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- Category: Activities of Daily Living and Sports
- Door lock [ADL]
- Hard Bimanual Work and Activities – physical strain in the context and preparation of prosthetic arm build and use [review]
- How prosthetic industries and academia fail: body-powered control is exactly the same as a bicycle brake cable [tech comparison]
- EXTREME CYBORGING – FULL RELIANCE – comparing prosthetic options for an increasingly one handed use [shoulder surgery left arm recovery as right below elbow amputee]
- Modify wrist watch arm band for one-handed use [tech tip]
- Real watch for real men* ? {TL;DR:not a smart watch, not a luxury watch} [tech]
- Wiggle of prosthetic wrist mount in carbon socket [parts]
- Precision grip – soft surface – steel split hook, silicone tubing
- Precision grip application in real life [visual]
- Holding and using cutlery [technical right below elbow amputee issues core subject]
- Sweat as an issue [talking shop now]
- VELOFAKTUM road bike / gravel bike, custom built for left handed use [modification, setup]
- How is a hook more advanced and better than a prosthetic hand? [tech demo]
- Dynabee / Powerball / Forceball – playing with gyroscopic device, trying to keep momentum using prosthetic arm [subtle sensory feedback demo]
- Precision grip enhancement of prosthetic hand [close-up, detail, technical aspect]
- Shaving soap holder [one handed tricks]
- Face mask clip-on mount / holder for car head rest [3D-print] #covid #mask #mount
- Chain-ring cover / crankset cover / chain guard for Shimano STX-RC on mountain bike GIANT ATX 870 [3D-designed and 3D-printed part]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL challenge #1 – private parts [vision; Swiss Prosthetics brand promise]
- Subaru dashboard modifications [tweak]
- Subaru Weathertech floormat mount [what it is that we (“we”) do]
- Wie baue ich ein Fahrrad / Velo um für das Fahren mit einseitiger Armamputation? [Erfahrungsberichte / Vorschläge / Anleitung]
- Fixing espresso machine: swap pump of Rancilio Silvia [Extreme Cyborging]
- TRS Jaws [new product – first use report]
- Adapting mountain bike (CUBE ACID 29″, 2019) for left handed use [photos]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL – defect iLimb glove poses tricky Catch-22 for Cybathlon 2020 [review]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL – Hammer use to hammer nails, with “bionic” prosthetic hand, poses tricky Catch-22 for Cybathlon 2020 [review]
- Soldering cable connection and heat shrinking tube over connection (Extreme Cyborging Microworks)
- Angular constraints of prosthetic grippers and functional success correlation [technical evaluation]
- Myoelectric prosthetic arms do not “really” function – so whom to sell them to? [cynical economic considerations]
- Disability and the public – prosthetic arms and more: do we appear “competent”? (review)
- Real work – Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche – Real Programmers Don’t Use PASCAL [reference to popular culture]
- How to apply wood screws in series – demonstration, difficulties [bench work]
- How to sharpen a pencil fast [technical advice]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL: Pitch black cynicism in the Cybathlon 2020: “the role of a disabled person” [not funny]
- Embodiment of a prosthetic arm [reflections, thoughts, considerations]
- Remote controlled turn signal for bicycle [upgrade]
- Understanding and informing design issues of a prosthetic arm for below elbow amputation by way of “taxonomy” [literature review, reality check]
- Cybathlon 2020: introducing the BLUE LIGHT specials for the prosthetic arm challenges ahead [terminology, concept]
- 3D-print molded Protosil RTV 245 (durometer shore 40A) silicone covers for Toughware Equilux [proof of concept, demo of “bionic” grip]
- Modifying Shimano Ultegra road bike setup on a Colnago C40 for left handed use – second approach [technical right below elbow amputee core focus work / bike adaptation]
- Bad Hand Day V – will the mobile app actually start?
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle [movie review]
- Cracking an egg single-handedly [ANPPN – activities of no particular prosthetic need]
- Alex Roy and comparing junk with what “real men” wear [consumer products and society]
- The death of Dr. No [lessons to be learned for prosthetic design and use]
- Modifying Shimano Ultegra road bike setup on a Colnago C40 for left handed use – first approach [technical right below elbow amputee core focus work / bike adaptation]
- Toughware Equilux – new VO (voluntary opening) / VC (voluntary closing) body powered device – first usage report [NEW PRODUCT]
- Grip performance enhancement through modifying terminal device gripper surface [overview]
- TRS Prehensor [grip surface tweaking II]
- Casio G-SHOCK GW-M5610 (module 3159) with gesture controlled light switch – where we are going, we don’t need hands [using motion sensors for sensible application for one handed users]
- Fotoserie – Herstellung und Aufbereitung einer Serie von Passteilen für PMCTA-Sets [photos]
- Guitar pick holder for iLimb / Dunlop TORTEX picks [3d printed solution]
- Large 3D hand to clip on TRS prehensor [prosthetic testing]
- Guitar pick holder for Hosmer 5 hook /Dunlop TORTEX picks [3d printed solution]
- Myoelectric Arm Dialog
- “Robotics”/”Cyborg”-ism and prosthetic arms – state of the art, and choice of role of prosthesis within own body image [analysis post]
- iLimb / myoelectric arm: chronic skin rash due to local myoelectric skin electrode placement during bicycle ride [complication report] [bad hand days/weeks/month] (towards the AUA/WIFUCD dichotomy)
- Grip 5 Evolution Prehensor TRS – Cybathlon winning device – first bike ride test [video / 1:1]
- Hosmer Mod. 5 hook clip for cell phone cover fixation [3D printed solution]
- Grip strengths (measured results)
- 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]
- Fixing infinity on Russian Wide Lens Industar 69 M39 [EC microworks]
- Freebasing 3D shapes: wine glass holder [way to go]
- Bag or backpack design and convenience for right below elbow amputee [convenience demonstration]
- 3D printing requires a prosthetic hook [easing into tech]
- Extreme Cyborging (prosthetic arms) [new brand name / new concept]
- Casio wrist watch wrist band swap [technical, EC microworks]
- Grip planning and carrying out [TRS Prehensor vs. iLimb Ultra Revolution – theory and practice]
- TRS Prehensor [grip surface tweaking]
- Der Cybathlon 2016 wurde bei den Armprothesen von einem Mann mit “Hook” gewonnen [#research #surprise #bodypowered]
- Prosthetic hand and gripper options: grip analysis, grip construction [summary/post list]
- ADL learning and body powered prosthesis control [paper review]
- Is it wise to widen the clientele for prosthetic arms, and is it wise to get more crappy “bionic” arms publicly funded?
- The Cybathlon as iconic Trash Culture modern day Circus show: arm amputees, arms race and technical considerations regarding specific applicants [proper research domain assignment, pre-race evaluation of critical check points, detailed in-race grip analysis, cultural domain considerations, gonzo race report]
- #userdrivendesign Prosthetic arm design: i-Limb Revolution versus customized body powered arm in a work environment combining bodily exertion, wide temperature ranges, wide body motion ranges, heavy workload and subtle grips [Cybathlon Symposium, Oct 6 2016, Poster A12]
- Bad Hand Day IV (iLimb, as usual)
- Stabilizing rod-like item with a prosthetic hook [two ways]
- Prosthetic options and Yenga – intricate grip differentiation details [up close grip mechanics]
- Prosthetic arm / hook as “human enhancement” #cyborg #realprosthetics to handle meat / grill / frying pan (what transhumanists, bioethicists and media hypes tend to miss)
- Power drill usage for screws in awkward positions – fixing screw to drill using a bit of silicone tubing (arm amputee tricks)
- Stel Orthopedie Freelock – first test riding modified 1981 Gerber race bike
- What prosthetic arm to use? [flowchart / algorithm]
- ARMCAM – prosthetic hook, kitchen activity [ADL, activities of daily living]
- How to peel and eat an orange [ADL, ANPPN Activities of No Particular Prosthetic Need] #orangegate #prepeeled #cutupintelligently
- What to do once your arm has mindboggling amounts of DOF but your stump can only address 2-3 ? [tech scifi stuff]
- Vacuuming with iLimb Ultra Revolution [ADL]
- TRS Ski-2 Terminal Device [first test]
- How to cut 3D origami using a prosthetic arm [1:1]
- Hard Bimanual Activities (HBM) [overview]
- Bimanual activities beyond comfort zone – bike tour over Stelvio Pass [yoo hoo]
- Trimming hedges with Hosmer 6 work hook and 2,7 kg cutter in 37 deg C sunny summer [achievement / benchmark report]
- Biking, arm “limb difference” and lower back pain [setting up bike correctly]
- Otto Bock’s funny video (hooks after all? needle and thread benchmark?)
- BMC Alpenchallenge AC01 SORA review – riding bike fast (with Mert hand, and concession to comfort)
- Playing guitar [update]
- Asymmetry due to below elbow amputation and consequences [analysis]
- A myoelectric prosthetic arm does have a mind on its own [just watch this – problems with postural interference, limb position(ing) effect, possible solution].
- Mountain bike riding [why not, why, where]
- Modifying mountain bike for left handed riding [no extra part except Mert hand]
- Bicycle works – swapping pedals [trick]
- Drill hammer and electric saw action to mount custom shelves [bimanual inventory]
- Changes in force production and stroke parameters of trained able-bodied and unilateral arm-amputee female swimmers during a 30 s tethered front-crawl swim [research alert]
- Appearance Test [how to test if your prosthetic hand is life like]
- The ultimate bimanual task – the IKEA Pax wardrobe system with gliding doors [tricks,tips and yeehaw]
- Dismantling, loading, transporting, unloading and reassembling shelf [bimanual, activity] {illustration, a peek into the life of a person with a handicap}
- Photography as right below elbow amputee [technical tips]
- Ripping through the SHAP Southampton Hand Assessment Procedure [DAFUQ – executive summary: SHAP probably useless for prostheses]
- Is it possible, with a physical handicap, to participate in international sports competitions? [peek glance comment to some assertions made by Cybathlon organizers]
- Successfully wearing a prosthetic arm – How to Be A Puppeteer [satire]
- Stump after wearing myoelectric “bionic” prosthesis for 10 hours [graphic #voightkampff]
- Car wash – what happens when one uses an iLimb Ultra Revolution *just* to assist holding the water tube [glove damage within minutes]
- Bimanual tasks – stitching bag tag holder back into place [Northface bag; task evaluation; benchmark]
- Bimanual tasks – move boxes and furniture to the attic [up to 25 kg] [benchmarks]
- iLimb Ultra Revolution – “precision” grip [facts and fiction of “bionic” hands, compared to body powered Becker hand or hook]
- i-Limb ultra revolution [baking apple cake test]
- i-Limb ultra revolution (introducing)
- Fold shirt [pinch method, under 2 seconds]
- Putting on duvet cover [burrito method]
- Prosthetic device research – what to aim for [go for it!]
- Performance rating of prosthetic options [rational approach / numbers]
- Retro [hook device review]
- How to really test prosthetic arms [from real life, for those that are amazed and wonder]
- Apple iPhone (3GS, 4) versus Nokia Lumia 920 [cell phones]
- Summer holidays [fly swimming, jellyfish chasing]
- Consumer products to help through ADL (activities of daily living) [product tips]
- 1981 Gerber race bike modified for left handed / one handed riding [howto: brake lever]
- Torque values for prosthetic arms and lifting weights when considering forearm osseointegration [estimation]
- Gerber 1981 road bike [howto: full list of conversion items, for use with Mert hand / prosthetic]
- Becker Phantom Bionic hand – turning ignition key, releasing hand brake [#stuffthatworks]
- Frei- und Hallenbäder für ein-händig funktionierende Personen [Übersicht]
- Becker Phantom Bionic hand – ultra fast, silent, adaptive
- Shoe laces [product tip]
- Requirements for prosthetic arms in context of chronic overuse and strain symptoms and carpal tunnel syndrome [explained again]
- Below elbow amputee socket with guitar plectrum mount [proof of concept]
- Mounting a Westinghouse ceiling fan
- Vacuum cleaning using Roomba [ADL activities of daily living] {h}
- Making coffee as arm amputee benchmark activity / ADL activities of daily living [demo]
- Drill a screw [1-handed way]
- Schraube verschrauben [1-haendige Technik]
- Cherry computer keyboard with built-in trackpad [overuse reduction]
- Main board fan swap [Activity of daily living / ADL]
- Mert Lawwill prosthetic bicycle riding hand [setup, first test ride]
- Public pools – public toilets: arm amputation and immune system issues [basics]
- Fixing / sewing up boot latch [tech]
- Requirements for prosthetic arms in context of chronic overuse and strain symptoms and carpal tunnel syndrome [analysis]
- Subaru Impreza 1,5L 2010 Swiss Edition – non-invasive iPhone mount with separate ProClip component and ProGin GPS booster [tech]
- Alternative to key lanyard: cable tie [tech tip]
- Shift in activities *versus* Back to previous activities [rant]
- iPhone add-on [disability empowerment]
- Subaru Impreza 1.5L 2010 Swiss Edition non-invasive iPhone TomTom carkit mount
- Approaching social issues exploiting hormones- Sound Racer [science rant]
- Stump warmers – sewing tubes [product info]
- Pain Fest – exacerbation of postural muscle dysbalance, phantom pain and allodynia / tender skin [pain escalation]
- Bethany Hamilton’s “Soul Surfer” (2011) biographical movie [review]
- Manualization of the body and time and effort spent to implement it [options for people missing an upper extremity part]
- ADL activities of daily living – arm stump only [ANPPN Activites of No Particular Prosthetic Need]
- Typing and posture [simple functional anatomy]
- Body core strength – LUNOCET 015 – peaceful Lake of Zurich freestyle LUNOCET swimming [summer break]
- Ironing – one handed, or with prosthetic hook or hand [choice of iron]
- Empowering amputees by helping them to be less dependent on others [attention!]
- Occupational therapy for prosthetic hook [LEGO / stop motion]
- Cutting meat using prosthetic body powered arm with hook or hand [ADL]
- Elektrische Prothesenheizung [Montageanleitung]
- Electric heating for my prosthetic arm [tech build / instructions]
- Baby it’s cold outside – shoes, boots, walking, hiking, running [skillz]
- Skiing (downhill skiing, alpine skiing) [skillz]
- Driving with a prosthetic arm
- V2P Prehensor – general reflection on grip strength and test of multi layered customized claw covers
- V2P Prehensor / PUPP+CH+EN wrist > ADL Activities of Daily Living > The Very Profane > Push Comes To Shove > Cleaning Toilet
- Hot Summer – trimming the hedge [V2P / Puppchen wrist real life test: passed]
- iPhone UNLOCK left handed not implemented by Apple – violation of Telecommunications Act Section 255
- Use touch-screen, PDA, iPhone, Motorola Droid or Motorola Milestone with a prosthetic hand
- Sewing – thread manipulation
- Comprehensive inventory of ADL – Activities of Daily Living – using Becker Lock Grip hand and Otto Bock MovoHook 2Grip as right below elbow amputee
- Which watch?
- Discriminating ad – the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie spits down on amputees as what they call ‘fake people’ alluding at a prosthetic hand
- One handed guitar and bass players
- Bass guitar play {left handed}
- Putting on and taking off wrist watch with right below elbow amputation (stump, prosthesis: video demos)
- Competitive prosthetic action – compare movement and function
- Mini Cooper 2007 steering wheel knob
- Mini Cooper 2007 window and fog light switches
- Mountain Bike Giant 870 ATX gear switches and arm rest
- Mountain Bike Giant 870 ATX – brake lever and force distributor
- Category: ANPPN Activites of No Particular Prosthetic Need
- Holding and using cutlery [technical right below elbow amputee issues core subject]
- Shaving soap holder [one handed tricks]
- Myoelectric prosthetic arms do not “really” function – so whom to sell them to? [cynical economic considerations]
- Understanding and informing design issues of a prosthetic arm for below elbow amputation by way of “taxonomy” [literature review, reality check]
- Cracking an egg single-handedly [ANPPN – activities of no particular prosthetic need]
- The death of Dr. No [lessons to be learned for prosthetic design and use]
- Fixing infinity on Russian Wide Lens Industar 69 M39 [EC microworks]
- Is it wise to widen the clientele for prosthetic arms, and is it wise to get more crappy “bionic” arms publicly funded?
