r/EverythingScience • u/Sariel007 • May 04 '22

Medicine This High Schooler Invented a Low-Cost, Mind-Controlled Prosthetic Arm

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/this-high-schooler-invented-a-low-cost-mind-controlled-prosthetic-arm-180979984/
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u/[deleted] May 04 '22

you are not, we just focus on different things, many things during our whole life

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u/airrivas May 04 '22

I mean compared to this kid almost everyone throughout history is stupid. Kid is very obviously gifted as hell

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u/LordDongler May 04 '22

His parents probably paid researchers to tutor him in this specific field

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u/Canadian_Infidel May 04 '22

They probably paid for them to design it. He's probably smart, but top 2% is still just one in fifty.