Category: Disability and the public

Published Date: 25/02/2024
Posted in "Bionic" prostheses Academic Project Academic research (review) Disability and the public Myoelectric prostheses Postural interference myoelectric control problem Prosthetics

Comment with regard to Stuttaford SA, Dyson M, Nazarpour K, Dupan SS. Reducing Motor Variability Enhances Myoelectric Control Robustness Across Untrained Limb Positions

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: 29/12/2023
Posted in Activities of Daily Living and Sports Artwork and Do It yourself Corner Biking Cable control Design principles Investors' Corner Mechanical works Media publishing adequate content

How prosthetic industries and academia fail: body-powered control is exactly the same as a bicycle brake cable [tech comparison]

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: 01/04/2023
Posted in Academic Project Academic research (review) Attitude Disability and the public Discrimination Impact of visible disability on non-disabled people Staring Stigmatization

Zygmunt Bauman and Erving Goffman giving advice on how to navigate visible disability and arm amputation [A]

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: 02/06/2022
Posted in Academic Project Art Attitude Disability and the public Discrimination How to communicate the right way Humorous Attempts Impact of visible disability on non-disabled people Interviews by Kom Tummer Janet and John Satire

Academic work and disability [interview with Prof. Ervilerne Juchs, Poffenstick University]

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: 12/04/2021
Posted in Attitude Disability and the public Discrimination Media Media publishing hyped up distortions Objectification Stigmatization

Stigma and objectification – Stella Young’s TED talk [critical review]