- #userdrivendesign Prosthetic arm design: i-Limb Revolution versus customized body powered arm in a work environment combining bodily exertion, wide temperature ranges, wide body motion ranges, heavy workload and subtle grips [Cybathlon Symposium, Oct 6 2016, Poster A12]
- Bad Hand Day IV (iLimb, as usual)
- How to peel and eat an orange [ADL, ANPPN Activities of No Particular Prosthetic Need] #orangegate #prepeeled #cutupintelligently
- Vacuuming with iLimb Ultra Revolution [ADL]
- The ultimate bimanual task – the IKEA Pax wardrobe system with gliding doors [tricks,tips and yeehaw]
- Dismantling, loading, transporting, unloading and reassembling shelf [bimanual, activity] {illustration, a peek into the life of a person with a handicap}
- Photography as right below elbow amputee [technical tips]
- Ripping through the SHAP Southampton Hand Assessment Procedure [DAFUQ – executive summary: SHAP probably useless for prostheses]
- Putting on duvet cover [burrito method]
- Torque values for prosthetic arms and lifting weights when considering forearm osseointegration [estimation]
- ADL activities of daily living – arm stump only [ANPPN Activites of No Particular Prosthetic Need]
- Putting on and taking off wrist watch with right below elbow amputation (stump, prosthesis: video demos)
- Category: Bed sheets
- Category: Biking
- How prosthetic industries and academia fail: body-powered control is exactly the same as a bicycle brake cable [tech comparison]
- VELOFAKTUM road bike / gravel bike, custom built for left handed use [modification, setup]
- Chain-ring cover / crankset cover / chain guard for Shimano STX-RC on mountain bike GIANT ATX 870 [3D-designed and 3D-printed part]
- Wie baue ich ein Fahrrad / Velo um für das Fahren mit einseitiger Armamputation? [Erfahrungsberichte / Vorschläge / Anleitung]
- Adapting mountain bike (CUBE ACID 29″, 2019) for left handed use [photos]
- Remote controlled turn signal for bicycle [upgrade]
- Modifying Shimano Ultegra road bike setup on a Colnago C40 for left handed use – second approach [technical right below elbow amputee core focus work / bike adaptation]
- iLimb / myoelectric arm: chronic skin rash due to local myoelectric skin electrode placement during bicycle ride [complication report] [bad hand days/weeks/month] (towards the AUA/WIFUCD dichotomy)
- Grip 5 Evolution Prehensor TRS – Cybathlon winning device – first bike ride test [video / 1:1]
- Stel Orthopedie Freelock – first test riding modified 1981 Gerber race bike
- Bimanual activities beyond comfort zone – bike tour over Stelvio Pass [yoo hoo]
- Biking, arm “limb difference” and lower back pain [setting up bike correctly]
- BMC Alpenchallenge AC01 SORA review – riding bike fast (with Mert hand, and concession to comfort)
- Mountain bike riding [why not, why, where]
- Modifying mountain bike for left handed riding [no extra part except Mert hand]
- Bicycle works – swapping pedals [trick]
- 1981 Gerber race bike modified for left handed / one handed riding [howto: brake lever]
- Gerber 1981 road bike [howto: full list of conversion items, for use with Mert hand / prosthetic]
- Mert Lawwill prosthetic bicycle riding hand [setup, first test ride]
- Mountain Bike Giant 870 ATX gear switches and arm rest
- Mountain Bike Giant 870 ATX – brake lever and force distributor
- Category: Bimanual task benchmark
- Precision grip – soft surface – steel split hook, silicone tubing
- Precision grip application in real life [visual]
- Holding and using cutlery [technical right below elbow amputee issues core subject]
- How is a hook more advanced and better than a prosthetic hand? [tech demo]
- Precision grip enhancement of prosthetic hand [close-up, detail, technical aspect]
- Subaru dashboard modifications [tweak]
- Subaru Weathertech floormat mount [what it is that we (“we”) do]
- Fixing espresso machine: swap pump of Rancilio Silvia [Extreme Cyborging]
- TRS Jaws [new product – first use report]
- Soldering cable connection and heat shrinking tube over connection (Extreme Cyborging Microworks)
- Angular constraints of prosthetic grippers and functional success correlation [technical evaluation]
- Real work – Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche – Real Programmers Don’t Use PASCAL [reference to popular culture]
- How to apply wood screws in series – demonstration, difficulties [bench work]
- Understanding and informing design issues of a prosthetic arm for below elbow amputation by way of “taxonomy” [literature review, reality check]
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- Grip performance enhancement through modifying terminal device gripper surface [overview]
- TRS Prehensor [grip surface tweaking II]
- Fotoserie – Herstellung und Aufbereitung einer Serie von Passteilen für PMCTA-Sets [photos]
- Myoelectric Arm Dialog
- iLimb / myoelectric arm: chronic skin rash due to local myoelectric skin electrode placement during bicycle ride [complication report] [bad hand days/weeks/month] (towards the AUA/WIFUCD dichotomy)
- Grip strengths (measured results)
- 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]
- 3D printing requires a prosthetic hook [easing into tech]
- Extreme Cyborging (prosthetic arms) [new brand name / new concept]
- Grip planning and carrying out [TRS Prehensor vs. iLimb Ultra Revolution – theory and practice]
- TRS Prehensor [grip surface tweaking]
- Der Cybathlon 2016 wurde bei den Armprothesen von einem Mann mit “Hook” gewonnen [#research #surprise #bodypowered]
- Prosthetic hand and gripper options: grip analysis, grip construction [summary/post list]
- ADL learning and body powered prosthesis control [paper review]
- The Cybathlon as iconic Trash Culture modern day Circus show: arm amputees, arms race and technical considerations regarding specific applicants [proper research domain assignment, pre-race evaluation of critical check points, detailed in-race grip analysis, cultural domain considerations, gonzo race report]
- #userdrivendesign Prosthetic arm design: i-Limb Revolution versus customized body powered arm in a work environment combining bodily exertion, wide temperature ranges, wide body motion ranges, heavy workload and subtle grips [Cybathlon Symposium, Oct 6 2016, Poster A12]
- Prosthetic options and Yenga – intricate grip differentiation details [up close grip mechanics]
- What prosthetic arm to use? [flowchart / algorithm]
- ARMCAM – prosthetic hook, kitchen activity [ADL, activities of daily living]
- How to peel and eat an orange [ADL, ANPPN Activities of No Particular Prosthetic Need] #orangegate #prepeeled #cutupintelligently
- How to cut 3D origami using a prosthetic arm [1:1]
- Hard Bimanual Activities (HBM) [overview]
- Bimanual activities beyond comfort zone – bike tour over Stelvio Pass [yoo hoo]
- Trimming hedges with Hosmer 6 work hook and 2,7 kg cutter in 37 deg C sunny summer [achievement / benchmark report]
- Otto Bock’s funny video (hooks after all? needle and thread benchmark?)
- Asymmetry due to below elbow amputation and consequences [analysis]
- Drill hammer and electric saw action to mount custom shelves [bimanual inventory]
- Appearance Test [how to test if your prosthetic hand is life like]
- The ultimate bimanual task – the IKEA Pax wardrobe system with gliding doors [tricks,tips and yeehaw]
- Dismantling, loading, transporting, unloading and reassembling shelf [bimanual, activity] {illustration, a peek into the life of a person with a handicap}
- Photography as right below elbow amputee [technical tips]
- Ripping through the SHAP Southampton Hand Assessment Procedure [DAFUQ – executive summary: SHAP probably useless for prostheses]
- Car wash – what happens when one uses an iLimb Ultra Revolution *just* to assist holding the water tube [glove damage within minutes]
- Bimanual tasks – stitching bag tag holder back into place [Northface bag; task evaluation; benchmark]
- Bimanual tasks – move boxes and furniture to the attic [up to 25 kg] [benchmarks]
- i-Limb ultra revolution [baking apple cake test]
- How to really test prosthetic arms [from real life, for those that are amazed and wonder]
- Manualization of the body and time and effort spent to implement it [options for people missing an upper extremity part]
- V2P Prehensor – general reflection on grip strength and test of multi layered customized claw covers
- V2P Prehensor / PUPP+CH+EN wrist > ADL Activities of Daily Living > The Very Profane > Push Comes To Shove > Cleaning Toilet
- Hot Summer – trimming the hedge [V2P / Puppchen wrist real life test: passed]
- Category: AUA vs WIFUCD
- Understanding and informing design issues of a prosthetic arm for below elbow amputation by way of “taxonomy” [literature review, reality check]
- Fotoserie – Herstellung und Aufbereitung einer Serie von Passteilen für PMCTA-Sets [photos]
- iLimb / myoelectric arm: chronic skin rash due to local myoelectric skin electrode placement during bicycle ride [complication report] [bad hand days/weeks/month] (towards the AUA/WIFUCD dichotomy)
- Extreme Cyborging (prosthetic arms) [new brand name / new concept]
- Category: Grip testing
- Precision grip – soft surface – steel split hook, silicone tubing
- Precision grip application in real life [visual]
- Holding and using cutlery [technical right below elbow amputee issues core subject]
- Precision grip enhancement of prosthetic hand [close-up, detail, technical aspect]
- Angular constraints of prosthetic grippers and functional success correlation [technical evaluation]
- Real work – Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche – Real Programmers Don’t Use PASCAL [reference to popular culture]
- How to apply wood screws in series – demonstration, difficulties [bench work]
- Understanding and informing design issues of a prosthetic arm for below elbow amputation by way of “taxonomy” [literature review, reality check]
- Grip performance enhancement through modifying terminal device gripper surface [overview]
- TRS Prehensor [grip surface tweaking II]
- Fotoserie – Herstellung und Aufbereitung einer Serie von Passteilen für PMCTA-Sets [photos]
- Grip strengths (measured results)
- 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]
- Grip planning and carrying out [TRS Prehensor vs. iLimb Ultra Revolution – theory and practice]
- TRS Prehensor [grip surface tweaking]
- Der Cybathlon 2016 wurde bei den Armprothesen von einem Mann mit “Hook” gewonnen [#research #surprise #bodypowered]
- Prosthetic hand and gripper options: grip analysis, grip construction [summary/post list]
- ADL learning and body powered prosthesis control [paper review]
- The Cybathlon as iconic Trash Culture modern day Circus show: arm amputees, arms race and technical considerations regarding specific applicants [proper research domain assignment, pre-race evaluation of critical check points, detailed in-race grip analysis, cultural domain considerations, gonzo race report]
- #userdrivendesign Prosthetic arm design: i-Limb Revolution versus customized body powered arm in a work environment combining bodily exertion, wide temperature ranges, wide body motion ranges, heavy workload and subtle grips [Cybathlon Symposium, Oct 6 2016, Poster A12]
- Prosthetic options and Yenga – intricate grip differentiation details [up close grip mechanics]
- V2P Prehensor – general reflection on grip strength and test of multi layered customized claw covers
- Category: Cell phone
- Category: Cooking
- Prosthetic arm / hook as “human enhancement” #cyborg #realprosthetics to handle meat / grill / frying pan (what transhumanists, bioethicists and media hypes tend to miss)
- How to peel and eat an orange [ADL, ANPPN Activities of No Particular Prosthetic Need] #orangegate #prepeeled #cutupintelligently
- i-Limb ultra revolution [baking apple cake test]
- Comprehensive inventory of ADL – Activities of Daily Living – using Becker Lock Grip hand and Otto Bock MovoHook 2Grip as right below elbow amputee
- Competitive prosthetic action – compare movement and function
- Category: Driving
- Becker Phantom Bionic hand – turning ignition key, releasing hand brake [#stuffthatworks]
- Becker Phantom Bionic hand – ultra fast, silent, adaptive
- Subaru Impreza 1,5L 2010 Swiss Edition – non-invasive iPhone mount with separate ProClip component and ProGin GPS booster [tech]
- Alternative to key lanyard: cable tie [tech tip]
- Subaru Impreza 1.5L 2010 Swiss Edition non-invasive iPhone TomTom carkit mount
- Approaching social issues exploiting hormones- Sound Racer [science rant]
- Driving with a prosthetic arm
- Mini Cooper 2007 steering wheel knob
- Mini Cooper 2007 window and fog light switches
- Category: Extreme Cyborging
- Door lock [ADL]
- Hard Bimanual Work and Activities – physical strain in the context and preparation of prosthetic arm build and use [review]
- EXTREME CYBORGING – FULL RELIANCE – comparing prosthetic options for an increasingly one handed use [shoulder surgery left arm recovery as right below elbow amputee]
- Real watch for real men* ? {TL;DR:not a smart watch, not a luxury watch} [tech]
- Wiggle of prosthetic wrist mount in carbon socket [parts]
- Precision grip – soft surface – steel split hook, silicone tubing
- Precision grip application in real life [visual]
- Holding and using cutlery [technical right below elbow amputee issues core subject]
- Sweat as an issue [talking shop now]
- VELOFAKTUM road bike / gravel bike, custom built for left handed use [modification, setup]
- Dynabee / Powerball / Forceball – playing with gyroscopic device, trying to keep momentum using prosthetic arm [subtle sensory feedback demo]
- Precision grip enhancement of prosthetic hand [close-up, detail, technical aspect]
- Shaving soap holder [one handed tricks]
- Face mask clip-on mount / holder for car head rest [3D-print] #covid #mask #mount
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL challenge #1 – private parts [vision; Swiss Prosthetics brand promise]
- Subaru dashboard modifications [tweak]
- Subaru Weathertech floormat mount [what it is that we (“we”) do]
- Wie baue ich ein Fahrrad / Velo um für das Fahren mit einseitiger Armamputation? [Erfahrungsberichte / Vorschläge / Anleitung]
- Fixing espresso machine: swap pump of Rancilio Silvia [Extreme Cyborging]
- TRS Jaws [new product – first use report]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL – defect iLimb glove poses tricky Catch-22 for Cybathlon 2020 [review]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL – Hammer use to hammer nails, with “bionic” prosthetic hand, poses tricky Catch-22 for Cybathlon 2020 [review]
- Soldering cable connection and heat shrinking tube over connection (Extreme Cyborging Microworks)
- Myoelectric prosthetic arms do not “really” function – so whom to sell them to? [cynical economic considerations]
- Disability and the public – prosthetic arms and more: do we appear “competent”? (review)
- Real work – Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche – Real Programmers Don’t Use PASCAL [reference to popular culture]
- How to apply wood screws in series – demonstration, difficulties [bench work]
- How to sharpen a pencil fast [technical advice]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL: Pitch black cynicism in the Cybathlon 2020: “the role of a disabled person” [not funny]
- Embodiment of a prosthetic arm [reflections, thoughts, considerations]
- Understanding and informing design issues of a prosthetic arm for below elbow amputation by way of “taxonomy” [literature review, reality check]
- Cybathlon 2020: introducing the BLUE LIGHT specials for the prosthetic arm challenges ahead [terminology, concept]
- 3D-print molded Protosil RTV 245 (durometer shore 40A) silicone covers for Toughware Equilux [proof of concept, demo of “bionic” grip]
- Modifying Shimano Ultegra road bike setup on a Colnago C40 for left handed use – second approach [technical right below elbow amputee core focus work / bike adaptation]
- Bad Hand Day V – will the mobile app actually start?
