live from the kdka broadcast
center in downtown pittsburgh. this is kdka tv news as 6:00. president obama
has now left pittsburgh. air force one took off in the last half-hour. the
president spent the day touring cutting-edge projects during a white house frontiers
conference. it was a show host cohosted by the university of pittsburgh and
carnegie mellon university.
the president have the opportunity to look at several projects and one was a small autonomous drones that can surge disaster areas or look at hard-to-reach places such as bridges and the president loved every minute of it. [ clip playing ] i was doing pictures before i came out here with some folks and they said thank you for what you have done to science. i confess, i am a science geek. i am a nerd. i don't make apologies for it. there was another project that he was excited about. a decade after an accident left a man paralyzed with no feeling in his arms and fingers he is once again experiencing touch. it is all possible through mind control and robots.
professors, scientists, and astronauts, it is the white house frontiers conference. among the guests nathan koplan of dunbar, paralyzed from the chest down in a car accident 12 years ago. following brain surgery pa upmc collaborated to produce a robotic arm that can be moved by his thoughts and for the first time includes the sense of touch. we are using these devices, this person is able to reach out and control the movement and grab objects.
not only that, we can generate sensations that feel like they come from his own hand. he volunteered to help future generations. there are not a lot of people that could do it, when they asked me it was basically like why not? why would i not do it eventually this will help tons of people.
for now i get memories and i get to do cool stuff. a crowd gathers on fifth avenue, a special guest is coming. what a better exemplified the importance of that technology? what other than a visit from the president of the united states led by motorcycles, the presidential limo makes a turn towards alumni hall. nathan koplan, meet the president. [ clip playing ] the sensation you receive what we are shaking hands? yes. barack obama has shaken many.
the president have the opportunity to look at several projects and one was a small autonomous drones that can surge disaster areas or look at hard-to-reach places such as bridges and the president loved every minute of it. [ clip playing ] i was doing pictures before i came out here with some folks and they said thank you for what you have done to science. i confess, i am a science geek. i am a nerd. i don't make apologies for it. there was another project that he was excited about. a decade after an accident left a man paralyzed with no feeling in his arms and fingers he is once again experiencing touch. it is all possible through mind control and robots.
professors, scientists, and astronauts, it is the white house frontiers conference. among the guests nathan koplan of dunbar, paralyzed from the chest down in a car accident 12 years ago. following brain surgery pa upmc collaborated to produce a robotic arm that can be moved by his thoughts and for the first time includes the sense of touch. we are using these devices, this person is able to reach out and control the movement and grab objects.
not only that, we can generate sensations that feel like they come from his own hand. he volunteered to help future generations. there are not a lot of people that could do it, when they asked me it was basically like why not? why would i not do it eventually this will help tons of people.
for now i get memories and i get to do cool stuff. a crowd gathers on fifth avenue, a special guest is coming. what a better exemplified the importance of that technology? what other than a visit from the president of the united states led by motorcycles, the presidential limo makes a turn towards alumni hall. nathan koplan, meet the president. [ clip playing ] the sensation you receive what we are shaking hands? yes. barack obama has shaken many.
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