MORE DETERMINED THAN
WORLD.
>>> TAKING A TURN TO WOW
TECHNOLOGY CHANGING THE LIVES OF
NEIGHBORS.
HIM.
WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY.
>> Karen: OH, REMEMBER THE SHOW
THE $6 MILLION MAN?
THAT SCIENCE FICTION IS NOW
SCIENCE FACT.
OUR PAULA TUTMAN WAS INVITED FOR
PAULA?
SOMETHING.
LEG.
AND IT'S HEAVY, TOO.
THIS WAS PROBABLY USED IN OUR
GRANDPARENTS' TIME.
LOOK AT THE PROGRESSION.
LOOK AT THIS ONE.
I SAW A MAN TODAY WHO BECAME
WHOLE AGAIN, WHOLE AGAIN, IN
FRONT OF MY VERY EYES.
TERRY McDOWELL LOST HIS LEG WHEN
A DRUNK DRIVER PLOWED INTO HIM
TEN YEARS AGO.
>> I WAS A CARPENTER, ROOFED
WITH MY KIDS.
HIT.
>> Paula: AT WRIGHT FILIPPIS, HE
DID SOMETHING AMAZING, TRIED OUT
A NEW LEG AND RAN.
>> IT'S AWESOME!
>> IT MEANS A LOT TO ME.
I USED TO RUN AND PLAY WITH MY
KIDS ALL THE TIME AND THIS MAKES
ME FEEL GOOD TO BE ABLE TO DO
THAT AGAIN.
I FEEL WHOLE.
NEW HAND.
>> I BROKE MY PINKY AND IT
PART.
>> Paula: PROSTHETICS HAVE
CHANGED WITH THE TIMES.
>> WHEN MY WIFE AND I STARTED
DATING, IT BOTHERED HERE THAT
EVERYONE WOULD STARE.
>> PEOPLE IN THE PAST, THEY
FOUND IT HARD TO ACTUALLY GET A
JOB BECAUSE OF THEIR MISSING
LIMB OR THEIR EMPLOYERS DIDN'
WANT TO PROVIDE A JOB FOR THEM
BECAUSE THEY WERE MISSING A
LIMB.
AMAZING!
>> IT FORMS TO THE SHAPE.
THAT?
>> YES.
I'M FLEXING MUSCLES.
>> Paula IT'S MORE THAN A PROP
LIMB.
TECHNOLOGY HAS MOVED SO QUICKLY
THAT PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY GETTING
THEIR LIVES BACK!
>> THEY MAY HELP THE CLIENT OUT
WITH TYPING.
WE HAVE FINGER POINT WHERE THEY
CAN TYPE.
THEY HAVE KEY GRIPS.
CREDIT CARD.
THEY HAVE GESTURES.
>> Paula: AND IT'S ONE THING TO
OPEN AND CLOSE FINGERS, BUT THE
TECHNOLOGY JUST ARRIVING IS
LITERALLY MIND-BOGGLING WITH
SENSORS THAT COMMUNICATE WITH
GRAIN OF RICE.
>> THEY CAN FEEL AND KNOW.
THEY CLOSE THEIR EYES AND TOUCH
AN EGG AND THEY KNOW THEY'RE
TOUCHING AN EGG.
>> NOW THEY'VE GOT CARBON FIBER
AND MICROPROCESSORS.
AND MY LEG I PLUG IN AT NIGHT
AND CHARGE.
WE'RE ONLY A LITTLE BIT I WEIGH
FROM THE JETSONS STUFF.
>> Paula: THE APPEARANCE IS
INCREDIBLE WHEN YOU THINK OF THE
SILICONE AND TECHNOLOGY AND WHAT
THEY'RE ABLE TO DO TO MAKE IT
LOOK REALISTIC.
THE RAW BIONICS LOOK REALLY,
REALLY COOL AND ARE ACCEPTABLE
THEM.
IT NEEDS TO BE WORKED OUT
BECAUSE ONE OF THESE LIMBS CAN
COST AS MUCH AS $90,000 TO
$110,000.
BUT IMAGINE WHAT IT MEANS AS FAR
AS QUALITY OF LIFE, GETTING YOUR
LIFE BACK, GOING BACK TO WORK,
PRICELESS!
>> Karen: IT REALLY IS.
YOU COULD TELL BY THAT FATHER,
TO ACTUALLY RUN AND PLAY WITH
MEANS THE WORLD.
TIME WHEN DREAMS WERE DASHED IF