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle [movie review]
- Cracking an egg single-handedly [ANPPN – activities of no particular prosthetic need]
- Alex Roy and comparing junk with what “real men” wear [consumer products and society]
- The death of Dr. No [lessons to be learned for prosthetic design and use]
- Modifying Shimano Ultegra road bike setup on a Colnago C40 for left handed use – first approach [technical right below elbow amputee core focus work / bike adaptation]
- Toughware Equilux – new VO (voluntary opening) / VC (voluntary closing) body powered device – first usage report [NEW PRODUCT]
- Fotoserie – Herstellung und Aufbereitung einer Serie von Passteilen für PMCTA-Sets [photos]
- Guitar pick holder for iLimb / Dunlop TORTEX picks [3d printed solution]
- Large 3D hand to clip on TRS prehensor [prosthetic testing]
- Guitar pick holder for Hosmer 5 hook /Dunlop TORTEX picks [3d printed solution]
- Grip 5 Evolution Prehensor TRS – Cybathlon winning device – first bike ride test [video / 1:1]
- 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]
- Fixing infinity on Russian Wide Lens Industar 69 M39 [EC microworks]
- 3D printing requires a prosthetic hook [easing into tech]
- Extreme Cyborging (prosthetic arms) [new brand name / new concept]
- Casio wrist watch wrist band swap [technical, EC microworks]
- What to do once your arm has mindboggling amounts of DOF but your stump can only address 2-3 ? [tech scifi stuff]
- TRS Ski-2 Terminal Device [first test]
- How to cut 3D origami using a prosthetic arm [1:1]
- Bimanual activities beyond comfort zone – bike tour over Stelvio Pass [yoo hoo]
- Trimming hedges with Hosmer 6 work hook and 2,7 kg cutter in 37 deg C sunny summer [achievement / benchmark report]
- Playing guitar [update]
- Dismantling, loading, transporting, unloading and reassembling shelf [bimanual, activity] {illustration, a peek into the life of a person with a handicap}
- Is it possible, with a physical handicap, to participate in international sports competitions? [peek glance comment to some assertions made by Cybathlon organizers]
- Stump after wearing myoelectric “bionic” prosthesis for 10 hours [graphic #voightkampff]
- Bimanual tasks – stitching bag tag holder back into place [Northface bag; task evaluation; benchmark]
- Below elbow amputee socket with guitar plectrum mount [proof of concept]
- Bethany Hamilton’s “Soul Surfer” (2011) biographical movie [review]
- Skiing (downhill skiing, alpine skiing) [skillz]
- Hot Summer – trimming the hedge [V2P / Puppchen wrist real life test: passed]
- Sewing – thread manipulation
- Comprehensive inventory of ADL – Activities of Daily Living – using Becker Lock Grip hand and Otto Bock MovoHook 2Grip as right below elbow amputee
- One handed guitar and bass players
- Category: BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL
- Dynabee / Powerball / Forceball – playing with gyroscopic device, trying to keep momentum using prosthetic arm [subtle sensory feedback demo]
- Precision grip enhancement of prosthetic hand [close-up, detail, technical aspect]
- Face mask clip-on mount / holder for car head rest [3D-print] #covid #mask #mount
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL challenge #1 – private parts [vision; Swiss Prosthetics brand promise]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL – Hammer use to hammer nails, with “bionic” prosthetic hand, poses tricky Catch-22 for Cybathlon 2020 [review]
- How to apply wood screws in series – demonstration, difficulties [bench work]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL: Pitch black cynicism in the Cybathlon 2020: “the role of a disabled person” [not funny]
- Understanding and informing design issues of a prosthetic arm for below elbow amputation by way of “taxonomy” [literature review, reality check]
- Cybathlon 2020: introducing the BLUE LIGHT specials for the prosthetic arm challenges ahead [terminology, concept]
- Category: BLUELIGHT opponent REDARM TOTAL FREESTYLE TF
- Category: EC 3d paper models
- Category: EC fabric
- Category: EC intimacy
- Category: EC lumberjack and hauling
- Hard Bimanual Work and Activities – physical strain in the context and preparation of prosthetic arm build and use [review]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL – Hammer use to hammer nails, with “bionic” prosthetic hand, poses tricky Catch-22 for Cybathlon 2020 [review]
- How to apply wood screws in series – demonstration, difficulties [bench work]
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- Trimming hedges with Hosmer 6 work hook and 2,7 kg cutter in 37 deg C sunny summer [achievement / benchmark report]
- Dismantling, loading, transporting, unloading and reassembling shelf [bimanual, activity] {illustration, a peek into the life of a person with a handicap}
- Hot Summer – trimming the hedge [V2P / Puppchen wrist real life test: passed]
- Category: EC microworks
- Wiggle of prosthetic wrist mount in carbon socket [parts]
- Precision grip – soft surface – steel split hook, silicone tubing
- Precision grip application in real life [visual]
- Precision grip enhancement of prosthetic hand [close-up, detail, technical aspect]
- Subaru dashboard modifications [tweak]
- Subaru Weathertech floormat mount [what it is that we (“we”) do]
- Wie baue ich ein Fahrrad / Velo um für das Fahren mit einseitiger Armamputation? [Erfahrungsberichte / Vorschläge / Anleitung]
- Fixing espresso machine: swap pump of Rancilio Silvia [Extreme Cyborging]
- Soldering cable connection and heat shrinking tube over connection (Extreme Cyborging Microworks)
- 3D-print molded Protosil RTV 245 (durometer shore 40A) silicone covers for Toughware Equilux [proof of concept, demo of “bionic” grip]
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- 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]
- Fixing infinity on Russian Wide Lens Industar 69 M39 [EC microworks]
- 3D printing requires a prosthetic hook [easing into tech]
- Casio wrist watch wrist band swap [technical, EC microworks]
- Bimanual tasks – stitching bag tag holder back into place [Northface bag; task evaluation; benchmark]
- Sewing – thread manipulation
- Category: EC off limits
- Door lock [ADL]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL – defect iLimb glove poses tricky Catch-22 for Cybathlon 2020 [review]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL – Hammer use to hammer nails, with “bionic” prosthetic hand, poses tricky Catch-22 for Cybathlon 2020 [review]
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle [movie review]
- Alex Roy and comparing junk with what “real men” wear [consumer products and society]
- Large 3D hand to clip on TRS prehensor [prosthetic testing]
- Bethany Hamilton’s “Soul Surfer” (2011) biographical movie [review]
- Category: EC performing music
- Category: EC puppetry
- Disability and the public – prosthetic arms and more: do we appear “competent”? (review)
- Bad Hand Day V – will the mobile app actually start?
- The death of Dr. No [lessons to be learned for prosthetic design and use]
- Toughware Equilux – new VO (voluntary opening) / VC (voluntary closing) body powered device – first usage report [NEW PRODUCT]
- What to do once your arm has mindboggling amounts of DOF but your stump can only address 2-3 ? [tech scifi stuff]
- Category: EC sports
- VELOFAKTUM road bike / gravel bike, custom built for left handed use [modification, setup]
- Dynabee / Powerball / Forceball – playing with gyroscopic device, trying to keep momentum using prosthetic arm [subtle sensory feedback demo]
- Modifying Shimano Ultegra road bike setup on a Colnago C40 for left handed use – second approach [technical right below elbow amputee core focus work / bike adaptation]
- Modifying Shimano Ultegra road bike setup on a Colnago C40 for left handed use – first approach [technical right below elbow amputee core focus work / bike adaptation]
- Grip 5 Evolution Prehensor TRS – Cybathlon winning device – first bike ride test [video / 1:1]
- TRS Ski-2 Terminal Device [first test]
- Bimanual activities beyond comfort zone – bike tour over Stelvio Pass [yoo hoo]
- Is it possible, with a physical handicap, to participate in international sports competitions? [peek glance comment to some assertions made by Cybathlon organizers]
- Bethany Hamilton’s “Soul Surfer” (2011) biographical movie [review]
- Skiing (downhill skiing, alpine skiing) [skillz]
- Category: EC updownTRS
- Modifying Shimano Ultegra road bike setup on a Colnago C40 for left handed use – second approach [technical right below elbow amputee core focus work / bike adaptation]
- Modifying Shimano Ultegra road bike setup on a Colnago C40 for left handed use – first approach [technical right below elbow amputee core focus work / bike adaptation]
- Category: EC wearathlons
- EXTREME CYBORGING – FULL RELIANCE – comparing prosthetic options for an increasingly one handed use [shoulder surgery left arm recovery as right below elbow amputee]
- Sweat as an issue [talking shop now]
- Embodiment of a prosthetic arm [reflections, thoughts, considerations]
- Fotoserie – Herstellung und Aufbereitung einer Serie von Passteilen für PMCTA-Sets [photos]
- Stump after wearing myoelectric “bionic” prosthesis for 10 hours [graphic #voightkampff]
- Category: EC wet spaces
- Category: Food
- Holding and using cutlery [technical right below elbow amputee issues core subject]
- Cracking an egg single-handedly [ANPPN – activities of no particular prosthetic need]
- Prosthetic arm / hook as “human enhancement” #cyborg #realprosthetics to handle meat / grill / frying pan (what transhumanists, bioethicists and media hypes tend to miss)
- How to peel and eat an orange [ADL, ANPPN Activities of No Particular Prosthetic Need] #orangegate #prepeeled #cutupintelligently
- Comprehensive inventory of ADL – Activities of Daily Living – using Becker Lock Grip hand and Otto Bock MovoHook 2Grip as right below elbow amputee
- Category: Gardening
- Category: Getting dressed
- Category: Guitar and bass guitar play
- Guitar pick holder for iLimb / Dunlop TORTEX picks [3d printed solution]
- Guitar pick holder for Hosmer 5 hook /Dunlop TORTEX picks [3d printed solution]
- Playing guitar [update]
- Below elbow amputee socket with guitar plectrum mount [proof of concept]
- One handed guitar and bass players
- Bass guitar play {left handed}
- Category: Hard Bimanual Activities (HBM)
- Category: Ironing
- Category: Office
- Category: Photography
- Category: Pools
- Category: Sewing
- Precision grip application in real life [visual]
- Bimanual tasks – stitching bag tag holder back into place [Northface bag; task evaluation; benchmark]
- iLimb Ultra Revolution – “precision” grip [facts and fiction of “bionic” hands, compared to body powered Becker hand or hook]
- Fixing / sewing up boot latch [tech]
- Stump warmers – sewing tubes [product info]
- Sewing – thread manipulation
- Comprehensive inventory of ADL – Activities of Daily Living – using Becker Lock Grip hand and Otto Bock MovoHook 2Grip as right below elbow amputee
- Category: Skiing
- Category: Sports
- Category: Swimming
- Changes in force production and stroke parameters of trained able-bodied and unilateral arm-amputee female swimmers during a 30 s tethered front-crawl swim [research alert]
- Is it possible, with a physical handicap, to participate in international sports competitions? [peek glance comment to some assertions made by Cybathlon organizers]
- Summer holidays [fly swimming, jellyfish chasing]
- Category: Table manners
- Holding and using cutlery [technical right below elbow amputee issues core subject]
- Freebasing 3D shapes: wine glass holder [way to go]
- Successfully wearing a prosthetic arm – How to Be A Puppeteer [satire]
- Cutting meat using prosthetic body powered arm with hook or hand [ADL]
- Comprehensive inventory of ADL – Activities of Daily Living – using Becker Lock Grip hand and Otto Bock MovoHook 2Grip as right below elbow amputee
- Category: Using a Computer with Keyboard, Mice and Other Devices
- Category: Water sports
- Category: Winter
- Category: Workshop / Repairs / Tools
- Precision grip application in real life [visual]
- Precision grip enhancement of prosthetic hand [close-up, detail, technical aspect]
- Subaru dashboard modifications [tweak]
- Subaru Weathertech floormat mount [what it is that we (“we”) do]
- Wie baue ich ein Fahrrad / Velo um für das Fahren mit einseitiger Armamputation? [Erfahrungsberichte / Vorschläge / Anleitung]
- Fixing espresso machine: swap pump of Rancilio Silvia [Extreme Cyborging]
- Soldering cable connection and heat shrinking tube over connection (Extreme Cyborging Microworks)
- Modifying Shimano Ultegra road bike setup on a Colnago C40 for left handed use – first approach [technical right below elbow amputee core focus work / bike adaptation]
- Fotoserie – Herstellung und Aufbereitung einer Serie von Passteilen für PMCTA-Sets [photos]
- 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]
- Casio wrist watch wrist band swap [technical, EC microworks]
- Stabilizing rod-like item with a prosthetic hook [two ways]
- Power drill usage for screws in awkward positions – fixing screw to drill using a bit of silicone tubing (arm amputee tricks)
- How to cut 3D origami using a prosthetic arm [1:1]
- Hard Bimanual Activities (HBM) [overview]
- Otto Bock’s funny video (hooks after all? needle and thread benchmark?)
- Drill hammer and electric saw action to mount custom shelves [bimanual inventory]
- Retro [hook device review]
- Consumer products to help through ADL (activities of daily living) [product tips]
- Mounting a Westinghouse ceiling fan
- Drill a screw [1-handed way]
- Schraube verschrauben [1-haendige Technik]
- Comprehensive inventory of ADL – Activities of Daily Living – using Becker Lock Grip hand and Otto Bock MovoHook 2Grip as right below elbow amputee
- Category: Wrist watch
- Modify wrist watch arm band for one-handed use [tech tip]
- Real watch for real men* ? {TL;DR:not a smart watch, not a luxury watch} [tech]
- Casio G-SHOCK GW-M5610 (module 3159) with gesture controlled light switch – where we are going, we don’t need hands [using motion sensors for sensible application for one handed users]
- Casio wrist watch wrist band swap [technical, EC microworks]
- Comprehensive inventory of ADL – Activities of Daily Living – using Becker Lock Grip hand and Otto Bock MovoHook 2Grip as right below elbow amputee
- Which watch?
- Discriminating ad – the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie spits down on amputees as what they call ‘fake people’ alluding at a prosthetic hand
- Putting on and taking off wrist watch with right below elbow amputation (stump, prosthesis: video demos)
- Category: Algorithm regarding best choice of prosthetic arm
- The 8 question method to evaluate any prosthetic arm for real use [checklist]
- Biomimetic properties of a prosthetic arm [analysis of factors/aspects]
- “Advice” for new unilateral below elbow amputee [single task]
- Sweat as an issue [talking shop now]
- Body Talk [user perspective/s with regard to “bionic” hands]
- Artikel: “Kampf um die Prothese: «Behinderte werden vom Staat noch weiter behindert»” von D. Wirth, 28.10.2019 [Kommentar]
- Angular constraints of prosthetic grippers and functional success correlation [technical evaluation]
- Myoelectric prosthetic arms do not “really” function – so whom to sell them to? [cynical economic considerations]
- Real work – Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche – Real Programmers Don’t Use PASCAL [reference to popular culture]
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- Alex Roy and comparing junk with what “real men” wear [consumer products and society]
- “Robotics”/”Cyborg”-ism and prosthetic arms – state of the art, and choice of role of prosthesis within own body image [analysis post]
- Grip strengths (measured results)
- 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]
- #userdrivendesign Prosthetic arm design: i-Limb Revolution versus customized body powered arm in a work environment combining bodily exertion, wide temperature ranges, wide body motion ranges, heavy workload and subtle grips [Cybathlon Symposium, Oct 6 2016, Poster A12]
- What prosthetic arm to use? [flowchart / algorithm]
- Uncanny valley and its vicious impact on researchers, media and amputees [projected vision spaces]
- Ripping through the SHAP Southampton Hand Assessment Procedure [DAFUQ – executive summary: SHAP probably useless for prostheses]
- Death cycle of hope for right below elbow amputees [and attempts to escape from it]
- Requirements for prosthetic arms in context of chronic overuse and strain symptoms and carpal tunnel syndrome [explained again]
- Requirements for prosthetic arms in context of chronic overuse and strain symptoms and carpal tunnel syndrome [analysis]
- Category: Article in German - Artikel auf Deutsch
- Artikel: “Kampf um die Prothese: «Behinderte werden vom Staat noch weiter behindert»” von D. Wirth, 28.10.2019 [Kommentar]
- Wie baue ich ein Fahrrad / Velo um für das Fahren mit einseitiger Armamputation? [Erfahrungsberichte / Vorschläge / Anleitung]
- Zweimaltot – Beat Glogger (Buchbesprechung) [i]
- Zweimaltot – Beat Glogger (Buchbesprechung)
- Was ist mit Cybathlon@SCHOOL moeglicherweise problematisch?
- Promembro – Schweizer Lobbyisten wollen Hightech-Prothesen “legalisieren”
- Kommentar zu “Siri hat immer Lust – Gehört die Zukunft den Cyborgs und intelligenten Maschinen?” (UZH Magazin 2/18)
- Wie das Schweizer Fernsehen SRF über Armprothesen falsch informiert und statt dessen Werbung macht und Kritik daran löscht[#NOBILLAG]
- Fotoserie – Herstellung und Aufbereitung einer Serie von Passteilen für PMCTA-Sets [photos]
- Der Cybathlon 2016 wurde bei den Armprothesen von einem Mann mit “Hook” gewonnen [#research #surprise #bodypowered]
- Was bringt der Cybathlon 2016? (kurze Uebersicht)
- Artikel “Forscher planen Wettkampf der technischen Hilfsmittel” der NZZ [Kommentar]
- Prothesen und Maschinenmenschen [DIE ZEIT / Kritik]
- Eigenkraftprothese mit Teilen von Balgrist Tec / Schweitzer / Puppchen / Shimano [Anleitung]
- Blognews, Behinderung, Fairness [rant]
- Artikel “Gefühl in der Prothese” der NZZ [Kommentar]
- Über das Design und Aussehen der Armprothese
- Behindertenwitz #frankwormuth #deutscherfussball #yassine
- Leute sind Leute sind Leute sind Leute [Schaufensterpuppen: unglaublich gute Kampagne]
- APART – von Sub- und Objekten. Ein Magazin ueber Koerper und Identitaet (Diplomarbeit, Doreen Haedicke, 2012, Fachhochschule Potsdam) [Text zur Arbeit]
- Idiotische Medienberichterstattung ueber Armprothesen [immer aufpassen, ja]
- Bioethik, Human Enhancement und Behinderung [am Beispiel Unterarmamputation rechts]
- Behinderte werden in den Medien nach wie vor ausgegrenzt [stimmt wirklich jetzt]
- Frei- und Hallenbäder für ein-händig funktionierende Personen [Übersicht]
- Azelle Bölle schelle, de Hans de chunt vo Walliselle [Swiss German social critique].
- MyHandicap-Forum und Umgang mit den Meinungen Behinderter im Hinblick auf Selbstbestimmung und Selbstbehauptung
- Bedingtes Badeverbot fuer Behindertengruppen [Schweiz, Sperrbezirk Ost]
- Schraube verschrauben [1-haendige Technik]
- Armprothese, orthopaedische Hilfsmittel und Import [Schweiz, Importbestimmungen, IV]
- iLimb versus DMC plus Hand [Vergleich myoelektrischer Prothesen]
- Elektrische Prothesenheizung [Montageanleitung]
- Ruf nach Registrierung sämtlicher Produkteversager in der orthopädischen Prothetik [Prothetik allgemein]
- CE-Richtlinien
- Paradrom Rathausen – Ueberlegungen fuer den Bereich “Amputation, Arm”
- Art and Disability – Vom Makel des Charmes und vom Unsinn, die Kombination von Behinderung, Submissivität, Objektfetisch und Oberflächlichkeit andauernd als was anderes anzupreisen
- Gedankengesteuerte Armprothese von Otto Bock: die Michelangelo-Hand [Medien-Hysterie]
- Macht Otto Bock Platz – Markt frei fuer Eigenkraftprothesen?
