Category: Touch Bionics

Published Date: 28/12/2023
Posted in "Bionic" prostheses ADA technologies / Physionetics / Toughware PRX Artwork and Do It yourself Corner Asymmetry Becker Hand [Lock Grip, Imperial] {mechanical hand} Becker Hand [Lock Grip, Imperial] {mechanical hand} Brands Cable control Design principles EC wearathlons Extreme Cyborging Fillauer Health Hosmer Hosmer Dorrance Investors' Corner Myoelectric prostheses Ossur Otto Bock Overuse Reduction Prosthetic hook Prosthetics Specifications and comparisons Touch Bionics Touch Bionics iLimb Toughware Equilux TRS TRS Jaws TRS prehensor V2P Prehensor

EXTREME CYBORGING – FULL RELIANCE – comparing prosthetic options for an increasingly one handed use [shoulder surgery left arm recovery as right below elbow amputee]

Published Date: 12/04/2021
Posted in "Bionic" prostheses Activities of Daily Living and Sports ANPPN Activites of No Particular Prosthetic Need Artwork and Do It yourself Corner Becker Hand [Lock Grip, Imperial] {mechanical hand} Becker Hand [Lock Grip, Imperial] {mechanical hand} Bimanual task benchmark Brands EC wet spaces Extreme Cyborging Food Grip testing Grip tuning Hosmer Hosmer Dorrance Prosthetic hook Prosthetics Table manners Touch Bionics Touch Bionics iLimb TRS

Holding and using cutlery [technical right below elbow amputee issues core subject]

Published Date: 28/10/2020
Posted in "Bionic" prostheses Bad Hand Day Brands CE-conformance Disability and the public Discrimination Dystopia Investors' Corner Legal aspects Myoelectric prostheses Ossur Prosthetic hand Prosthetics Science fiction Support Touch Bionics Touch Bionics iLimb Trash Culture

Ossur first effectively bricks insanely overpriced iLimb devices by disabling their control / configuration software [product death / last bad hand day] – UPDATE ~4 MONTHS LATER: they sent an iPod for device control [product revived! – battery specifications]

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]

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: 25/12/2018
Posted in "Bionic" prostheses Brands CE-conformance Disability and the public Human Enhancement Bioethics Hy5 Hy5 Investors' Corner Movohook 2Grip Otto Bock Prosthetic hook Prosthetics Satire Touch Bionics Touch Bionics iLimb

CE marking or norm in relation to components for prosthetic arms [up to 2023]

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: 24/01/2018
Posted in "Bionic" prostheses 3D Printing Artwork and Do It yourself Corner Brands covers Design principles Gloves Myoelectric prostheses Prosthetics Research tips Touch Bionics Touch Bionics iLimb

Towards a more sustainable cosmetic covering / glove for the iLimb Revolution

Published Date: 23/01/2018
Posted in "Bionic" prostheses Bad Hand Day Brands EC puppetry Extreme Cyborging Prosthetics Touch Bionics Touch Bionics iLimb

Bad Hand Day V – will the mobile app actually start?

Published Date: 04/01/2018
Posted in "Bionic" prostheses Academic Project Academic research (review) Activities of Daily Living and Sports Algorithm regarding best choice of prosthetic arm Artwork and Do It yourself Corner Asymmetry Becker Hand [Lock Grip, Imperial] {mechanical hand} Bimanual task benchmark Brands Cable control Cybathlon 2016 Design principles Disability and the public EC lumberjack and hauling EC microworks Extreme Cyborging Harness / shoulder strap Health History Hosmer Hosmer Dorrance Janet and John Material science Mechanical works Myoelectric prostheses Otto Bock Overuse Reduction Postural interference myoelectric control problem Prosthetic hand Prosthetic hook Prosthetic wrist connector Prosthetics Prototype development Research tips Specifications and comparisons Touch Bionics Touch Bionics iLimb Toughware Equilux TRS prehensor

Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]

Published Date: 18/01/2017
Posted in "Bionic" prostheses Activities of Daily Living and Sports ADA technologies / Physionetics / Toughware PRX Algorithm regarding best choice of prosthetic arm Bimanual task benchmark Brands Grip testing Hosmer Hosmer Dorrance Maker Hand by Andrej Dukic Myoelectric prostheses Otto Bock Power Prosthetic hook Prosthetics Specifications and comparisons Touch Bionics Touch Bionics iLimb TRS TRS Jaws TRS prehensor V2P Prehensor

Grip strengths (measured results)

Published Date: 28/12/2016
Posted in "Bionic" prostheses Activities of Daily Living and Sports Algorithm regarding best choice of prosthetic arm Bimanual task benchmark Brands EC microworks Extreme Cyborging Grip testing Hosmer Hosmer Dorrance Prosthetic hook Prosthetics Specifications and comparisons Touch Bionics Touch Bionics iLimb Trautman hook TRS TRS prehensor Workshop / Repairs / Tools

Towards Extreme Cyborging (EC) microworks: very small things [grip mechanics theory, parametrization and then testing side by side – Trautman hook, Hosmer Mod 5 hook, TRS Prehensor, Touch Bionics iLimb revolution]