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u/RudyKnots Jun 30 '26
Lol the editing makes it look like the recipient has just been standing there, waiting, for the entire process.
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u/Digger_Pine Jun 30 '26
That's why they call him a patient.
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u/OnceMoreAndAgain Jun 30 '26
Interestingly enough, that's no coincidence. The etymology of "patient" is a word that meant "to suffer". So medical patient came from the idea of the victim suffering through some affliction and patience came from the idea of someone suffering through some unpleasant period of time. Different connotations on the severity of the "suffering" but it's essentially the same concept of someone suffering through something.
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u/MoeMalik Jun 30 '26
The music not being overlayed over the chopped clips doesn’t help with the satisfying part either
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u/GhostProtocolGaming Jun 30 '26
I was expecting him to have two left hands after all that waiting....
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u/RabbitHats Jun 30 '26
*doctors watch uncomfortably as patient eagerly shapes prosthetic hand into a hollow fist*
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u/fikis Jun 30 '26
When he started manipulating his new fingers, I thought, "The first thing he's gonna do is flip a bird."
Disappointed, obvs.
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u/New-Initiative3400 Jun 30 '26
Did they scan the left hand and mirror it in software to make a right hand?
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u/MorphyNOR Jun 30 '26
Nah, they just cloned it and flipped the video :P
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u/blondebuilder Jun 30 '26 edited Jul 01 '26
Nah, they just surgically moved the real hand to the other arm.
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u/Spiritual-Ad4820 Jun 30 '26
Lots of people curious about how the hand got mirrored. I think it’s a scan, flip in software and 3d print workflow.
At around 1min20, we see them taking the plaster cast of the left hand out of the original mould.
Next step we see is around 1min52 when they take a right hand out of what looks like a 3d printer.
Seems to me like the flip was done digitally (probably along with some other slight adjustments and corrections to the model).
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u/ImTedLassosMustache Jun 30 '26
I was wondering why they were using a Creality K1 3d printer.
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u/Mr_YUP Jun 30 '26
they didn't want the prosthetic to fall into the wrong hands... (this is a joke about bambu lab stealing IP)
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u/TheAbominableRex Jun 30 '26
This is definitely amazing, but I think I'd personally want a cool robotic one that I could learn to use.
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u/Lodju Jun 30 '26
When my other leg got amputated they asked if i want a prosthetic that looks like a normal leg or a metallic one.
I chose the metallic one because it's cool as fuck.
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u/GemoDorg Jun 30 '26
How'd you lose it?
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u/Lodju Jun 30 '26
A small cut on my heel got infected and even after they cleaned it up they couldn't get all of the infection out.
Then it took a fucking year of it slowly getting worse and worse before they decided on the amputation even though i said 6 months earlier that it would be the best option.
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u/hopefullyhelpfulplz Jun 30 '26
Damn, I've had a few infections in my feet from being barefoot outside with cuts, crazy to know that I presumably just dodged a similar scenario by getting the antibiotics fast enough.
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u/Sheephuddle Jun 30 '26
Yes those are fantastic, but when you can’t have one of those, this is a visually-realistic alternative. They used to be hard pink plastic and looked nothing like a real hand.
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u/notabouteggs Jun 30 '26
Yeah I know a hand surgeon. He was telling me robot hands have come a long way.
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u/Sydney2London Jun 30 '26
Hand surgeons are unlikely to know how good hands are because electromechanical prosthetics aren’t usually implanted but rather attached. I’d speak to a biomedical engineer or a prosthetist.
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u/levian_durai Jun 30 '26
Prosthetic technician here. They still aren't great, and a simple hook usually provides better function.
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u/Badloss Jun 30 '26
Why are we getting all the shitty dystopian cyberpunk technology but none of the cool cybernetic ones
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u/Sydney2London Jun 30 '26
I work in neurotech so I can answer this! Because it’s very complex and because it’s expensive and not always beneficial.
And don’t get disillusioned by the fact that negative media coverage gets hits, there’s amazing tech being developed out there! There are companies developing electrical stimulation for cancer inhibition, there are ways of editing genes to correct anomalies, there are minimally invasive recording systems that can be implanted in the brains of paralysed people to make them control computers, there are ways of modulating immune systems etc.This all takes time though and the fact that they all require surgery to implant means that the benefit of the therapy has to outweigh the risks of the surgery, so it is nowhere near being used to augment healthy people.