- Otto Bock myoelektrischer Arm – Was ist in diesen schweineteuren Otto Bock Batterien drin? Billige NiCd-Froeschchen :) Ersatz durch 4 x AA-Akkus (NiMH, 2500 mAH)
- Wasserqualitaet und Hautpflege – Stumpfpflege
- Invalidenversicherung und Marketing [satire]
- Becker Lock Grip Hand [Deutsch]
- Stigmatisierung und Dämonisierung II (deutsch) – Wilde Projektionen, Amelotatismus
- Schweiss und Hautprobleme am Stumpf – Stumpfpflege
- Category: Brands
- Door lock [ADL]
- V2P Prehensor – adding rubbers [tech tip]
- Comparison of body powered terminal devices (my selection / June 2024)
- EXTREME CYBORGING – FULL RELIANCE – comparing prosthetic options for an increasingly one handed use [shoulder surgery left arm recovery as right below elbow amputee]
- Fillauer Triple Swivel comes apart [medical device?]
- Becker Mechanical Hand – soft padding grip tweak
- Unboxing the Maker Hand by Andrej Dukic [first impressions]
- Precision grip – soft surface – steel split hook, silicone tubing
- Precision grip application in real life [visual]
- Holding and using cutlery [technical right below elbow amputee issues core subject]
- Extending prosthetic gripper lever length for better grip strength control – TRS JAWS XFS (strong spring) [prototype]
- How is a hook more advanced and better than a prosthetic hand? [tech demo]
- Dynabee / Powerball / Forceball – playing with gyroscopic device, trying to keep momentum using prosthetic arm [subtle sensory feedback demo]
- Precision grip enhancement of prosthetic hand [close-up, detail, technical aspect]
- 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]
- Prosthetic use and phantom pain [correlation causation sharknado]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL challenge #1 – private parts [vision; Swiss Prosthetics brand promise]
- TRS Jaws [new product – first use report]
- Adapting mountain bike (CUBE ACID 29″, 2019) for left handed use [photos]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL – defect iLimb glove poses tricky Catch-22 for Cybathlon 2020 [review]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL – Hammer use to hammer nails, with “bionic” prosthetic hand, poses tricky Catch-22 for Cybathlon 2020 [review]
- Becker Hand – best grip in town [mechanism visualization]
- Soldering cable connection and heat shrinking tube over connection (Extreme Cyborging Microworks)
- Kristie Sita with Youtube channel [indicator post]
- CE marking or norm in relation to components for prosthetic arms [up to 2023]
- How does a Helping Hand / LN 4 hand work [test report]
- Disability and the public – prosthetic arms and more: do we appear “competent”? (review)
- Open Bionics Hero Arm [considerations from another angle]
- 3D-print molded Protosil RTV 245 (durometer shore 40A) silicone covers for Toughware Equilux [proof of concept, demo of “bionic” grip]
- Modifying Shimano Ultegra road bike setup on a Colnago C40 for left handed use – second approach [technical right below elbow amputee core focus work / bike adaptation]
- Towards a more sustainable cosmetic covering / glove for the iLimb Revolution
- Bad Hand Day V – will the mobile app actually start?
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- Scientific approach taken for implementing a successfully marketable microprocessor-controlled knee – history of Otto Bock C-leg [lessons for prosthetic arms?]
- Modifying Shimano Ultegra road bike setup on a Colnago C40 for left handed use – first approach [technical right below elbow amputee core focus work / bike adaptation]
- Toughware Equilux – new VO (voluntary opening) / VC (voluntary closing) body powered device – industrial grip pads [concept, beta]
- Toughware Equilux – new VO (voluntary opening) / VC (voluntary closing) body powered device – first usage report [NEW PRODUCT]
- TRS Prehensor [grip surface tweaking II]
- Fotoserie – Herstellung und Aufbereitung einer Serie von Passteilen für PMCTA-Sets [photos]
- Grip 5 Evolution Prehensor TRS – Cybathlon winning device – first bike ride test [video / 1:1]
- Grip strengths (measured results)
- 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]
- Casio wrist watch wrist band swap [technical, EC microworks]
- Grip planning and carrying out [TRS Prehensor vs. iLimb Ultra Revolution – theory and practice]
- Functional failures of prosthetic hands at the Cybathlon 2016 [details]
- TRS Prehensor [grip surface tweaking]
- Der Cybathlon 2016 wurde bei den Armprothesen von einem Mann mit “Hook” gewonnen [#research #surprise #bodypowered]
- ADL learning and body powered prosthesis control [paper review]
- The Cybathlon as iconic Trash Culture modern day Circus show: arm amputees, arms race and technical considerations regarding specific applicants [proper research domain assignment, pre-race evaluation of critical check points, detailed in-race grip analysis, cultural domain considerations, gonzo race report]
- #userdrivendesign Prosthetic arm design: i-Limb Revolution versus customized body powered arm in a work environment combining bodily exertion, wide temperature ranges, wide body motion ranges, heavy workload and subtle grips [Cybathlon Symposium, Oct 6 2016, Poster A12]
- Bad Hand Day IV (iLimb, as usual)
- Stabilizing rod-like item with a prosthetic hook [two ways]
- Prosthetic options and Yenga – intricate grip differentiation details [up close grip mechanics]
- Hosmer Model 6 Work Hook [tweak / improvement / backlock feature]
- Bad Hand Day III (iLimb again)
- Stel Orthopedie Freelock – first test riding modified 1981 Gerber race bike
- How to fasten the Becker Lock Grip hand grip by increasing spring tension [how to]
- iLimb Ultra Revolution “bad hand day” II [what you must consider]
- Vacuuming with iLimb Ultra Revolution [ADL]
- TRS Ski-2 Terminal Device [first test]
- iLimb glove self destructs (in-storage product suicide) [WTF]
- How to cut 3D origami using a prosthetic arm [1:1]
- Bimanual activities beyond comfort zone – bike tour over Stelvio Pass [yoo hoo]
- Trimming hedges with Hosmer 6 work hook and 2,7 kg cutter in 37 deg C sunny summer [achievement / benchmark report]
- Otto Bock’s funny video (hooks after all? needle and thread benchmark?)
- iLimb Ultra Revolution “bad hand day” [what you must consider]
- Thalmic Labs Myo – first test of flexible 8 x 3 electrode Bluetooth myoelectric control arm band on forearm stump [damn!]
- A myoelectric prosthetic arm does have a mind on its own [just watch this – problems with postural interference, limb position(ing) effect, possible solution].
- Mountain bike riding [why not, why, where]
- Handiii / exiii myoelectric hand crowd funding [new project]
- Comparing elbow torque for iLimb Ultra Revolution, passive arm (new, old), body powered arm (hook alu, hook steel, Becker hand) [tech]
- Becker Mechanical Hand fans – Todd Lawson LaTourrette
- Photography as right below elbow amputee [technical tips]
- iLimb Ultra Revolution – global news: a fitting work glove has been found [product tip]
- DEKA arm now FDA approved [news blurb]
- Stump after wearing myoelectric “bionic” prosthesis for 10 hours [graphic #voightkampff]
- Car wash – what happens when one uses an iLimb Ultra Revolution *just* to assist holding the water tube [glove damage within minutes]
- iLimb Ultra Revolution – “precision” grip [facts and fiction of “bionic” hands, compared to body powered Becker hand or hook]
- iLimb Ultra Revolution – thumb rotation program does not exit predictably ever [facts and fiction of “bionic” hands]
- i-Limb ultra revolution [baking apple cake test]
- i-Limb ultra revolution (introducing)
- Body powered arms [technical design overview]
- Retro [hook device review]
- ‘Wooden’ Arm Rejuvenates Amputee’s Outlook [Becker hand and prosthetic arm design success story]
- Becker hand sold as “rare antique late 19th century prosthetic articulated hand” on eBay for 1800 USD [funny stuff on eBay]
- Gerber 1981 road bike [howto: full list of conversion items, for use with Mert hand / prosthetic]
- Becker Phantom Bionic hand – turning ignition key, releasing hand brake [#stuffthatworks]
- Becker Phantom Bionic hand – ultra fast, silent, adaptive
- BeBionic3 – new hand, well known grip patterns [video]
- Eric Ronning of Reprosthetics designs the ReHand, a printable 3D hand [research prize]
- Becker Imperial Hand [inside views]
- WillowWood Alphaliner silicone defect [photos]
- Socket Art and Prostheses Art as Obsession – the amputated limb and its prosthetic replacement as Permanent Canvas Shape for an exhibition called Spare Parts 2012 [freak show corner]
- Socket Art and Prostheses Art as Obsession – the amputated limb and its prosthetic replacement as Permanent Canvas Shape for an exhibition called Spare Parts 2012 [freak show corner]
- Making coffee as arm amputee benchmark activity / ADL activities of daily living [demo]
- Unlauter: SF DRS (Schweizer Fernsehen) wirbt fuer Otto Bock [Missbrauch Billag-Gebuehren]
- Ossur Upper X liners are ill shaped, their relatively cylindrical shape causes chronic congestion eczema of the stump [tech report]
- Tweaking Ossur parts to actually function – Icelock pin lock repeatedly loosening [tip]
- Mert Lawwill prosthetic bicycle riding hand [setup, first test ride]
- BeBionic2 – new grip patterns [pictures]
- iPhone add-on [disability empowerment]
- Typing and posture [simple functional anatomy]
- BECKER Hands have an adaptive grip [what people don’t know]
- Art and disability – BECKER Lock Grip hand as movie prop in The Men Who Stare At Goats [prop identification]
- Mini Cooper – power steering, garage attitude and my own repair [how to]
- Carnes arm getting re-engineered by an Australian [news]
- WILMER Prosthetic Product Line [University of Delft]
- The Natural Dexterous Hand [new product]
- Otto Bock Michelangelo hand DEMO [Gonzo report]
- Otto Bock Michelangelo hand – new multi electrode version [rumor]
- BeBionic v2 [new product]
- Vincent hand [update]
- iLimb versus DMC plus hand [comparison of myoelectric prostheses]
- iLimb versus DMC plus Hand [Vergleich myoelektrischer Prothesen]
- Otto Bock Michelangelo hand – length of unit about 185 mm of wrist to tip of thumb, weight around 700g [rumor]
- Cutting meat using prosthetic body powered arm with hook or hand [ADL]
- V2P – grip strength and grip geometry – Gecko Skin
- What does Otto Bock mean by “significant benefits” with their Michelangelo hand?
- Robotic arm man Christian Kandlbauer dies in hospital after crash [news]
- Cable ball link – steel cable connection
- V2P Prehensor – general reflection on grip strength and test of multi layered customized claw covers
- V2P Prehensor / PUPP+CH+EN wrist > ADL Activities of Daily Living > The Very Profane > Push Comes To Shove > Cleaning Toilet
- Hot summer – beer time [ADL, Becker hands]
- Otto Bock USA – afraid of the rest of the world?
- Carnes arm – history and current status [update]
- PUPP+CH+EN Wrist 1 released
- Art and Disability – Vom Makel des Charmes und vom Unsinn, die Kombination von Behinderung, Submissivität, Objektfetisch und Oberflächlichkeit andauernd als was anderes anzupreisen
- V2P Prehensor – fixing broken rubber abutment
- Fluid Hand [Germany] > Vincent Hand [Germany]
- Contineo – Orthocare Innovations presents the commercial version of the DARPA hand
- Gedankengesteuerte Armprothese von Otto Bock: die Michelangelo-Hand [Medien-Hysterie]
- What happened to the Otto Bock Michelangelo hand?
- i-LIMB Pulse [new]
- Is Otto Bock moving over – is their previously occupied body powered market segment now being cleared?
- Macht Otto Bock Platz – Markt frei fuer Eigenkraftprothesen?
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XVI – Red Arm II – High Tech
- Approximating the Carroll Quantitative Test for Upper Extremity Function comparing hooks [V2P, Dorrance, Otto Bock] and hands [Otto Bock, Becker Lock Grip]
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XIV – Becker Lock Grip hand aesthetics [photo series]
- iPhone UNLOCK left handed not implemented by Apple – violation of Telecommunications Act Section 255
- V2P Prehensor – activities of daily living ADL – vacuum cleaner operation
- Carnes arm – hand function
- Use touch-screen, PDA, iPhone, Motorola Droid or Motorola Milestone with a prosthetic hand
- Otto Bock myoelektrischer Arm – Was ist in diesen schweineteuren Otto Bock Batterien drin? Billige NiCd-Froeschchen :) Ersatz durch 4 x AA-Akkus (NiMH, 2500 mAH)
- Otto Bock myoelectric arm – What does the Otto Bock battery contain? Battery replacement by 4 x AA rechargable cells (Ni MH, 2500 mAh)
- V2P Prehensor – nitrile glove fingers as winter tyres
- V2P prehensor – first look
- Sewing – thread manipulation
- Industrial design issues – iron AND hook or V2P
- Becker Lock Grip hand – gloves
- Comprehensive inventory of ADL – Activities of Daily Living – using Becker Lock Grip hand and Otto Bock MovoHook 2Grip as right below elbow amputee
- MSM wrist 0.2 [prototype]
- Becker Lock Grip Hand [Deutsch]
- Becker Lock Grip hand [English]
- Dan Horkey takes prosthetic socket artwork to *CHROME*
- Creating a 2D textile cut pattern to match a specific 3D shape such as a prosthetic socket or hand
- Competitive prosthetic action – compare movement and function II
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design X – mechanical bionic Becker Lock Grip Hand going Red Arm
- Manipulating objects using Otto Bock MovoHook 2Grip P [pimped]
- Otto Bock MOVOHOOK 2GRIP 10A80 P [pimped]
- MSM wrist [legal aspects – file download area]
- MSM wrist [road map]
- MSM wrist 0.1-revision [open prosthetics]
- Otto Bock Michelangelo hand
- Physionet V2P prehensor by ADA Technologies, Inc.
- MSM wrist 0.1 [prototype, open prosthetics]
- Otto bock wrist unit, terminal device compatible bolts
- Competitive prosthetic action – compare movement and function
- Schweiss und Hautprobleme am Stumpf – Stumpfpflege
- Otto Bock MOVOHOOK 2GRIP 10A80
- Discrimination in Hancock (2008) Sony Pictures by Peter Berg
- Type on computer keyboard using Otto Bock voluntary opening system hand
- Swap terminal device – cable controlled prosthesis – Otto Bock
- Regular size prosthetic pin and wrist components on long below elbow stump
- Otto Bock standard steel hook
- Otto Bock cable control / Otto Bock body powered
- Otto Bock standard aluminium hook (10A18) jams / unlocks with varying temperatures
- Mini Cooper 2007 steering wheel knob
- Mini Cooper 2007 window and fog light switches
- Category: ADA technologies / Physionetics / Toughware PRX
- V2P Prehensor – adding rubbers [tech tip]
- EXTREME CYBORGING – FULL RELIANCE – comparing prosthetic options for an increasingly one handed use [shoulder surgery left arm recovery as right below elbow amputee]
- Adapting mountain bike (CUBE ACID 29″, 2019) for left handed use [photos]
- 3D-print molded Protosil RTV 245 (durometer shore 40A) silicone covers for Toughware Equilux [proof of concept, demo of “bionic” grip]
- Toughware Equilux – new VO (voluntary opening) / VC (voluntary closing) body powered device – industrial grip pads [concept, beta]
- Toughware Equilux – new VO (voluntary opening) / VC (voluntary closing) body powered device – first usage report [NEW PRODUCT]
- Grip strengths (measured results)
- Body powered arms [technical design overview]
- Retro [hook device review]
- V2P – grip strength and grip geometry – Gecko Skin
- V2P Prehensor – general reflection on grip strength and test of multi layered customized claw covers
- V2P Prehensor / PUPP+CH+EN wrist > ADL Activities of Daily Living > The Very Profane > Push Comes To Shove > Cleaning Toilet
- V2P Prehensor – fixing broken rubber abutment
- Approximating the Carroll Quantitative Test for Upper Extremity Function comparing hooks [V2P, Dorrance, Otto Bock] and hands [Otto Bock, Becker Lock Grip]
- V2P Prehensor – activities of daily living ADL – vacuum cleaner operation
- V2P Prehensor – nitrile glove fingers as winter tyres
- V2P prehensor – first look
- Industrial design issues – iron AND hook or V2P
- Physionet V2P prehensor by ADA Technologies, Inc.
