Category: Research premise myths

Published Date: 18/10/2026
Posted in Academic research (review) Academic research under The Amputee Excuse (TAE) Attitude Disability and the public Discrimination ERC - EU - Horizon How to communicate the right way Impact of visible disability on non-disabled people Media publishing discriminating content Media publishing hyped up distortions Objectification Prosthetic hook Research premise myths Satire Stigmatization Strategy, marketing Symbolism Trash Culture

What evidence is there that real pirates actually wore prosthetic hooks? [TL;DR: none]

Published Date: 28/12/2024
Posted in Academic Project Academic research (review) Academic research under The Amputee Excuse (TAE) Disability and the public Discrimination Research premise myths

Prosthetic arm development and AI (artificial intelligence) to address user needs [review]

Published Date: 26/09/2024
Posted in Academic Project Academic research under The Amputee Excuse (TAE) Attitude How to communicate the right way Humorous Attempts Research premise myths Trash Culture

Mini Exhibition about Prosthetic Arms / Artificial Hands [no reference, no communication]

Published Date: 07/03/2024
Posted in Academic Project Academic research (review) Academic research under The Amputee Excuse (TAE) Attitude Disability and the public How to communicate the right way Impact of visible disability on non-disabled people Research premise myths

Uncanny usage of “healthy subject” as “opposed” to “amputee” status in human research [academic researchers: “what” (not “who”) we are]

Published Date: 13/02/2024
Posted in Academic research (review) Academic research under The Amputee Excuse (TAE) Catch-22 of Cybathlon Cybathlon 2016 Cybathlon 2020 Disability and the public ERC - EU - Horizon Janet and John Media publishing hyped up distortions Research premise myths Specifications and comparisons Strategy, marketing

Peter Kyberd and the Cybathlon Advisory Board [commentary]

Published Date: 18/12/2023
Posted in Academic research under The Amputee Excuse (TAE) Disability and the public Discrimination Media publishing hyped up distortions Objectification Research premise myths Stigmatization Swiss Attempts / Swiss Hype Trash Culture

Interview of Roland Sigrist by Cybathlon Interviewer [with critical comment]

Published Date: 30/06/2022
Posted in Academic Project Academic research (review) Disability and the public Research premise myths

Myoelectric prosthetic arms – who missed the bus, and how?

Published Date: 20/03/2022
Posted in Academic Project Academic research (review) Academic research under The Amputee Excuse (TAE) Disability and the public ERC - EU - Horizon Research premise myths

Is European (EU, ERC, Horizon, Cordis) funded research into prosthetic arm title related subjects getting, like, anywhere, like, at all with regard to physically demanding work use? [54,7 Million EU in total, TL;DR: no]

Published Date: 02/01/2022
Posted in Academic research (review) Disability and the public Prosthetic sensory feedback Research premise myths

[Review] Structural validity and reliability of the patient experience measure: A new approach to assessing psychosocial experience of upper limb prosthesis users {subjective view on a subjectively structured subject}

Published Date: 30/05/2021
Posted in "Bionic" prostheses Academic Project Academic research (review) Academic research under The Amputee Excuse (TAE) Disability and the public Myoelectric prostheses Prosthetics Research premise myths Specifications and comparisons Trash Culture

Approximating true cost of faulty grip control from a true user view / experience [cost versus benefit aspect]

Published Date: 28/05/2021
Posted in Academic research under The Amputee Excuse (TAE) Disability and the public ERC - EU - Horizon Prosthetic sensory feedback Research premise myths

Review of DeTOP European Research project H2020-ICT-687905 [review / academic project]

Published Date: 30/04/2021
Posted in Academic research (review) Academic research under The Amputee Excuse (TAE) Cable control Disability and the public Research premise myths Support

Review of paper “Evaluating Reachable Workspace and User Control Over Prehensor Aperture for a Body-Powered Prosthesis” [review]

Published Date: 29/08/2020
Posted in Academic Project Academic research (review) Academic research under The Amputee Excuse (TAE) Asymmetry Attitude Book and article reviews Carnes Arm Disability and the public Gadgets Health Media publishing hyped up distortions Neurology, phantom sensations Orthocare Innovations Overuse Reduction Pain Prosthetics Research premise myths Skin Sweat Touch Bionics

Prosthetic use and phantom pain [correlation causation sharknado]