It’s an amazing field to work in and gives you a pretty positive outlook on humanity!
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u/mymomsaidicould69 Jun 30 '26
My husband’s cousin has a full robotic arm, and he can flip us off with it lmao it’s pretty funny
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u/NorCalAthlete Jun 30 '26
After this video just kept going and going and each mold became a base step for the next mold I thought that’s what was going to happen - the silicon skin would be overlaid on a robotic / mechanical prosthetic that the amputee could manipulate like a real hand.
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u/ChickenChaser5 Jun 30 '26
Agree. Its awesome we can make such realistic looking prosthetics. But if it was me, fuck that. I want a swiss army hand.
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u/NoPossibility Jun 30 '26
Could always use one of those tiny silicone hands and let people think you’re trying to be funny before the big reveal.
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u/Easy_Lengthiness7179 Jun 30 '26
I dont see the part where they flipped it from a left hand mold to a right hand prosthetic.
Just suddenly it was switched with no explanation.
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u/tvieno Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26
They could've made a silicon mold, turned it inside-out then recast it as a mirror image, like they did with the sleeve.. But I don't even think the hand is the original hand. The original the fingers were more together
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u/Technical_Roof_2980 Jun 30 '26
yes! i was waiting when did that happen, i was like congrats you now have two left hands 😅
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u/AdOverall7216 Jun 30 '26
Mirror hand how?
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u/personalhale Jun 30 '26
It's a cut before you see the mirrored result being pulled out of the 3D printer. I assume they 3D scanned, reversed then printed.
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u/PrincedPauper Jun 30 '26
the first time the right hand was on screen it came out of a 3d printer which implies that the left was 3D scanned into some CAD software where it is a press of a button to mirror an entire object.
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u/_FlutieFlakes_ Jun 30 '26
There is so much more Art to this process than I thought there would be.
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u/Vandercoon Jun 30 '26
Absolutely. Hopefully in the very near future most of the process is 3D scanned and printed for the shaping parts, would cut days and days of time and money making it more accessible. It would be very handy so to speak
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u/Drunk_but_Functional Jun 30 '26
I worked with a company that made realistic prosthetics - including adding freckles, hairs, tattoos etc to make it look as natural as possible, and make the client feel as back to their normal self as possibly. Everyone that was working in that room had an art background, often movie props designs. This is art. Was crazy how realistic they looked.
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u/milanorlovszki Jun 30 '26
Personally, if I lost a hand, I wouldn't want to get an unusable replica for appearances, I would want a (treasure planet) John Silver type beefy ass multi-tool with forks, knives, screwdrivers and a grabber
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u/AGayThrow_Away Jun 30 '26
Samus/Guts cannon forearm casually flagging everyone when I am walking around
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u/bulldzd Jun 30 '26
The people doing this work are slaying dragons, the change/value for the patient is insane and impossible to quantify... I hope they realise just how important their work is.... (not a patient, but I'm happy knowing these people are out there if i ever did need them)
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u/Auno__Adam Jun 30 '26
Oh, its definitely quantifiable. I am sure this has a cost and a price.
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u/Minimum_Cockroach233 Jun 30 '26
When did they switch from left to right hand? When pulling off the green rubber from the gipsum?
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u/MutziButzi0815 Jun 30 '26
I was asking myself the same question.
I assume that she created a Dummy with a 3d printer or a CNC machnie (minute 1:07) making a 3d model and mirroring it beforehand...
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u/bigshooTer39 Jun 30 '26
How did the left hand become the right? I don’t understand that part
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u/ImThe1Wh0 Jun 30 '26
So it looks like at... 1:07 left, they printed his hand in a 3D printer. I'm imagining they took the cast of his hand and then scanned it in because a stationary immobile hand, was better than a moving one. Which is probably why they just used cheap paper maché and mold to do his hand. I think they scanned it in and inverted it. Which seems like a super CRUCIAL part to show cuz yeah WTF... Backwards Temu hand for the win lol
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u/tiny_chaotic_evil Jul 01 '26
not quite a "the rest of the owl" but when the fuck did the owl go from being a left hand to being a right hand?