- Mini Cooper 2007 steering wheel knob
- Category: Apple
- Category: Becker Hand [Lock Grip, Imperial] {mechanical hand}
- Comparison of body powered terminal devices (my selection / June 2024)
- EXTREME CYBORGING – FULL RELIANCE – comparing prosthetic options for an increasingly one handed use [shoulder surgery left arm recovery as right below elbow amputee]
- Becker Mechanical Hand – soft padding grip tweak
- Holding and using cutlery [technical right below elbow amputee issues core subject]
- How is a hook more advanced and better than a prosthetic hand? [tech demo]
- Dynabee / Powerball / Forceball – playing with gyroscopic device, trying to keep momentum using prosthetic arm [subtle sensory feedback demo]
- Precision grip enhancement of prosthetic hand [close-up, detail, technical aspect]
- Becker Hand – best grip in town [mechanism visualization]
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- Prosthetic options and Yenga – intricate grip differentiation details [up close grip mechanics]
- How to fasten the Becker Lock Grip hand grip by increasing spring tension [how to]
- Otto Bock’s funny video (hooks after all? needle and thread benchmark?)
- Comparing elbow torque for iLimb Ultra Revolution, passive arm (new, old), body powered arm (hook alu, hook steel, Becker hand) [tech]
- Becker Mechanical Hand fans – Todd Lawson LaTourrette
- Body powered arms [technical design overview]
- ‘Wooden’ Arm Rejuvenates Amputee’s Outlook [Becker hand and prosthetic arm design success story]
- Becker hand sold as “rare antique late 19th century prosthetic articulated hand” on eBay for 1800 USD [funny stuff on eBay]
- Becker Phantom Bionic hand – turning ignition key, releasing hand brake [#stuffthatworks]
- Becker Phantom Bionic hand – ultra fast, silent, adaptive
- Becker Imperial Hand [inside views]
- Making coffee as arm amputee benchmark activity / ADL activities of daily living [demo]
- BECKER Hands have an adaptive grip [what people don’t know]
- Art and disability – BECKER Lock Grip hand as movie prop in The Men Who Stare At Goats [prop identification]
- Cutting meat using prosthetic body powered arm with hook or hand [ADL]
- Hot summer – beer time [ADL, Becker hands]
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XVI – Red Arm II – High Tech
- Approximating the Carroll Quantitative Test for Upper Extremity Function comparing hooks [V2P, Dorrance, Otto Bock] and hands [Otto Bock, Becker Lock Grip]
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XIV – Becker Lock Grip hand aesthetics [photo series]
- Sewing – thread manipulation
- Industrial design issues – iron AND hook or V2P
- Becker Lock Grip hand – gloves
- Comprehensive inventory of ADL – Activities of Daily Living – using Becker Lock Grip hand and Otto Bock MovoHook 2Grip as right below elbow amputee
- Becker Lock Grip Hand [Deutsch]
- Becker Lock Grip hand [English]
- Competitive prosthetic action – compare movement and function II
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design X – mechanical bionic Becker Lock Grip Hand going Red Arm
- Category: Carnes Arm
- Category: DEKA
- Category: Delft Institute of Prosthetics
- Category: Fillauer
- Door lock [ADL]
- Comparison of body powered terminal devices (my selection / June 2024)
- EXTREME CYBORGING – FULL RELIANCE – comparing prosthetic options for an increasingly one handed use [shoulder surgery left arm recovery as right below elbow amputee]
- Fillauer Triple Swivel comes apart [medical device?]
- Category: handiii
- Category: Hosmer
- Door lock [ADL]
- Comparison of body powered terminal devices (my selection / June 2024)
- EXTREME CYBORGING – FULL RELIANCE – comparing prosthetic options for an increasingly one handed use [shoulder surgery left arm recovery as right below elbow amputee]
- Precision grip – soft surface – steel split hook, silicone tubing
- Precision grip application in real life [visual]
- Holding and using cutlery [technical right below elbow amputee issues core subject]
- How is a hook more advanced and better than a prosthetic hand? [tech demo]
- Soldering cable connection and heat shrinking tube over connection (Extreme Cyborging Microworks)
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- Grip strengths (measured results)
- 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]
- Casio wrist watch wrist band swap [technical, EC microworks]
- #userdrivendesign Prosthetic arm design: i-Limb Revolution versus customized body powered arm in a work environment combining bodily exertion, wide temperature ranges, wide body motion ranges, heavy workload and subtle grips [Cybathlon Symposium, Oct 6 2016, Poster A12]
- Stabilizing rod-like item with a prosthetic hook [two ways]
- Prosthetic options and Yenga – intricate grip differentiation details [up close grip mechanics]
- Hosmer Model 6 Work Hook [tweak / improvement / backlock feature]
- How to cut 3D origami using a prosthetic arm [1:1]
- Trimming hedges with Hosmer 6 work hook and 2,7 kg cutter in 37 deg C sunny summer [achievement / benchmark report]
- Category: Hy5
- Category: Maker Hand by Andrej Dukic
- Category: MDP Meili
- Category: Mert Lawwill
- Stel Orthopedie Freelock – first test riding modified 1981 Gerber race bike
- Bimanual activities beyond comfort zone – bike tour over Stelvio Pass [yoo hoo]
- Mountain bike riding [why not, why, where]
- Body powered arms [technical design overview]
- Gerber 1981 road bike [howto: full list of conversion items, for use with Mert hand / prosthetic]
- Mert Lawwill prosthetic bicycle riding hand [setup, first test ride]
- Category: Mini BMW
- Category: Natural Dexterous
- Category: Nokia
- Category: Odyssey Teams Helping Hand
- Category: Open Bionics
- Category: Orthocare Innovations
- Category: Ossur
- EXTREME CYBORGING – FULL RELIANCE – comparing prosthetic options for an increasingly one handed use [shoulder surgery left arm recovery as right below elbow amputee]
- 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]
- Socket Art and Prostheses Art as Obsession – the amputated limb and its prosthetic replacement as Permanent Canvas Shape for an exhibition called Spare Parts 2012 [freak show corner]
- Socket Art and Prostheses Art as Obsession – the amputated limb and its prosthetic replacement as Permanent Canvas Shape for an exhibition called Spare Parts 2012 [freak show corner]
- Ossur Upper X liners are ill shaped, their relatively cylindrical shape causes chronic congestion eczema of the stump [tech report]
- Tweaking Ossur parts to actually function – Icelock pin lock repeatedly loosening [tip]
- Category: Otto Bock
- Comparison of body powered terminal devices (my selection / June 2024)
- EXTREME CYBORGING – FULL RELIANCE – comparing prosthetic options for an increasingly one handed use [shoulder surgery left arm recovery as right below elbow amputee]
- Kristie Sita with Youtube channel [indicator post]
- CE marking or norm in relation to components for prosthetic arms [up to 2023]
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- Scientific approach taken for implementing a successfully marketable microprocessor-controlled knee – history of Otto Bock C-leg [lessons for prosthetic arms?]
- Grip strengths (measured results)
- Der Cybathlon 2016 wurde bei den Armprothesen von einem Mann mit “Hook” gewonnen [#research #surprise #bodypowered]
- The Cybathlon as iconic Trash Culture modern day Circus show: arm amputees, arms race and technical considerations regarding specific applicants [proper research domain assignment, pre-race evaluation of critical check points, detailed in-race grip analysis, cultural domain considerations, gonzo race report]
- Otto Bock’s funny video (hooks after all? needle and thread benchmark?)
- Photography as right below elbow amputee [technical tips]
- Body powered arms [technical design overview]
- Socket Art and Prostheses Art as Obsession – the amputated limb and its prosthetic replacement as Permanent Canvas Shape for an exhibition called Spare Parts 2012 [freak show corner]
- Socket Art and Prostheses Art as Obsession – the amputated limb and its prosthetic replacement as Permanent Canvas Shape for an exhibition called Spare Parts 2012 [freak show corner]
- Making coffee as arm amputee benchmark activity / ADL activities of daily living [demo]
- Unlauter: SF DRS (Schweizer Fernsehen) wirbt fuer Otto Bock [Missbrauch Billag-Gebuehren]
- Otto Bock Michelangelo hand DEMO [Gonzo report]
- Otto Bock Michelangelo hand – new multi electrode version [rumor]
- iLimb versus DMC plus hand [comparison of myoelectric prostheses]
- iLimb versus DMC plus Hand [Vergleich myoelektrischer Prothesen]
- Otto Bock Michelangelo hand – length of unit about 185 mm of wrist to tip of thumb, weight around 700g [rumor]
- What does Otto Bock mean by “significant benefits” with their Michelangelo hand?
- Robotic arm man Christian Kandlbauer dies in hospital after crash [news]
- Cable ball link – steel cable connection
- Otto Bock USA – afraid of the rest of the world?
- Art and Disability – Vom Makel des Charmes und vom Unsinn, die Kombination von Behinderung, Submissivität, Objektfetisch und Oberflächlichkeit andauernd als was anderes anzupreisen
- Gedankengesteuerte Armprothese von Otto Bock: die Michelangelo-Hand [Medien-Hysterie]
- What happened to the Otto Bock Michelangelo hand?
- Is Otto Bock moving over – is their previously occupied body powered market segment now being cleared?
- Macht Otto Bock Platz – Markt frei fuer Eigenkraftprothesen?
- Approximating the Carroll Quantitative Test for Upper Extremity Function comparing hooks [V2P, Dorrance, Otto Bock] and hands [Otto Bock, Becker Lock Grip]
- Carnes arm – hand function
- Otto Bock myoelektrischer Arm – Was ist in diesen schweineteuren Otto Bock Batterien drin? Billige NiCd-Froeschchen :) Ersatz durch 4 x AA-Akkus (NiMH, 2500 mAH)
- Otto Bock myoelectric arm – What does the Otto Bock battery contain? Battery replacement by 4 x AA rechargable cells (Ni MH, 2500 mAh)
- Sewing – thread manipulation
- Industrial design issues – iron AND hook or V2P
- Comprehensive inventory of ADL – Activities of Daily Living – using Becker Lock Grip hand and Otto Bock MovoHook 2Grip as right below elbow amputee
- Competitive prosthetic action – compare movement and function II
- Manipulating objects using Otto Bock MovoHook 2Grip P [pimped]
- Otto Bock MOVOHOOK 2GRIP 10A80 P [pimped]
- Otto Bock Michelangelo hand
- Otto bock wrist unit, terminal device compatible bolts
- Competitive prosthetic action – compare movement and function
- Otto Bock MOVOHOOK 2GRIP 10A80
- Type on computer keyboard using Otto Bock voluntary opening system hand
- Swap terminal device – cable controlled prosthesis – Otto Bock
- Regular size prosthetic pin and wrist components on long below elbow stump
- Otto Bock standard steel hook
- Otto Bock cable control / Otto Bock body powered
- Otto Bock standard aluminium hook (10A18) jams / unlocks with varying temperatures
- Category: ReProsthetics
- Category: RSL Steeper
- Der Cybathlon 2016 wurde bei den Armprothesen von einem Mann mit “Hook” gewonnen [#research #surprise #bodypowered]
- The Cybathlon as iconic Trash Culture modern day Circus show: arm amputees, arms race and technical considerations regarding specific applicants [proper research domain assignment, pre-race evaluation of critical check points, detailed in-race grip analysis, cultural domain considerations, gonzo race report]
- BeBionic3 – new hand, well known grip patterns [video]
- BeBionic2 – new grip patterns [pictures]
- Category: Sony Pictures
- Category: Swiss Prosthetics
- Category: Thalmic
- Category: Touch Bionics
- EXTREME CYBORGING – FULL RELIANCE – comparing prosthetic options for an increasingly one handed use [shoulder surgery left arm recovery as right below elbow amputee]
- Holding and using cutlery [technical right below elbow amputee issues core subject]
- 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]
- Prosthetic use and phantom pain [correlation causation sharknado]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL – defect iLimb glove poses tricky Catch-22 for Cybathlon 2020 [review]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL – Hammer use to hammer nails, with “bionic” prosthetic hand, poses tricky Catch-22 for Cybathlon 2020 [review]
- CE marking or norm in relation to components for prosthetic arms [up to 2023]
- Disability and the public – prosthetic arms and more: do we appear “competent”? (review)
- Towards a more sustainable cosmetic covering / glove for the iLimb Revolution
- Bad Hand Day V – will the mobile app actually start?
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- Grip strengths (measured results)
- 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]
- Grip planning and carrying out [TRS Prehensor vs. iLimb Ultra Revolution – theory and practice]
- Functional failures of prosthetic hands at the Cybathlon 2016 [details]
- Der Cybathlon 2016 wurde bei den Armprothesen von einem Mann mit “Hook” gewonnen [#research #surprise #bodypowered]
- The Cybathlon as iconic Trash Culture modern day Circus show: arm amputees, arms race and technical considerations regarding specific applicants [proper research domain assignment, pre-race evaluation of critical check points, detailed in-race grip analysis, cultural domain considerations, gonzo race report]
- #userdrivendesign Prosthetic arm design: i-Limb Revolution versus customized body powered arm in a work environment combining bodily exertion, wide temperature ranges, wide body motion ranges, heavy workload and subtle grips [Cybathlon Symposium, Oct 6 2016, Poster A12]
- Bad Hand Day IV (iLimb, as usual)
- Prosthetic options and Yenga – intricate grip differentiation details [up close grip mechanics]
- Bad Hand Day III (iLimb again)
- iLimb Ultra Revolution “bad hand day” II [what you must consider]
- Vacuuming with iLimb Ultra Revolution [ADL]
- iLimb glove self destructs (in-storage product suicide) [WTF]
- iLimb Ultra Revolution “bad hand day” [what you must consider]
- A myoelectric prosthetic arm does have a mind on its own [just watch this – problems with postural interference, limb position(ing) effect, possible solution].
- Comparing elbow torque for iLimb Ultra Revolution, passive arm (new, old), body powered arm (hook alu, hook steel, Becker hand) [tech]
- iLimb Ultra Revolution – global news: a fitting work glove has been found [product tip]
- Stump after wearing myoelectric “bionic” prosthesis for 10 hours [graphic #voightkampff]
- Car wash – what happens when one uses an iLimb Ultra Revolution *just* to assist holding the water tube [glove damage within minutes]
- iLimb Ultra Revolution – “precision” grip [facts and fiction of “bionic” hands, compared to body powered Becker hand or hook]
- iLimb Ultra Revolution – thumb rotation program does not exit predictably ever [facts and fiction of “bionic” hands]
- i-Limb ultra revolution [baking apple cake test]
- i-Limb ultra revolution (introducing)
- Typing and posture [simple functional anatomy]
- iLimb versus DMC plus Hand [Vergleich myoelektrischer Prothesen]
- i-LIMB Pulse [new]
- Category: TRS
- Comparison of body powered terminal devices (my selection / June 2024)
- EXTREME CYBORGING – FULL RELIANCE – comparing prosthetic options for an increasingly one handed use [shoulder surgery left arm recovery as right below elbow amputee]
- Holding and using cutlery [technical right below elbow amputee issues core subject]
- Extending prosthetic gripper lever length for better grip strength control – TRS JAWS XFS (strong spring) [prototype]
- TRS Jaws [new product – first use report]
- Disability and the public – prosthetic arms and more: do we appear “competent”? (review)
- Modifying Shimano Ultegra road bike setup on a Colnago C40 for left handed use – second approach [technical right below elbow amputee core focus work / bike adaptation]
- Modifying Shimano Ultegra road bike setup on a Colnago C40 for left handed use – first approach [technical right below elbow amputee core focus work / bike adaptation]
- TRS Prehensor [grip surface tweaking II]
- Fotoserie – Herstellung und Aufbereitung einer Serie von Passteilen für PMCTA-Sets [photos]
- Grip 5 Evolution Prehensor TRS – Cybathlon winning device – first bike ride test [video / 1:1]
- Grip strengths (measured results)
- 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]
- Grip planning and carrying out [TRS Prehensor vs. iLimb Ultra Revolution – theory and practice]
- TRS Prehensor [grip surface tweaking]
- Der Cybathlon 2016 wurde bei den Armprothesen von einem Mann mit “Hook” gewonnen [#research #surprise #bodypowered]
- ADL learning and body powered prosthesis control [paper review]
- The Cybathlon as iconic Trash Culture modern day Circus show: arm amputees, arms race and technical considerations regarding specific applicants [proper research domain assignment, pre-race evaluation of critical check points, detailed in-race grip analysis, cultural domain considerations, gonzo race report]
- TRS Ski-2 Terminal Device [first test]
- Category: Vincent Systems GmbH
- Category: WillowWood
- Category: Disability and the public
- Article “Restoration of Genuine Sensation and Proprioception of Individual Fingers Following Transradial Amputation with Targeted Sensory Reinnervation as a Mechanoneural Interface” [review]
- Perspectives on the comparative benefits of body-powered and myoelectric upper limb prostheses [review]
- Prosthetic arm development and AI (artificical intelligence) to address user needs [review]
- Door lock [ADL]
- Mini Exhibition about Prosthetic Arms / Artificial Hands [no reference, no communication]
- The 8 question method to evaluate any prosthetic arm for real use [checklist]
- Comments regarding Baines et al ‘The need for reproducible research in soft robotics’ with regard to research in prosthetics
- Perceptions and hallucinations in the light of absent or insufficient explanations [overview]
- Biomimetic properties of a prosthetic arm [analysis of factors/aspects]
- User view on performance assessments and lab/clinic user communication [comment after ICORR Webinar #3 – Functional assessment]
- Uncanny usage of “healthy subject” as “opposed” to “amputee” status in human research [academic researchers: “what” (not “who”) we are]
- Comment with regard to Stuttaford SA, Dyson M, Nazarpour K, Dupan SS. Reducing Motor Variability Enhances Myoelectric Control Robustness Across Untrained Limb Positions
- Peter Kyberd and the Cybathlon Advisory Board [commentary]
- How prosthetic industries and academia fail: body-powered control is exactly the same as a bicycle brake cable [tech comparison]
- Interview of Roland Sigrist by Cybathlon Interviewer [with critical comment]
- Zygmunt Bauman and Erving Goffman giving advice on how to navigate visible disability and arm amputation [A]
- Myoelectric prosthetic arms – who missed the bus, and how?
