Category: Specifications and comparisons

Published Date: 20/04/2019
Posted in "Bionic" prostheses Academic research under The Amputee Excuse (TAE) Activities of Daily Living and Sports BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL Brands Catch-22 of Cybathlon Cybathlon 2020 Discrimination EC lumberjack and hauling EC off limits Extreme Cyborging Objectification Prosthetics Research premise myths Satire Specifications and comparisons Stigmatization Touch Bionics Touch Bionics iLimb Trash Culture

BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL – Hammer use to hammer nails, with “bionic” prosthetic hand, poses tricky Catch-22 for Cybathlon 2020 [review]

Published Date: 03/03/2019
Posted in "Bionic" prostheses Cybathlon 2016 Cybathlon 2020 History Myoelectric prostheses Prosthetic hook Prosthetics Science fiction Specifications and comparisons

Prosthetic split-hooks are by far the MORE MODERN concept than prosthetic hands and they did not take long to get vilified [what you all got wrong about history]

Published Date: 02/03/2019
Posted in #voightkampff test - dilemma Academic Project Academic research under The Amputee Excuse (TAE) Amputees Are Evil Article in German - Artikel auf Deutsch Cybathlon 2016 Cybathlon 2020 Disability and the public High School Project Impact of visible disability on non-disabled people Media Media publishing discriminating content Media publishing hyped up distortions Research premise myths Specifications and comparisons Swiss Attempts / Swiss Hype

Was ist mit Cybathlon@SCHOOL moeglicherweise problematisch?

Published Date: 11/02/2019
Posted in "Bionic" prostheses Activities of Daily Living and Sports Algorithm regarding best choice of prosthetic arm Artwork and Do It yourself Corner Asymmetry Bimanual task benchmark Cable control Design principles Grip testing Health Hosmer Dorrance Investors' Corner Mechanical works Myoelectric prostheses Postural interference myoelectric control problem Prosthetic hand Prosthetic hook Prosthetics Research tips Specifications and comparisons Touch Bionics iLimb

Angular constraints of prosthetic grippers and functional success correlation [technical evaluation]

Published Date: 02/02/2019
Posted in Activities of Daily Living and Sports Algorithm regarding best choice of prosthetic arm ANPPN Activites of No Particular Prosthetic Need Disability and the public Extreme Cyborging Health Myoelectric prostheses Prosthetics Specifications and comparisons

Myoelectric prosthetic arms do not “really” function – so whom to sell them to? [cynical economic considerations]

Published Date: 29/01/2019
Posted in "Bionic" prostheses Myoelectric prostheses Postural interference myoelectric control problem Prosthetics Specifications and comparisons Testing Theory, studies

Academically published myoelectric arm control error rates since ~1980 remain extremely high, far above any real life use requirement, and not even a slight trend to more reliable control in sight: what does this mean?

Published Date: 17/12/2018
Posted in Odyssey Teams Helping Hand Prosthetics Prototype development Specifications and comparisons

How does a Helping Hand / LN 4 hand work [test report]

Published Date: 07/12/2018
Posted in "Bionic" prostheses Academic research (review) Academic research under The Amputee Excuse (TAE) Art Brands Cable control Cybathlon 2016 Disability and the public EC puppetry Extreme Cyborging Impact of visible disability on non-disabled people Prosthetic hook Prosthetics Specifications and comparisons Theory, studies Touch Bionics TRS TRS prehensor

Disability and the public – prosthetic arms and more: do we appear “competent”? (review)

Published Date: 06/12/2018
Posted in Activities of Daily Living and Sports Algorithm regarding best choice of prosthetic arm Artwork and Do It yourself Corner Bimanual task benchmark Design principles Extreme Cyborging Grip testing Mechanical works Research tips Specifications and comparisons

Real work – Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche – Real Programmers Don’t Use PASCAL [reference to popular culture]

Published Date: 31/10/2018
Posted in Prosthetics Specifications and comparisons Testing

List of possible prosthetic arm failure points [prosthetic reliability]

Published Date: 25/10/2018
Posted in Academic Project Academic research under The Amputee Excuse (TAE) Amputees Are Evil BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL Cybathlon 2020 Disability and the public Discrimination Extreme Cyborging High School Project Human Enhancement Bioethics Media Media publishing discriminating content Media publishing hyped up distortions Objectification Stigmatization Swiss Attempts / Swiss Hype Trash Culture

BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL: Pitch black cynicism in the Cybathlon 2020: “the role of a disabled person” [not funny]

Published Date: 26/07/2018
Posted in "Bionic" prostheses Academic research (review) Academic research under The Amputee Excuse (TAE) Academic research with relevant results Activities of Daily Living and Sports ANPPN Activites of No Particular Prosthetic Need Artwork and Do It yourself Corner AUA vs WIFUCD Becker Hand [Lock Grip, Imperial] {mechanical hand} Bimanual task benchmark BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL BLUELIGHT opponent REDARM TOTAL FREESTYLE TF Design principles Disability and the public Extreme Cyborging Grip testing Hosmer Dorrance Janet and John Myoelectric prostheses Prosthetic hook Prosthetics Research tips Specifications and comparisons Touch Bionics iLimb Toughware Equilux TRS prehensor

Understanding and informing design issues of a prosthetic arm for below elbow amputation by way of “taxonomy” [literature review, reality check]

Published Date: 16/05/2018
Posted in BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL Cybathlon 2016 Cybathlon 2020 EC intimacy Extreme Cyborging Specifications and comparisons Testing

Cybathlon 2020: introducing the BLUE LIGHT specials for the prosthetic arm challenges ahead [terminology, concept]