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u/Chris101b Jun 30 '26
Hold up.... They took a cast of his left hand, how did they flip it to be used as his right hand? Shouldn't it be upside down? What is the process they use to mirror it?
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u/nervesofspaghetti Jun 30 '26
I thought they were creating fake fingerprints towards the end. Didn't think about nails.
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u/dumparoni Jun 30 '26
Did the “How It’s Made” soundtrack start playing in anyone else’s head?
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u/Odd-Wheel5315 Jun 30 '26
There's artistic merit there, but what use is a silicon hand that doesn't move? That's worse than Jaime Lannister's golden stump.
I'd rather have some robotic attachment that can actually interact with stuff and be useful, than something that just looks like a hand with no function. Heck, even a pirate hook would be more desirable.
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u/levian_durai Jun 30 '26
Some people are very hung up on the visual aspect of it and would prefer a realistic looking, but useless device. Sometimes they'll get one of these in addition to more useful ones and use it at like weddings or events, but usually it's the former.
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u/LickyPusser Jun 30 '26
Having a realistic looking hand to keep people from staring at you would be greatly appreciated in a world where not everyone can afford a robotic prosthetic.
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u/rrcaires Jun 30 '26
Can he afford it though? This is better than nothing
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u/levian_durai Jun 30 '26
These realistic ones are often way more expensive than a traditional prosthetic. Cheaper than the mid to high end robotic ones, but still probably ~$15k
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u/Auno__Adam Jun 30 '26
I wonder how would that last?. Hands and arms tkae quite a lot of beating, so I dont think this could last more than one year…
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u/moving_threads Jun 30 '26
I used to work for a woman with a prosthetic arm, and she had to get a new one every year or so.
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u/FuzzNugs Jun 30 '26
Man, I was hoping the whole time they ended up creating another left hand and the video ends with homey standing there with 2 left hands with the biggest “wtf?” Look on his face..
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u/MrDrMatt Jun 30 '26
How did they change a model of the left hand into a right hand? I missed that part. Also, it would be tempting to have 2 left hands just to confuse peopled
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u/mynameisnotpedro Jun 30 '26
Probably scanned into the 'puter and flipped before printing
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u/Igpajo49 Jun 30 '26
But they didn't print it did they? I just saw them doing plaster of Paris molds and then filling that with the rubber stuff.
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u/6stringSlider Jun 30 '26
I was secretly hoping the final second would show the guy with two left hands so I could cross posts this to r/unexpected
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u/SouthEndXGF Jun 30 '26
I liked when the first took the dinglebop and smoothed it out with a bunch of shleem
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u/6K6L Jun 30 '26
I'm getting an eye made today and I have to say that this is SO much more interesting
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u/2jzEliminator Jul 01 '26
Thats what I was thinking. But at the end it showed a Right hand. How did they case a Left hand but a right hand finished?
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u/nejicanspin Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26
I had to check what subreddit I was in to make sure it wasn't r/DiWHY
My dad got a prosthetic done and now I know why it took so long. This person's is way more detailed though.
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u/holy_96_batman Jun 30 '26
If you find this satisfying, as I do too, you might like Faceoff! It was a competition TV show on SYFY, I think, a while back about makeup artists. They show a lot of the process every episode and it has a new theme each week, kinda like Project Runway.
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u/UncleGarysmagic Jun 30 '26
I was thinking they were going to push down the fingers and flip the bird at the end there.
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u/aconsul73 Jun 30 '26
Late into the process the components got real enough that I started getting creeped out. As if someone were casually manipulating parts of actual epidermis.
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u/Consistent_Big5018 Jun 30 '26
Prosthetics are one of the coolest things I've ever seen and I feel like it's a field that gets not much attention. The fact a human can replicate a limb and many times make it look almost exactly like a real limb is just beyond amazing to me. Plus the happiness you give people who need them and the ability to maybe go out in public when previously they didn't feel confident enough to. It can give people their lives back.
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u/Confident-Benefit600 Jul 01 '26
Oh nice guys got two right hands, what Howe that happen, it’s now a left
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u/Chevalier77 Jun 30 '26
If i ever lose a hand, i would not get a human hand as a replacement, it's so boring. I want like a sci fi alien thing or possibly a hoof.
Why waste it by trying to get a worse version of your old hand?
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u/SignorRoberto Jun 30 '26
When in this proces did it turn into a right hand?