- Academic work and disability [interview with Prof. Ervilerne Juchs, Poffenstick University]
- 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]
- [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}
- Approximating true cost of faulty grip control from a true user view / experience [cost versus benefit aspect]
- Review of DeTOP European Research project H2020-ICT-687905 [review / academic project]
- Review of paper “Evaluating Reachable Workspace and User Control Over Prehensor Aperture for a Body-Powered Prosthesis” [review]
- Stigma and objectification – Stella Young’s TED talk [critical review]
- Sweat as an issue [talking shop now]
- Body Talk [user perspective/s with regard to “bionic” hands]
- Dynabee / Powerball / Forceball – playing with gyroscopic device, trying to keep momentum using prosthetic arm [subtle sensory feedback demo]
- TIPS for research in prosthetic arms for below elbow amputees [paper review / tips]
- 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]
- Prosthetic use and phantom pain [correlation causation sharknado]
- Prosthesis and the engineered imagination: reading augmentation and disability across cultural theory, representation and product design [review]
- Prosthetic hand appearance in relation to cosplay and navigating apparent person [exhibition – CHRIS WILDRICK – THIS IS WHO I AM]
- Artikel: “Kampf um die Prothese: «Behinderte werden vom Staat noch weiter behindert»” von D. Wirth, 28.10.2019 [Kommentar]
- Skyscraper (2018 film) [review]
- Alita Battle Angel [review – SPOILER ALERT]
- How robot technology that is advertised with technically insufficient propaganda numbers does make us truly angry [movie reference: HBO miniseries “Chernobyl”]
- How is “John without arms” an ableist derogatory Brazilian / Portuguese idiom that directly attributes ignorance and laziness to disability and then uses it a technical amputation descriptor to denote the lazy or ignorant?
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL – defect iLimb glove poses tricky Catch-22 for Cybathlon 2020 [review]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL – Hammer use to hammer nails, with “bionic” prosthetic hand, poses tricky Catch-22 for Cybathlon 2020 [review]
- Zweimaltot – Beat Glogger (Buchbesprechung) [i]
- Zweimaltot – Beat Glogger (Buchbesprechung)
- Soldering cable connection and heat shrinking tube over connection (Extreme Cyborging Microworks)
- Was ist mit Cybathlon@SCHOOL moeglicherweise problematisch?
- Myoelectric prosthetic arms do not “really” function – so whom to sell them to? [cynical economic considerations]
- User perspective on the rubber hand illusion in a wider sense – prosthetic arm and ownership for real use [reflection and consideration]
- CE marking or norm in relation to components for prosthetic arms [up to 2023]
- Promembro – Schweizer Lobbyisten wollen Hightech-Prothesen “legalisieren”
- Disability and the public – prosthetic arms and more: do we appear “competent”? (review)
- Sensory robot hand feedback: not so necessary for amputees but definitely necessary for tele-operators [why sensory feedback is military research and not rehabilitation research]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL: Pitch black cynicism in the Cybathlon 2020: “the role of a disabled person” [not funny]
- The Bad Batch (2017) – review of movie with main character as amputee [bleak authenticity via CGI]
- Embodiment of a prosthetic arm [reflections, thoughts, considerations]
- Understanding and informing design issues of a prosthetic arm for below elbow amputation by way of “taxonomy” [literature review, reality check]
- Kommentar zu “Siri hat immer Lust – Gehört die Zukunft den Cyborgs und intelligenten Maschinen?” (UZH Magazin 2/18)
- Modifying Shimano Ultegra road bike setup on a Colnago C40 for left handed use – second approach [technical right below elbow amputee core focus work / bike adaptation]
- Wie das Schweizer Fernsehen SRF über Armprothesen falsch informiert und statt dessen Werbung macht und Kritik daran löscht[#NOBILLAG]
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle [movie review]
- Scientific approach taken for implementing a successfully marketable microprocessor-controlled knee – history of Otto Bock C-leg [lessons for prosthetic arms?]
- Alex Roy and comparing junk with what “real men” wear [consumer products and society]
- The death of Dr. No [lessons to be learned for prosthetic design and use]
- Reddit promotes clearly derogatory vocabulary for amputation [sociopathic efforts]
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier [movie review from arm amputee view]
- Myoelectric Arm Dialog
- “Robotics”/”Cyborg”-ism and prosthetic arms – state of the art, and choice of role of prosthesis within own body image [analysis post]
- iLimb / myoelectric arm: chronic skin rash due to local myoelectric skin electrode placement during bicycle ride [complication report] [bad hand days/weeks/month] (towards the AUA/WIFUCD dichotomy)
- Grip planning and carrying out [TRS Prehensor vs. iLimb Ultra Revolution – theory and practice]
- Functional failures of prosthetic hands at the Cybathlon 2016 [details]
- Der Cybathlon 2016 wurde bei den Armprothesen von einem Mann mit “Hook” gewonnen [#research #surprise #bodypowered]
- Is it wise to widen the clientele for prosthetic arms, and is it wise to get more crappy “bionic” arms publicly funded?
- The Cybathlon as iconic Trash Culture modern day Circus show: arm amputees, arms race and technical considerations regarding specific applicants [proper research domain assignment, pre-race evaluation of critical check points, detailed in-race grip analysis, cultural domain considerations, gonzo race report]
- DJ Hookie [interview]
- #userdrivendesign Prosthetic arm design: i-Limb Revolution versus customized body powered arm in a work environment combining bodily exertion, wide temperature ranges, wide body motion ranges, heavy workload and subtle grips [Cybathlon Symposium, Oct 6 2016, Poster A12]
- Real prosthetic arm research to finally resolve existing problems [research; interview with Prof. Kenneth Pitoskin]
- HumanXDesign – headbanging does not hurt if there is no wall [media idiocy]
- Normalizing prosthetic arms and media: the role of 3D printing – official statement
- Disability as spectacle? [tracing everyday experiences to follow this proposed aspect]
- Prosthetic options and Yenga – intricate grip differentiation details [up close grip mechanics]
- What if Hugh Herr built prosthetic arms [development cycles, how to get better with engineering]
- Prosthetic arm / hook as “human enhancement” #cyborg #realprosthetics to handle meat / grill / frying pan (what transhumanists, bioethicists and media hypes tend to miss)
- Prosthetic Envy (discussion panel roundup)
- Constraints in prosthetic arm research (literature review)
- Was bringt der Cybathlon 2016? (kurze Uebersicht)
- Thorstein Veblen – The Leisure Class Society (and how it applies to current trends in prosthetic arm “design”)
- Missing hand, hook, and perceived risk [sociology of fables leaking into modern day perceptions]
- Wieso ist das, was die Veranstalter zum Cybathlon 2016 schreiben **schlecht** ? (Technologieerklärung)
- Electromagnetic shielding and phantom pain [tech corner]
- Deadpool movie quote
- Zürich Tonhalle experience (#awfulseat #awfulpeople #greatconcert)
- Artificial fingertip senses textures and sends signal to arm amputee [wow]
- Swiss Federal President John Taylor Mayor speaks to the Day of the Ill [analysis] #montypython #bwahaha
- What to do once your arm has mindboggling amounts of DOF but your stump can only address 2-3 ? [tech scifi stuff]
- Being human #voightkampff – nondisabled vs. disabled people [scenarios]
- Graphene-based neural interfaces are a first promising method to interfacing directly with our nerves [science]
- Artikel “Forscher planen Wettkampf der technischen Hilfsmittel” der NZZ [Kommentar]
- Aurelie (above elbow amputee) in the “The Brand New Testament” (2015) movie – character and plot review {attention – spoilers ahead} [movie review]
- Filmmakers and apologizing about the WRONG CAST (review)
- ISPO 2015 – review of relevant abstracts [review]
- Visualizing a Broken Body – Cyborg art implications for visual and functional prosthetic design [art, cultural reflection]
- Bimanual activities beyond comfort zone – bike tour over Stelvio Pass [yoo hoo]
- Trimming hedges with Hosmer 6 work hook and 2,7 kg cutter in 37 deg C sunny summer [achievement / benchmark report]
- Otto Bock’s funny video (hooks after all? needle and thread benchmark?)
- Prothesen und Maschinenmenschen [DIE ZEIT / Kritik]
- CHINA!! Striking new 3D print multi touch hightech arm hand prosthesis with “Rick” type integration [rr/ high tech advance]
- Cocreat 3D [very stylish 3D printing arm/hand startup]
- Mad Max Fury Road – fictional arm amputee “Imperator Furiosa” played by Charlize Theron [review]
- S. Thompson. Motif-index of folk-literature : a classification of narrative elements in folktales, ballads, myths, fables, medieval romances, exempla, fabliaux, jest-books, and local legends [reference]
- Blognews, Behinderung, Fairness [rant]
- Robert Downey Jr. himself presents a 3D-printed “miracle” [3d printing, Iron Man, plastic hand hype, great looks though]
- How to actually pick, choose, decide for a particular type and make of a prosthetic arm [mental flow chart]
- Liquid hands in a liquid modernity [symbolism, realism – and then what?] {rather graphic, viewer discretion advised, long, difficult}
- Miss Amazonas 2015. What is society after in terms of appearance? What rates high these days? [look closely!]
- Just because you cannot comprehend something does not mean no one else can [proof of principle]
- Who explicitly spits on hooks and body powered prosthetic arm technology? [deep into the Captain Hook / split-hook vilification meme]
- New visibility for very old symbols? Viktoria Modesta, Prototype, Channel 4, “spike dance” [media review]
- Stretchable silicon nanoribbon electronics for skin prosthesis [science Push Comes To Shove > Cleaning Toilet
- DARPA Artificial Arm > Mind Control through Brain Implants > Human Trials Next [science fiction]
- Hot summer – beer time [ADL, Becker hands]
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XIX – from the inanimate towards my animal self
- Hot summer – Wolf’s new cosmetic arm
- Hot Summer – trimming the hedge [V2P / Puppchen wrist real life test: passed]
- Carnes arm – history and current status [update]
- PUPP+CH+EN Wrist 1 released
- CE-Richtlinien
- Great news – finally, prosthetic design gets technically inspired!
- Socket length for long forearm stumps – extreme back-to-back mount of Ossur Icelock pin-lock and wrist
- Socket control of pronation and supination [demo]
- Cyborg rights
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XVIII – Blue Red Arm
- V2P Prehensor – fixing broken rubber abutment
- Fluid Hand [Germany] > Vincent Hand [Germany]
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XVII – Albert Loos and ornamental minimalism
- Contineo – Orthocare Innovations presents the commercial version of the DARPA hand
- Gedankengesteuerte Armprothese von Otto Bock: die Michelangelo-Hand [Medien-Hysterie]
- What happened to the Otto Bock Michelangelo hand?
- i-LIMB Pulse [new]
- Is Otto Bock moving over – is their previously occupied body powered market segment now being cleared?
- Macht Otto Bock Platz – Markt frei fuer Eigenkraftprothesen?
- District 9 Come Alive – The Tentacle [what we really want / Sci Fi]
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XVI – Red Arm II – High Tech
- Prosthetic industry and academic research language grossly exaggerates to cover up absent technical progress [terminology review]
- Dean Kamen at TedMed 2009
- Shoulder harness and cable protection III
- Reconstructing Three-Dimensional Hand Movements from Noninvasive Electroencephalographic Signals [science fiction / research]
- How to make a prosthetic socket [myth buster]
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XV – Project Facade
- Mechanically intelligent prosthetic design – microprocessor-controlled artificial foot [U MICH]
- Learning from industry and industrial design for prosthetic design
- 2010’s “bionic” prostheses and why they fail
- RSL Steeper BeBionic
- Approximating the Carroll Quantitative Test for Upper Extremity Function comparing hooks [V2P, Dorrance, Otto Bock] and hands [Otto Bock, Becker Lock Grip]
- Dorrance 555 aluminum hook with nitrile covers
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XIV – Becker Lock Grip hand aesthetics [photo series]
- V2P Prehensor – activities of daily living ADL – vacuum cleaner operation
- Carnes arm – hand function
- Otto Bock myoelektrischer Arm – Was ist in diesen schweineteuren Otto Bock Batterien drin? Billige NiCd-Froeschchen :) Ersatz durch 4 x AA-Akkus (NiMH, 2500 mAH)
- Otto Bock myoelectric arm – What does the Otto Bock battery contain? Battery replacement by 4 x AA rechargable cells (Ni MH, 2500 mAh)
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XIII – Design Ping Pong
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XII – Becky Pilditch and Holly Franklin – Super Prosthetics Project
- Watchdog post – media idiocy hyping up prosthetic fairytales [update]
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XI – Red Arm going Industrial/Functional/Technical Paint
- Ultimate in Prosthetic Performance Scoring: The EODF End Of Day Feeling
- V2P Prehensor – nitrile glove fingers as winter tyres
- V2P prehensor – first look
- Shadow Dextrous Hand
- Current bionic prosthetic research including sensory feedback – simulacra, not simulans.
- Sewing – thread manipulation
- Wasserqualitaet und Hautpflege – Stumpfpflege
- Water and skin rash – stump care
- Terminal device bolts, Otto Bock norm, 1/2-20 UNF thread
- Prosthetic texture and haptics – Shane Acker’s movie “9” (2009)
- ANPPN – Activities of No Particular Prosthetic Need
- Industrial design issues – iron AND hook or V2P
- Becker Lock Grip hand – gloves
- The Monestier-Lescoeur hand
- Comprehensive inventory of ADL – Activities of Daily Living – using Becker Lock Grip hand and Otto Bock MovoHook 2Grip as right below elbow amputee
- MSM wrist 0.2 [prototype]
- The Mesmerized Bunny Effect
- Tech bits I – bolt and cable specs for Otto Bock compatible wrist units
- Smart Hand project
- Becker Lock Grip Hand [Deutsch]
- Becker Lock Grip hand [English]
- Dan Horkey takes prosthetic socket artwork to *CHROME*
- The hand stigma myth and ‘sociable’ prosthetics
- Creating a 2D textile cut pattern to match a specific 3D shape such as a prosthetic socket or hand
- Asking armless people for fingerprints
- Competitive prosthetic action – compare movement and function II
- Ishikawa Komuro Lab’s High-Speed Robot Hand
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design X – mechanical bionic Becker Lock Grip Hand going Red Arm
- Tech bits III – prosthetic hands
- Vicarious embarrassment – Fremdschämen
- Discriminating ad – the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie spits down on amputees as what they call ‘fake people’ alluding at a prosthetic hand
- Stump socks / protectors for different applications II
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design IX – taking a leather and steel brace arm towards Red Arm III
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design VIII – taking a mannequin shop window arm towards Red Arm II
- One handed guitar and bass players
- Required specifications for next generation myoelectric prosthesis
- Body powered vs. myoelectric prosthesis [literature query]
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design VII – Red Cable Controlled Arm Experiment
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design VI – Why on earth RED? What happens when you wear a RED ARM?
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design V – Red Arm I
- “Prosthetic culture”: prosthetic solutions by non disabled people versus prosthetic solutions by amputees [upper extremity]
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design IV – wooden design model hand
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design III – playing with instructions and materials
- Body powered vs. myoelectric vs. cosmetic vs. none
- RAPHaEL (Robotic Air Powered Hand with Elastic Ligaments)
- Manipulating objects using Otto Bock MovoHook 2Grip P [pimped]
- The Pentagon’s Bionic DEKA Arm
- Otto Bock MOVOHOOK 2GRIP 10A80 P [pimped]
- MSM wrist [legal aspects – file download area]
- MSM wrist [road map]
- MSM wrist 0.1-revision [open prosthetics]
- Reliability and speed of myoelectric prostheses
- Otto Bock Michelangelo hand
- Cosmetic glove for prosthetic mechanical hand
- Physionet V2P prehensor by ADA Technologies, Inc.
