8 Scientific Theories That Totally Change Captain America: Civil War

1. The Winter Soldier

As well as being a stone cold dreamboat, Bucky is also flying the flag for amputees everywhere.

Prosthetic limbs have come a long way since that classic wooden stump favoured by pirates, and our real-world equivalents are getting ever closer to the bionic super-limb sported by the Winter Soldier.

Bucky seems to share a lot of characteristics with Captain America, so we could assume that his physical capabilities are down to similar gene-editing techniques, and his arm seems to have a similar ability to absorbs and deploy energy on demand. The Cap's shield is supposed to contain all of the vibranium in existence, but could it be possible that those folks over at Hydra managed to get their hands on some for Bucky's prosthesis?

As far as control goes, we have now managed to develop prosthetic limbs that are controlled using nothing but brain power, with motor skills fine enough to drink a beer and play 'rock, paper, scissors' (someone at DARPA has their priorities in order).

The technology works both ways as well, as scientists have managed to hijack the bodies over other using neural implants, even allowing a monkey to control the body of another using just its mind. Perhaps the arm itself has a role to play in Bucky's brainwashing? Just a thought.

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