Prosthetic Arms Approach Life-Like Utility

We knew this was coming but it’s still great to see; robotic prostheses are quickly approaching the utility of their biological equivalents. Here we have Dean Kamen plugging his new show for Planet Green and in the process viewers get a great look at modern robotic arms. (Boing Boing)

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3D Printers And Prosthetics: A Match Made In Medicine

credit: Daniel Terdimen

A nice Saturday read, Daniel Terdimen over at CNET profiles Scott Summit, an industrial designer changing the way prostheses are designed and manufactured. Summit has many game changing points in his speeches, especially when discussing complexity and how in the future you will pay the same for complex models as [...]

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