- MSM wrist 0.1 [prototype, open prosthetics]
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design II – Red Hand Experiment
- Towards Open Source programming software for more sophisticated myoelectric prosthetic controls
- Otto bock wrist unit, terminal device compatible bolts
- Stump socks / protectors for different applications I
- Slide into long sleeve with prosthetic hand covered with silicon glove
- Requirement specifications
- Shoulder harness and cable protection II
- Stigmatization and demonization I – does the Uncanny Valley make us getting terrorized by the public?
- Competitive prosthetic action – compare movement and function
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design I – review
- Schweiss und Hautprobleme am Stumpf – Stumpfpflege
- Sweat and stump skin rash – Stump care
- Otto Bock MOVOHOOK 2GRIP 10A80
- Discrimination in Hancock (2008) Sony Pictures by Peter Berg
- Type on computer keyboard using Otto Bock voluntary opening system hand
- Swap terminal device – cable controlled prosthesis – Otto Bock
- Regular size prosthetic pin and wrist components on long below elbow stump
- Myoelectric prosthesis – presales evaluation
- Shoulder harness and cable protection I
- Eurohand 2008 congress- summary of the Robot Hand session
- Otto Bock standard steel hook
- Otto Bock cable control / Otto Bock body powered
- Otto Bock standard aluminium hook (10A18) jams / unlocks with varying temperatures
- Category: "Bionic" prostheses
- Comparison of body powered terminal devices (my selection / June 2024)
- Comment with regard to Stuttaford SA, Dyson M, Nazarpour K, Dupan SS. Reducing Motor Variability Enhances Myoelectric Control Robustness Across Untrained Limb Positions
- EXTREME CYBORGING – FULL RELIANCE – comparing prosthetic options for an increasingly one handed use [shoulder surgery left arm recovery as right below elbow amputee]
- Becker Mechanical Hand – soft padding grip tweak
- Approximating true cost of faulty grip control from a true user view / experience [cost versus benefit aspect]
- Unboxing the Maker Hand by Andrej Dukic [first impressions]
- Holding and using cutlery [technical right below elbow amputee issues core subject]
- Body Talk [user perspective/s with regard to “bionic” hands]
- How is a hook more advanced and better than a prosthetic hand? [tech demo]
- Dynabee / Powerball / Forceball – playing with gyroscopic device, trying to keep momentum using prosthetic arm [subtle sensory feedback demo]
- Precision grip enhancement of prosthetic hand [close-up, detail, technical aspect]
- 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]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL – defect iLimb glove poses tricky Catch-22 for Cybathlon 2020 [review]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL – Hammer use to hammer nails, with “bionic” prosthetic hand, poses tricky Catch-22 for Cybathlon 2020 [review]
- Becker Hand – best grip in town [mechanism visualization]
- 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]
- Angular constraints of prosthetic grippers and functional success correlation [technical evaluation]
- 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?
- CE marking or norm in relation to components for prosthetic arms [up to 2023]
- Disability and the public – prosthetic arms and more: do we appear “competent”? (review)
- Open Bionics Hero Arm [considerations from another angle]
- Experienced user based advice for investors in the domain of prosthetic arms [technical guide for understanding the field]
- Understanding and informing design issues of a prosthetic arm for below elbow amputation by way of “taxonomy” [literature review, reality check]
- Towards a more sustainable cosmetic covering / glove for the iLimb Revolution
- Bad Hand Day V – will the mobile app actually start?
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- Guitar pick holder for iLimb / Dunlop TORTEX picks [3d printed solution]
- Myoelectric Arm Dialog
- iLimb / myoelectric arm: chronic skin rash due to local myoelectric skin electrode placement during bicycle ride [complication report] [bad hand days/weeks/month] (towards the AUA/WIFUCD dichotomy)
- Grip strengths (measured results)
- 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]
- Grip planning and carrying out [TRS Prehensor vs. iLimb Ultra Revolution – theory and practice]
- Functional failures of prosthetic hands at the Cybathlon 2016 [details]
- Der Cybathlon 2016 wurde bei den Armprothesen von einem Mann mit “Hook” gewonnen [#research #surprise #bodypowered]
- The Cybathlon as iconic Trash Culture modern day Circus show: arm amputees, arms race and technical considerations regarding specific applicants [proper research domain assignment, pre-race evaluation of critical check points, detailed in-race grip analysis, cultural domain considerations, gonzo race report]
- #userdrivendesign Prosthetic arm design: i-Limb Revolution versus customized body powered arm in a work environment combining bodily exertion, wide temperature ranges, wide body motion ranges, heavy workload and subtle grips [Cybathlon Symposium, Oct 6 2016, Poster A12]
- Bad Hand Day IV (iLimb, as usual)
- Prosthetic options and Yenga – intricate grip differentiation details [up close grip mechanics]
- Prosthetic Envy (discussion panel roundup)
- Bad Hand Day III (iLimb again)
- What prosthetic arm to use? [flowchart / algorithm]
- How to fasten the Becker Lock Grip hand grip by increasing spring tension [how to]
- iLimb Ultra Revolution “bad hand day” II [what you must consider]
- Artificial fingertip senses textures and sends signal to arm amputee [wow]
- Vacuuming with iLimb Ultra Revolution [ADL]
- iLimb glove self destructs (in-storage product suicide) [WTF]
- Otto Bock’s funny video (hooks after all? needle and thread benchmark?)
- iLimb Ultra Revolution “bad hand day” [what you must consider]
- Thalmic Labs Myo – first test of flexible 8 x 3 electrode Bluetooth myoelectric control arm band on forearm stump [damn!]
- A myoelectric prosthetic arm does have a mind on its own [just watch this – problems with postural interference, limb position(ing) effect, possible solution].
- Handiii / exiii myoelectric hand crowd funding [new project]
- Comparing elbow torque for iLimb Ultra Revolution, passive arm (new, old), body powered arm (hook alu, hook steel, Becker hand) [tech]
- Appearance Test [how to test if your prosthetic hand is life like]
- Becker Mechanical Hand fans – Todd Lawson LaTourrette
- Photography as right below elbow amputee [technical tips]
- iLimb Ultra Revolution – global news: a fitting work glove has been found [product tip]
- DEKA arm now FDA approved [news blurb]
- Stump after wearing myoelectric “bionic” prosthesis for 10 hours [graphic #voightkampff]
- Car wash – what happens when one uses an iLimb Ultra Revolution *just* to assist holding the water tube [glove damage within minutes]
- iLimb Ultra Revolution – “precision” grip [facts and fiction of “bionic” hands, compared to body powered Becker hand or hook]
- iLimb Ultra Revolution – thumb rotation program does not exit predictably ever [facts and fiction of “bionic” hands]
- i-Limb ultra revolution [baking apple cake test]
- i-Limb ultra revolution (introducing)
- Russian prosthetic arm [about the history of myoelectric arms]
- Body powered arms [technical design overview]
- ‘Wooden’ Arm Rejuvenates Amputee’s Outlook [Becker hand and prosthetic arm design success story]
- Becker hand sold as “rare antique late 19th century prosthetic articulated hand” on eBay for 1800 USD [funny stuff on eBay]
- Becker Phantom Bionic hand – turning ignition key, releasing hand brake [#stuffthatworks]
- Chinese farmer makes functional affordable prosthetic arms [amputee driven innovation]
- Becker Phantom Bionic hand – ultra fast, silent, adaptive
- Requirements for prosthetic arms in context of chronic overuse and strain symptoms and carpal tunnel syndrome [explained again]
- BeBionic3 – new hand, well known grip patterns [video]
- Eric Ronning of Reprosthetics designs the ReHand, a printable 3D hand [research prize]
- Becker Imperial Hand [inside views]
- Making coffee as arm amputee benchmark activity / ADL activities of daily living [demo]
- Fast and furious – speed of prosthetic hands and hook [slamming the “bionic” myth once again]
- Unlauter: SF DRS (Schweizer Fernsehen) wirbt fuer Otto Bock [Missbrauch Billag-Gebuehren]
- Sheila Niremberg – bionic eye encoding ~ solved [technical miracle]
- BeBionic2 – new grip patterns [pictures]
- Hugh Herr and the rest of the world [phantasy talk, science fiction, hype]
- ADL activities of daily living – arm stump only [ANPPN Activites of No Particular Prosthetic Need]
- Social ranking wins over function for “bionic” hands [this & that]
- Typing and posture [simple functional anatomy]
- BECKER Hands have an adaptive grip [what people don’t know]
- Art and disability – BECKER Lock Grip hand as movie prop in The Men Who Stare At Goats [prop identification]
- Dexterity of a dexterous prosthetic hand [prototype, DARPA]
- Individual Finger Control of a Virtual Prosthetic Device Using Surface EMG [research]
- Toshiba launches fuel cells for mobile devices [tech news]
- Otto Bock Michelangelo hand DEMO [Gonzo report]
- Otto Bock Michelangelo hand – new multi electrode version [rumor]
- BeBionic v2 [new product]
- Vincent hand [update]
- The Intrinsic Hand [tech]
- iLimb versus DMC plus hand [comparison of myoelectric prostheses]
- iLimb versus DMC plus Hand [Vergleich myoelektrischer Prothesen]
- Otto Bock Michelangelo hand – length of unit about 185 mm of wrist to tip of thumb, weight around 700g [rumor]
- Cutting meat using prosthetic body powered arm with hook or hand [ADL]
- Physical constrains for prosthetic grip mechanisms [theory and practice]
- What does Otto Bock mean by “significant benefits” with their Michelangelo hand?
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XX – towards the Phantom Hand
- DARPA Artificial Arm > Mind Control through Brain Implants > Human Trials Next [science fiction]
- Hot summer – beer time [ADL, Becker hands]
- Contineo – Orthocare Innovations presents the commercial version of the DARPA hand
- Gedankengesteuerte Armprothese von Otto Bock: die Michelangelo-Hand [Medien-Hysterie]
- What happened to the Otto Bock Michelangelo hand?
- i-LIMB Pulse [new]
- District 9 Come Alive – The Tentacle [what we really want / Sci Fi]
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XVI – Red Arm II – High Tech
- Dean Kamen at TedMed 2009
- 2010’s “bionic” prostheses and why they fail
- RSL Steeper BeBionic
- Approximating the Carroll Quantitative Test for Upper Extremity Function comparing hooks [V2P, Dorrance, Otto Bock] and hands [Otto Bock, Becker Lock Grip]
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XIV – Becker Lock Grip hand aesthetics [photo series]
- Sewing – thread manipulation
- Industrial design issues – iron AND hook or V2P
- Becker Lock Grip hand – gloves
- Comprehensive inventory of ADL – Activities of Daily Living – using Becker Lock Grip hand and Otto Bock MovoHook 2Grip as right below elbow amputee
- Smart Hand project
- Becker Lock Grip Hand [Deutsch]
- Becker Lock Grip hand [English]
- Creating a 2D textile cut pattern to match a specific 3D shape such as a prosthetic socket or hand
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design X – mechanical bionic Becker Lock Grip Hand going Red Arm
- Tech bits III – prosthetic hands
- Body powered vs. myoelectric vs. cosmetic vs. none
- RAPHaEL (Robotic Air Powered Hand with Elastic Ligaments)
- The Pentagon’s Bionic DEKA Arm
- Reliability and speed of myoelectric prostheses
- Otto Bock Michelangelo hand
- Competitive prosthetic action – compare movement and function
- Category: BeBionic (RSL Steeper)
- Der Cybathlon 2016 wurde bei den Armprothesen von einem Mann mit “Hook” gewonnen [#research #surprise #bodypowered]
- The Cybathlon as iconic Trash Culture modern day Circus show: arm amputees, arms race and technical considerations regarding specific applicants [proper research domain assignment, pre-race evaluation of critical check points, detailed in-race grip analysis, cultural domain considerations, gonzo race report]
- BeBionic3 – new hand, well known grip patterns [video]
- BeBionic2 – new grip patterns [pictures]
- BeBionic v2 [new product]
- 2010’s “bionic” prostheses and why they fail
- RSL Steeper BeBionic
- Category: Becker Hand [Lock Grip, Imperial] {mechanical hand}
- Comparison of body powered terminal devices (my selection / June 2024)
- EXTREME CYBORGING – FULL RELIANCE – comparing prosthetic options for an increasingly one handed use [shoulder surgery left arm recovery as right below elbow amputee]
- Becker Mechanical Hand – soft padding grip tweak
- Holding and using cutlery [technical right below elbow amputee issues core subject]
- How is a hook more advanced and better than a prosthetic hand? [tech demo]
- Dynabee / Powerball / Forceball – playing with gyroscopic device, trying to keep momentum using prosthetic arm [subtle sensory feedback demo]
- Precision grip enhancement of prosthetic hand [close-up, detail, technical aspect]
- Becker Hand – best grip in town [mechanism visualization]
- Understanding and informing design issues of a prosthetic arm for below elbow amputation by way of “taxonomy” [literature review, reality check]
- Prosthetic options and Yenga – intricate grip differentiation details [up close grip mechanics]
- How to fasten the Becker Lock Grip hand grip by increasing spring tension [how to]
- Otto Bock’s funny video (hooks after all? needle and thread benchmark?)
- Comparing elbow torque for iLimb Ultra Revolution, passive arm (new, old), body powered arm (hook alu, hook steel, Becker hand) [tech]
- Becker Mechanical Hand fans – Todd Lawson LaTourrette
- Body powered arms [technical design overview]
- ‘Wooden’ Arm Rejuvenates Amputee’s Outlook [Becker hand and prosthetic arm design success story]
- Becker hand sold as “rare antique late 19th century prosthetic articulated hand” on eBay for 1800 USD [funny stuff on eBay]
- Becker Phantom Bionic hand – turning ignition key, releasing hand brake [#stuffthatworks]
- Becker Phantom Bionic hand – ultra fast, silent, adaptive
- Becker Imperial Hand [inside views]
- Making coffee as arm amputee benchmark activity / ADL activities of daily living [demo]
- BECKER Hands have an adaptive grip [what people don’t know]
- Art and disability – BECKER Lock Grip hand as movie prop in The Men Who Stare At Goats [prop identification]
- Cutting meat using prosthetic body powered arm with hook or hand [ADL]
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XX – towards the Phantom Hand
- Hot summer – beer time [ADL, Becker hands]
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XVI – Red Arm II – High Tech
- 2010’s “bionic” prostheses and why they fail
- Approximating the Carroll Quantitative Test for Upper Extremity Function comparing hooks [V2P, Dorrance, Otto Bock] and hands [Otto Bock, Becker Lock Grip]
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XIV – Becker Lock Grip hand aesthetics [photo series]
- Sewing – thread manipulation
- Industrial design issues – iron AND hook or V2P
- Becker Lock Grip hand – gloves
- Comprehensive inventory of ADL – Activities of Daily Living – using Becker Lock Grip hand and Otto Bock MovoHook 2Grip as right below elbow amputee
- Becker Lock Grip Hand [Deutsch]
- Becker Lock Grip hand [English]
- Creating a 2D textile cut pattern to match a specific 3D shape such as a prosthetic socket or hand
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design X – mechanical bionic Becker Lock Grip Hand going Red Arm
- Category: Becker Hand fans
- Category: Becker Phantom Bionic
- Category: Contineo
- Category: DEKA arm / DARPA project
- Category: handiii
- Category: Hy5
- Category: Maker Hand by Andrej Dukic
- Category: Otto Bock Michelangelo hand
- Der Cybathlon 2016 wurde bei den Armprothesen von einem Mann mit “Hook” gewonnen [#research #surprise #bodypowered]
- The Cybathlon as iconic Trash Culture modern day Circus show: arm amputees, arms race and technical considerations regarding specific applicants [proper research domain assignment, pre-race evaluation of critical check points, detailed in-race grip analysis, cultural domain considerations, gonzo race report]
- Otto Bock’s funny video (hooks after all? needle and thread benchmark?)
- Photography as right below elbow amputee [technical tips]
- Making coffee as arm amputee benchmark activity / ADL activities of daily living [demo]
- Unlauter: SF DRS (Schweizer Fernsehen) wirbt fuer Otto Bock [Missbrauch Billag-Gebuehren]
- Otto Bock Michelangelo hand DEMO [Gonzo report]
- Otto Bock Michelangelo hand – new multi electrode version [rumor]
- Otto Bock Michelangelo hand – length of unit about 185 mm of wrist to tip of thumb, weight around 700g [rumor]
- What does Otto Bock mean by “significant benefits” with their Michelangelo hand?
- Gedankengesteuerte Armprothese von Otto Bock: die Michelangelo-Hand [Medien-Hysterie]
- What happened to the Otto Bock Michelangelo hand?
