessons a few years ago hoping it would be a good and satisfying therapy, and it was! But, every time I was at the pottery wheel, trying to hollow out a form, you use one hand (dominant hand, my right) to push down and your other hand to push in at the side. Well, my two non-cooperative fingers on the left hand would flip right into and under the centered clay and splat the whole situation at speed into the workroom mirror haha

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SgtSaucepan t1_j2eehti wrote

"biocompatible" is such a buzzword in the biomedical industry. For how long? In what parts of the body? For what purpose? So many companies come with these new materials and devices that are "completely biocompatible!" but they only checked by putting it on an in vitro cell culture for 8 hours

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Chuckie_r_hangerdeck t1_j2ewqfp wrote

What if they used it to make digital records of musicians hands while in performance, - a unique representation of exact movements of say, Eric Clapton, or Elton John's fingers, maybe to teach technique, or feel. Available to future generations for all time. Amazing.

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Diatko t1_j2f0u2v wrote

Time to take 48 showers a day, to keep from being infected by hackers with flipper zeros

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BoxingHare t1_j2fn7xa wrote

Replying to godlytoast3r (#1,251,180)

The real question to those comfortable not washing their own hands, are you ok with people preparing and serving your food with unwashed, ungloved hands? After all, they took a shower this morning.

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Pyro_Light t1_j2fr7rq wrote

Replying to BoxingHare (#1,251,777)

Preparing food in a professional setting is very different from a hand shake, and honestly I’m more concerned about all the shit chefs touch inside the kitchen that in the bathroom having worked in a kitchen.

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yooman t1_j2ftviu wrote

You know what else can track finger movements using AI with surprising accuracy?

... Cameras.

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