For more than a decade, Gert-Jan Oskam has been trying to re-learn to walk again after a motor bike accident in his 20s paralyzed him from the hips down, but with the the help of digital implants in his brain and spine, Oskam is back on his feet. NBC News’ Josh Lederman reports.
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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 you call a temple will wither and you will beg my kind to save you.
But I am already saved. For the Machine is Immortal.
Wonderful ❤
To be continued…I wish him the best…but sometimes things happen for a reason…if the cure is to get something implanted into the brain… I’d rather not…but that’s just me…
God is the one who truly heals!
@Jean Amen!
This is wild
I thought nerves were capable of learning and reestablishing motor function on their own, with enough rehabilitation… so to my knowledge, the only thing they needed to do was bridge the spinal break in communication… not necessarily include AI.
Unless maybe they want the ability to control his movements.
Nerves are good in their own, but not to this extent.
This is truly history in the making. Even if better methods are found in the future. This does and should give hope for those paralyzed that they too can someday stand and walk again. I can’t imagine the emotions this Man is feeling taking steps again when an accident robbed him of that ability so long ago. 😮🙏🏼
Best thing about this technology is that this is only the beginning. Now that it works, it’s only going to keep getting better.
Science > Jesus
God is bigger than anything! God is the one who heals! God has always healed! He raises the dead, causes the blind to see! Lame to walk! Nothing is impossible for God! God is all powerful and all miraculous!!
I love thisssss
This is what we mean by progressive thought science should always be funded
This should lead every news show for the next 10 days
Folks be wise…leading up to mark of the beast. Chip
Just what I was thinking! They will try to make it sound good! God heals
Do most people a favor and just be quiet about denying actual good scientific breakthroughs. Even most religious people aren’t like this.
Thank God
Glory to God
Mind muscle connection
religion could never
The Bible talks over and over again about God healing! God does heal. God is all powerful and all miraculous! God raises the dead! God causes the blind to see and lame to walk!! God is good ❤
@Jean ok?
If taken to it’s logical conclusion, you could be solely a human brain with a spinal cord inside and controlling a fully mechanical body if all the wiring is placed correctly on the spinal cord. Jesus Christ this is amazing.
imagine if someone hack it
Watch the guy ride a motorcycle again and get F up😂
Wow! This is incredible, I wish him all the best.
My dad who is not alive now but he was paralyzed and had a stimulator put in his spine. He actually started walking again like this guy, but eventually he couldn’t walk again.
Only God heals! Sorry for your loss btw
Wow!
I’m just going to call it a neural bypass
Head transplant around the corner
Incredible! Both the tech and the human body’s ability to adapt.
Next I hope this technology can cure all mental illness related to chemical imbalance.🙏
Great news! Huge admiration & thank you to all who made this possible!
❤❤❤
This is entirely redundant and worthless because a complete cure for paralysis was already achieved nine years ago using olfactory stem cells. Anyone who wants to learn more about this can look up the case of Darek Fidyka.
We are actually here???
First, its nice to see technology is at that point. Second, Upgrade 2018
Imagine it being hijacked by Ai
oh its that ai crap .https://youtu.be/6h4q9E5GeiQ
Next up will be a chip that’ll keep track of you and allow you to continue to live.
This is both wonderful and amazing!
👀 Cyborg development won’t be much longer folks. Hold on everyone…🦾🦿
Over a decade of work finally the dream of giving back mobility to a spinal injury victim is a reality! Wow!
What a time to be alive for some.
My life goal is to help people through medical means. I’ve wanted almost nothing more. Seeing this honestly made me tear up, this is the kind of stuff 20 years ago I would assume was only possible in science fiction. Wow.
Incredible
Amazing !!!!
But, is there any sensation in his legs? Or, is it just firing signals to the muscles?
HES A ROBOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
That’s great. It is a safe and simple way to give this man mobility without losing 1500 patients like neurolink. I like technology when it’s not false hope or coupled with death squads. They’re very rude to me.
Amazing!!!!!
Let’s goooo!!!!! 👏 👏
Imaginary sky man does nothing, we do
God is real! And He heals! The Bible tells of some of His miracles! God is good!
@Jean stop.with the delusions
Medical science is phenomenal these days. Imagine how much better it could be if more money was invested into the Medical industry and research and less on Jails and Wars
God heals!! He causes the lame walk and blind to see! God is all powerful and all miraculous! Want healing go to God not this!! Micro chips are not ment to be our bodies!
