Category: Prosthetics

Published Date: 03/10/2019
Posted in Activities of Daily Living and Sports Bimanual task benchmark Car EC microworks Extreme Cyborging Hosmer Dorrance Prosthetic hook Prosthetics Workshop / Repairs / Tools World modifications

Subaru Weathertech floormat mount [what it is that we (“we”) do]

Published Date: 10/08/2019
Posted in Asymmetry Bimanual task benchmark Brands Extreme Cyborging Health Overuse Reduction Prosthetic hook Prosthetics TRS TRS Jaws

TRS Jaws [new product – first use report]

Published Date: 10/08/2019
Posted in ADA technologies / Physionetics / Toughware PRX Bike Biking Brands Mountain bike CUBE ACID 29" 2019 Prosthetic hook Toughware Equilux World modifications

Adapting mountain bike (CUBE ACID 29″, 2019) for left handed use [photos]

Published Date: 21/04/2019
Posted in "Bionic" prostheses Academic research under The Amputee Excuse (TAE) Activities of Daily Living and Sports Brands Catch-22 of Cybathlon Cybathlon 2020 Disability and the public EC off limits Extreme Cyborging Prosthetics Specifications and comparisons Touch Bionics Touch Bionics iLimb

BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL – defect iLimb glove poses tricky Catch-22 for Cybathlon 2020 [review]

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: 19/04/2019
Posted in "Bionic" prostheses Becker Hand [Lock Grip, Imperial] {mechanical hand} Becker Hand [Lock Grip, Imperial] {mechanical hand} Brands Prosthetics

Becker Hand – best grip in town [mechanism visualization]

Published Date: 04/04/2019
Posted in Activities of Daily Living and Sports Bimanual task benchmark Brands Disability and the public EC microworks Extreme Cyborging Hosmer Hosmer Dorrance Prosthetic hook Prosthetics Workshop / Repairs / Tools

Soldering cable connection and heat shrinking tube over connection (Extreme Cyborging Microworks)

Published Date: 31/03/2019
Posted in Bad Example Brands Cable control Harness / shoulder strap Otto Bock Prosthetic hand Prosthetics

Kristie Sita with Youtube channel [indicator post]

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?