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Changes towards equality creating a better future

Submitted by Daryl Weade on Wed, 01/15/2014 - 13:24
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Our march into tomorrow keeps making for better todays. Here are vidoes of three important technologies providing individuals with physical limitations the opportunity to experience and interact with the world around them.What is Tek RMD - 9:26 long - from Matia Robotics[video:http://vimeo.com/37343809] Project Daniel - 3D Printing Prostheses for Children in Need - 4:38 long[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApUodVFdjss]Now, Not Impossible Labs has its own little lab at a local hospital and is able to print prosthetic arms for $100 a pop in fewer than six hours.Via CNET The Pasquina Hand - 2:05 long[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtWiIHhYhDc]It translates muscle signals into hand action in less than 100 milliseconds. To Sides, it’s instantaneous: “I still close what I think is my hand,” he says. “I open my hand, and rotate it up and down; I close my fingers and the hand closes. It’s exactly as if I still had a hand. It’s pretty gnarly.”Via Popular ScienceWe spend a lot of time researching technologies to improve our lives. We should also keep in mind the improvements that give back the experiences and freedom of movement and interaction the majority of us enjoy daily.

Aspects of human existence: 

  • Human form (adaptation)
  • Interface (tech control)
  • Medicine (health)
  • Recreation (play)
  • Vocation (occupation)

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  • On Earth
  • In Earth's orbit
  • In Earth's solar system
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  • In orbit around an alien planet
  • In an alien solar system
  • In deep space
Daryl Weade
About the author:

Daryl Weade photo Interested in the social impact of our future advancements, Daryl developed and built Regarding Tomorrow as a platform to share and discuss our collective hopes and fears of the future. Daryl's background is in education, including graduate studies in special needs and a masters in instructional technology from UVA's Curry School of Education. He has worked as a high school teacher and has over 10 years of university experience in the US and Canada.


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