Changes towards equality creating a better future
Submitted by Daryl Weade on
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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.
