www.ted.com Surgeon and engineer Todd Kuiken is building a prosthetic arm that connects with the human nervous system -- improving motion, control and even feeling. Onstage, patient Amanda Kitts helps demonstrate this next-gen robotic arm.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and pe...
A look at Bespoke Innovation, a company specializing in helping amputees customize prosthetic coverings.
www.ted.com At TEDMED, Sheila Nirenberg shows a bold way to create sight in people with certain kinds of blindness by hooking into the optic nerve and sending signals from a camera direct to the brain.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, wh...
Follow Mark on Google+: plus.google.com Mark lost his arm several years ago. Now his search for a better prosthetic could improve the lives of amputees everywhere.
This is a model prosthetic arm made entirely of Lego. -hand movements and wrist abduction/adduction are Lego pneumatics -wrist pronation/supination, wrist flexion/extension, and elbow flexion/extension are Lego motors (Power Functions) The main purpose of this project was to accurately mimic the ...