People like you make quality of life worse, constantly wanting to hold technology back from progressing. I’m not religious, but even if I was, I would still give credit to the scientists that made this possible instead of always giving credit to God.
Fascinating!
I’m happy to live in a time where we are starting to make big moves in the medical science field
Very very very exciting. When we crack this problem, it will be a massive quality of life improve for 5,357,970 people in the US alone
Wow, that is incredible!
F. the Beast System and all those who enable and support it. #jaccusedevantDieu
Isn’t it weird that we can’t just reconnect spinal cords and we have to use digital electronics to bypass the severed cord?
Here at 112,652 views.
GOD IS GREAT – He is awesome and Oscar is truly blessed – congratulations on your new journey to walk again….
1 day later and his wife has new chores for him.
Sweet so we’ll have hackable human bodies. Imagine someone else’s brain connecting to your spine
This is a good thing but people in the future may use it for evil and that’s what scares me
I remember this technology being tested in 2020, to think that we are already trying it on humans, freaking love science.
Really amazing ❤
I have a genuine question:
How does US have such significant medical breakthroughs but a horrible and inaccessible medical system?
Because it’s so profit motivated, they have tons of funding and need to innovate to oerhaps create the next new cash cow.
Truly amazing research, this will be fantastic if it can be brought to a wider group of people.
If this is scalable, it’s life changing in many ways.
What a miracle!!!The only downside is that the elite will be the ones to get the digital computers.
That’s wonderful😃
Yes !!!Bravoo helping people in the earth better than sending space cheap to mars and the moon
In 10-15 yeats this technology woll be signifigantly better and more affordable….
Thats not walking bro
Now this is inspiring news.😢
“the powers of the air”
Wish I had more money to donate and donate!!! It’s amazing to see him walk again
I bet it was White men who created this technology. You’re very welcome 3rd world people
We created Ayurveda, yoga and meditation. We created civilization
This is one of the best stories I’ve read, particularly on the Memorial Day weekend. Even though advances in technology can be scary, this is wonderful (what a boon it will be to military personnel who’ve been wounded.)
Science and technology woo
Imagine how he will walk when he gains muscle mass again.
Where’s your god now? These scientists are the true hero’s that deserve the salary and grants for their worth. Because something like this is priceless for this man. The sooner we all realize that it’s only us on this rock looking out for us and no one else. We have to depend on each other and each other alone.
A.I augmented human singularity propaganda.
God bless you.
NOT WORTH IT..WHEELCHAIR IS FASTER
Science
i need this i will walk and ride
Even if he’s not able to return to full movement in the foreseeable future, the ability to stand or walk a few steps will surely increase his quality of life in significant ways. This will be a big boon to those recovering from spinal injuries as we work towards even better technologies.
Wow
Blessings hope he continues doing better each day and finally walk again
Finally a technological development that is ACTUALLY in service of bettering people’s lives! Imagine what we could do if we geared our unhealthy obsession with technology to actually tackle the problems in our world. Without profit getting in the way, without agendas etc
We already have the talent and resources, don’t let anyone fool you!
AMAZING..So happy for him
Scientist doing what prayers never will.
A… mazing. I love seeing this kind of thing. We need far more of this. The military applications are endless and they SHOULD be getting more and more funding as they go. Not just for war, but for wounded veterans.
You can also HACK the device in his brain and make it get red hot and send signals that can drive him insane. They don’t tell you THAT part of it, of course.
One tube in da mouth and the other in da butt. Oh sorry. Other way around.
God bless science
It’s like in Arrow when Felicity was paralyzed, except she magically started to walk again and didn’t really go through the real-life struggles.
amazing. sadly tho christoper reeves didnt experience this. can he feel his legs?
What a time to be alive!
FDA Approves Elon Musk’s Neural Link to be used in humans. An some how, you lot come out as quick as a flash with this??? You’ve had this for decades right?
May he gain his full health and fitness. May everyone who helps him to walk again be blessed with kindness from other human beings.
this made me cry. really happy for him!
sounds like another one of those scams 😅
“Bluetooth device is ready to pair”
all these people who hate elon musk would change their mind in a heartbeat if they were paralyzed