Prostheses
Advances in prosthetics are rapid.
Draft page - more information coming soon.
See also: artificial organs and regenerative medicine.
Is it prostheses or prosthetics? A prosthesis is an artificial body part (plural = prostheses) whereas the adjective is used to describe a particular type, for example a prosthetic hand. Prosthetics is the medical speciality studying and applying prostheses.
Full Body Prosthetics
A full set of smart prosthetic limbs, combined with replacement synthetic organs, could provide an entire replacement body that could host someone's brain. - David Wood Humai’s Head of Engineering On the Future That is to Come (interview) - IEET
Resources
Personalized prosthetics & orthotics company.
Bionic knee for above-knee amputees.
3D printed powered bionic hand controlled by muscles.
3D printed thumb extension.
Recent News
Bionic touch fails to shift location of subjective sensation to sensor position
DT Next - 28-Dec-2020
Neural electrodes didn't offer precise sensation; posing challenges for prosthetics
Read more...The first man to control his prosthetic arms with mind
Interesting Engineering - 14-Dec-2020
AI allowed a man with quadriplegia control both his robotic arms at the same time
Read more...Electronic skin that can react to pain, temperature & pressure
Nano Magazine - 02-Sep-2020
Step forward towards better prosthetics, intelligent robotics and skin grafts
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