Konami Helps Fund Amputee's Metal Gear Solid V Bionic Arm

[SuperNova]

Ruler said:

SuperNova said:
Being halfway through the second video now, that arm is about as useful as a powerglove.

It might look cool, but it seems to be heavy and unresponsive and not very well designed in the first place.
It seems like they placed way too much emphasis on this thing looking cool (this being a marketing thing and all) rather than make sure that it actually improves his quality of life. They gave the poor kid hope, only to deliver something that is more like a toy than actual robotics.

This is more of a #Fuckonami story than a good guy Konami one if you ask me.

They spent 100k on it,

stop your zealous hate for Konami and move on

I have honestly no hate for konami. I couldn't care less about konami. In fact I'd have written the exact same thing (admittedly without the catchy hashtag-thing) about any other company that pulled this off.

Did you watch the video? They didn't even make sure it was the same lengh as his natural limb. It has little to no functionality beyond led lights shining when you power it on. For it to actually function in any way they would have needed to connect it to his bone struckture (via the titanium implants I mentioned in regards to his gofundme). They gave him an expensive heavy accessory, when it boils down to it, marketing it as though it would be a fully functioning arm and thats not cool, no matter who you are. If you're going to mess with the life of an actual amputee you better make danm sure you do it right.