- 2010’s “bionic” prostheses and why they fail
- Tech bits III – prosthetic hands
- Body powered vs. myoelectric vs. cosmetic vs. none
- Otto Bock Michelangelo hand
- Category: ReProsthetics
- Category: Research
- Sheila Niremberg – bionic eye encoding ~ solved [technical miracle]
- Individual Finger Control of a Virtual Prosthetic Device Using Surface EMG [research]
- The Intrinsic Hand [tech]
- Physical constrains for prosthetic grip mechanisms [theory and practice]
- District 9 Come Alive – The Tentacle [what we really want / Sci Fi]
- 2010’s “bionic” prostheses and why they fail
- Smart Hand project
- Category: Thalmic Myo arm band
- Category: Touch Bionics iLimb
- EXTREME CYBORGING – FULL RELIANCE – comparing prosthetic options for an increasingly one handed use [shoulder surgery left arm recovery as right below elbow amputee]
- Holding and using cutlery [technical right below elbow amputee issues core subject]
- 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]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL – defect iLimb glove poses tricky Catch-22 for Cybathlon 2020 [review]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL – Hammer use to hammer nails, with “bionic” prosthetic hand, poses tricky Catch-22 for Cybathlon 2020 [review]
- Angular constraints of prosthetic grippers and functional success correlation [technical evaluation]
- CE marking or norm in relation to components for prosthetic arms [up to 2023]
- Understanding and informing design issues of a prosthetic arm for below elbow amputation by way of “taxonomy” [literature review, reality check]
- Towards a more sustainable cosmetic covering / glove for the iLimb Revolution
- Bad Hand Day V – will the mobile app actually start?
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- Guitar pick holder for iLimb / Dunlop TORTEX picks [3d printed solution]
- iLimb / myoelectric arm: chronic skin rash due to local myoelectric skin electrode placement during bicycle ride [complication report] [bad hand days/weeks/month] (towards the AUA/WIFUCD dichotomy)
- Grip strengths (measured results)
- 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]
- Grip planning and carrying out [TRS Prehensor vs. iLimb Ultra Revolution – theory and practice]
- Functional failures of prosthetic hands at the Cybathlon 2016 [details]
- Der Cybathlon 2016 wurde bei den Armprothesen von einem Mann mit “Hook” gewonnen [#research #surprise #bodypowered]
- The Cybathlon as iconic Trash Culture modern day Circus show: arm amputees, arms race and technical considerations regarding specific applicants [proper research domain assignment, pre-race evaluation of critical check points, detailed in-race grip analysis, cultural domain considerations, gonzo race report]
- #userdrivendesign Prosthetic arm design: i-Limb Revolution versus customized body powered arm in a work environment combining bodily exertion, wide temperature ranges, wide body motion ranges, heavy workload and subtle grips [Cybathlon Symposium, Oct 6 2016, Poster A12]
- Bad Hand Day IV (iLimb, as usual)
- Prosthetic options and Yenga – intricate grip differentiation details [up close grip mechanics]
- Bad Hand Day III (iLimb again)
- iLimb Ultra Revolution “bad hand day” II [what you must consider]
- Vacuuming with iLimb Ultra Revolution [ADL]
- iLimb glove self destructs (in-storage product suicide) [WTF]
- iLimb Ultra Revolution “bad hand day” [what you must consider]
- A myoelectric prosthetic arm does have a mind on its own [just watch this – problems with postural interference, limb position(ing) effect, possible solution].
- Comparing elbow torque for iLimb Ultra Revolution, passive arm (new, old), body powered arm (hook alu, hook steel, Becker hand) [tech]
- iLimb Ultra Revolution – global news: a fitting work glove has been found [product tip]
- Stump after wearing myoelectric “bionic” prosthesis for 10 hours [graphic #voightkampff]
- Car wash – what happens when one uses an iLimb Ultra Revolution *just* to assist holding the water tube [glove damage within minutes]
- iLimb Ultra Revolution – “precision” grip [facts and fiction of “bionic” hands, compared to body powered Becker hand or hook]
- iLimb Ultra Revolution – thumb rotation program does not exit predictably ever [facts and fiction of “bionic” hands]
- i-Limb ultra revolution [baking apple cake test]
- i-Limb ultra revolution (introducing)
- Typing and posture [simple functional anatomy]
- iLimb versus DMC plus hand [comparison of myoelectric prostheses]
- iLimb versus DMC plus Hand [Vergleich myoelektrischer Prothesen]
- i-LIMB Pulse [new]
- 2010’s “bionic” prostheses and why they fail
- Tech bits III – prosthetic hands
- Competitive prosthetic action – compare movement and function
- Category: Bad Hand Day
- 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]
- Bad Hand Day V – will the mobile app actually start?
- iLimb / myoelectric arm: chronic skin rash due to local myoelectric skin electrode placement during bicycle ride [complication report] [bad hand days/weeks/month] (towards the AUA/WIFUCD dichotomy)
- Der Cybathlon 2016 wurde bei den Armprothesen von einem Mann mit “Hook” gewonnen [#research #surprise #bodypowered]
- The Cybathlon as iconic Trash Culture modern day Circus show: arm amputees, arms race and technical considerations regarding specific applicants [proper research domain assignment, pre-race evaluation of critical check points, detailed in-race grip analysis, cultural domain considerations, gonzo race report]
- Bad Hand Day IV (iLimb, as usual)
- Bad Hand Day III (iLimb again)
- iLimb Ultra Revolution “bad hand day” II [what you must consider]
- Vacuuming with iLimb Ultra Revolution [ADL]
- iLimb glove self destructs (in-storage product suicide) [WTF]
- iLimb Ultra Revolution “bad hand day” [what you must consider]
- A myoelectric prosthetic arm does have a mind on its own [just watch this – problems with postural interference, limb position(ing) effect, possible solution].
- Stump after wearing myoelectric “bionic” prosthesis for 10 hours [graphic #voightkampff]
- Car wash – what happens when one uses an iLimb Ultra Revolution *just* to assist holding the water tube [glove damage within minutes]
- iLimb Ultra Revolution – “precision” grip [facts and fiction of “bionic” hands, compared to body powered Becker hand or hook]
- iLimb Ultra Revolution – thumb rotation program does not exit predictably ever [facts and fiction of “bionic” hands]
- Category: 3D Printing
- Extending prosthetic gripper lever length for better grip strength control – TRS JAWS XFS (strong spring) [prototype]
- Face mask clip-on mount / holder for car head rest [3D-print] #covid #mask #mount
- Chain-ring cover / crankset cover / chain guard for Shimano STX-RC on mountain bike GIANT ATX 870 [3D-designed and 3D-printed part]
- Experienced user based advice for investors in the domain of prosthetic arms [technical guide for understanding the field]
- Towards a more sustainable cosmetic covering / glove for the iLimb Revolution
- Toughware Equilux – new VO (voluntary opening) / VC (voluntary closing) body powered device – industrial grip pads [concept, beta]
- Fotoserie – Herstellung und Aufbereitung einer Serie von Passteilen für PMCTA-Sets [photos]
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XXII – Red Hand 2017/I – communicative hand design fitting onto standard Alpha gel liner / Ossur pin with flexible yet reliable comfortable attachment [boosting appearance hand/ boosting wearability in 3D hands]
- Guitar pick holder for iLimb / Dunlop TORTEX picks [3d printed solution]
- Large 3D hand to clip on TRS prehensor [prosthetic testing]
- Guitar pick holder for Hosmer 5 hook /Dunlop TORTEX picks [3d printed solution]
- Hosmer Mod. 5 hook clip for cell phone cover fixation [3D printed solution]
- Trautmann hook [3D printed steel parts, assembly, first use]
- Freebasing 3D shapes: wine glass holder [way to go]
- Strategy for using 3d printing in your overall problem solving process when working towards prosthetic hand or hook solutions [tip’s and trick’s]
- Trautman Hook (3d printed PLA, first bench test) [design]
- 3D printing requires a prosthetic hook [easing into tech]
- Normalizing prosthetic arms and media: the role of 3D printing – official statement
- “3D printing” [proof of concept]
- CHINA!! Striking new 3D print multi touch hightech arm hand prosthesis with “Rick” type integration [rr/ high tech advance]
- Cocreat 3D [very stylish 3D printing arm/hand startup]
- Robert Downey Jr. himself presents a 3D-printed “miracle” [3d printing, Iron Man, plastic hand hype, great looks though]
- Very cool 3D printed arm [3D printing]
- University of Washington 2010 – students design prosthetic arms [review / what to do with a 3D printer]
- 3D printing in all homes [rant]
- Eric Ronning of Reprosthetics designs the ReHand, a printable 3D hand [research prize]
- Category: Artwork and Do It yourself Corner
- Simplicity in rehabilitation robotics [TEDx]
- V2P Prehensor – adding rubbers [tech tip]
- The 8 question method to evaluate any prosthetic arm for real use [checklist]
- Biomimetic properties of a prosthetic arm [analysis of factors/aspects]
- Grip enhancement [one more: anti slip tape; and review]
- How prosthetic industries and academia fail: body-powered control is exactly the same as a bicycle brake cable [tech comparison]
- EXTREME CYBORGING – FULL RELIANCE – comparing prosthetic options for an increasingly one handed use [shoulder surgery left arm recovery as right below elbow amputee]
- Becker Mechanical Hand – soft padding grip tweak
- Wiggle of prosthetic wrist mount in carbon socket [parts]
- Unboxing the Maker Hand by Andrej Dukic [first impressions]
- Precision grip – soft surface – steel split hook, silicone tubing
- Precision grip application in real life [visual]
- Holding and using cutlery [technical right below elbow amputee issues core subject]
- Extending prosthetic gripper lever length for better grip strength control – TRS JAWS XFS (strong spring) [prototype]
- How is a hook more advanced and better than a prosthetic hand? [tech demo]
- Precision grip enhancement of prosthetic hand [close-up, detail, technical aspect]
- Prosthetic hand appearance in relation to cosplay and navigating apparent person [exhibition – CHRIS WILDRICK – THIS IS WHO I AM]
- Angular constraints of prosthetic grippers and functional success correlation [technical evaluation]
- Real work – Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche – Real Programmers Don’t Use PASCAL [reference to popular culture]
- Understanding and informing design issues of a prosthetic arm for below elbow amputation by way of “taxonomy” [literature review, reality check]
- Artwork – DIY – Red Hand series – Yellow Hand – stainless steel 3D-print, acrylic yellow spray paint [first test]
- 3D-print molded Protosil RTV 245 (durometer shore 40A) silicone covers for Toughware Equilux [proof of concept, demo of “bionic” grip]
- Modifying Shimano Ultegra road bike setup on a Colnago C40 for left handed use – second approach [technical right below elbow amputee core focus work / bike adaptation]
- Towards a more sustainable cosmetic covering / glove for the iLimb Revolution
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- Scientific approach taken for implementing a successfully marketable microprocessor-controlled knee – history of Otto Bock C-leg [lessons for prosthetic arms?]
- Toughware Equilux – new VO (voluntary opening) / VC (voluntary closing) body powered device – industrial grip pads [concept, beta]
- Grip performance enhancement through modifying terminal device gripper surface [overview]
- TRS Prehensor [grip surface tweaking II]
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XXII – Red Hand 2017/I – communicative hand design fitting onto standard Alpha gel liner / Ossur pin with flexible yet reliable comfortable attachment [boosting appearance hand/ boosting wearability in 3D hands]
- Guitar pick holder for iLimb / Dunlop TORTEX picks [3d printed solution]
- Large 3D hand to clip on TRS prehensor [prosthetic testing]
- Guitar pick holder for Hosmer 5 hook /Dunlop TORTEX picks [3d printed solution]
- Bowden cable mount for prosthetic arm [patent, explained]
- “Robotics”/”Cyborg”-ism and prosthetic arms – state of the art, and choice of role of prosthesis within own body image [analysis post]
- Hosmer Mod. 5 hook clip for cell phone cover fixation [3D printed solution]
- Trautmann hook [3D printed steel parts, assembly, first use]
- Freebasing 3D shapes: wine glass holder [way to go]
- Trautman Hook (3d printed PLA, first bench test) [design]
- TRS Prehensor [grip surface tweaking]
- The Cybathlon as iconic Trash Culture modern day Circus show: arm amputees, arms race and technical considerations regarding specific applicants [proper research domain assignment, pre-race evaluation of critical check points, detailed in-race grip analysis, cultural domain considerations, gonzo race report]
- #userdrivendesign Prosthetic arm design: i-Limb Revolution versus customized body powered arm in a work environment combining bodily exertion, wide temperature ranges, wide body motion ranges, heavy workload and subtle grips [Cybathlon Symposium, Oct 6 2016, Poster A12]
- What if Hugh Herr built prosthetic arms [development cycles, how to get better with engineering]
- Hosmer Model 6 Work Hook [tweak / improvement / backlock feature]
- What prosthetic arm to use? [flowchart / algorithm]
- How to cut 3D origami using a prosthetic arm [1:1]
- Visualizing a Broken Body – Cyborg art implications for visual and functional prosthetic design [art, cultural reflection]
- Cocreat 3D [very stylish 3D printing arm/hand startup]
- Über das Design und Aussehen der Armprothese
- Very cool 3D printed arm [3D printing]
- Comparing elbow torque for iLimb Ultra Revolution, passive arm (new, old), body powered arm (hook alu, hook steel, Becker hand) [tech]
- Prosthetic design and looks [overview]
- UNYQ company offering ready-to-order design customization for leg prostheses [new products out]
- Prosthetic socket and prosthetic device art [general]
- Masahiro Moti and prosthetic arms – Uncanny Valley revisited
- Body powered arms [technical design overview]
- ‘Wooden’ Arm Rejuvenates Amputee’s Outlook [Becker hand and prosthetic arm design success story]
- Can looking at a hand make your skin crawl? – Poliakoff E. et al, 2013 [review]
- Death cycle of hope for right below elbow amputees [and attempts to escape from it]
- University of Washington 2010 – students design prosthetic arms [review / what to do with a 3D printer]
- Chinese farmer makes functional affordable prosthetic arms [amputee driven innovation]
- Becker Phantom Bionic hand – ultra fast, silent, adaptive
- “MYO” – reasonably complex myoelectric control consumer electronics apparently widely available soon [PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT]
- Requirements for prosthetic arms in context of chronic overuse and strain symptoms and carpal tunnel syndrome [explained again]
- Use of measurement devices to control a wrist unit – not the hand [spark, idea, developers’ checklists]
- The Alternative Limb Project [artwork]
- Drill a screw [1-handed way]
- Schraube verschrauben [1-haendige Technik]
- Requirements for prosthetic arms in context of chronic overuse and strain symptoms and carpal tunnel syndrome [analysis]
- Bespoke Innovations [update]
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XXI – Red Arm with custom made Centri PVC Glove
- Prosthetic Aesthetics [fairytales, myths and hypes]
- Carnes arm getting re-engineered by an Australian [news]
- Art and disability – SARIF INDUSTRIES cyborg art [science fiction pure]
- Bespoke Innovations Fairings [artwork]
- Learning from the past I – Muirhead Little [literature review]
- Grip geometry and prosthetic solutions analyzed – stump, Krukenberg arm and grip [what we really want / Sci Fi]
- Physical constrains for prosthetic grip mechanisms [theory and practice]
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XX – towards the Phantom Hand
- Why do people stop using their prosthetic arms? [vicious cycle]
- V2P Prehensor – general reflection on grip strength and test of multi layered customized claw covers
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XIX – from the inanimate towards my animal self
- Carnes arm – history and current status [update]
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XVIII – Blue Red Arm
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XVII – Albert Loos and ornamental minimalism
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XVI – Red Arm II – High Tech
- How to make a prosthetic socket [myth buster]
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XV – Project Facade
- Learning from industry and industrial design for prosthetic design
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XIV – Becker Lock Grip hand aesthetics [photo series]
- Carnes arm – hand function
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XIII – Design Ping Pong
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XII – Becky Pilditch and Holly Franklin – Super Prosthetics Project
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XI – Red Arm going Industrial/Functional/Technical Paint
- V2P Prehensor – nitrile glove fingers as winter tyres
- Terminal device bolts, Otto Bock norm, 1/2-20 UNF thread
- Prosthetic texture and haptics – Shane Acker’s movie “9” (2009)
- Becker Lock Grip hand – gloves
- The Monestier-Lescoeur hand
- Comprehensive inventory of ADL – Activities of Daily Living – using Becker Lock Grip hand and Otto Bock MovoHook 2Grip as right below elbow amputee
- Becker Lock Grip hand [English]
- Dan Horkey takes prosthetic socket artwork to *CHROME*
- Creating a 2D textile cut pattern to match a specific 3D shape such as a prosthetic socket or hand
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design X – mechanical bionic Becker Lock Grip Hand going Red Arm
- Stump socks / protectors for different applications II
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design IX – taking a leather and steel brace arm towards Red Arm III
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design VIII – taking a mannequin shop window arm towards Red Arm II
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design VII – Red Cable Controlled Arm Experiment
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design VI – Why on earth RED? What happens when you wear a RED ARM?
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design V – Red Arm I
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design IV – wooden design model hand
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design III – playing with instructions and materials
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design II – Red Hand Experiment
- Stump socks / protectors for different applications I
- Stigmatization and demonization I – does the Uncanny Valley make us getting terrorized by the public?
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design I – review
- Category: Cyborg appearance - robot look
- Unboxing the Maker Hand by Andrej Dukic [first impressions]
- “Robotics”/”Cyborg”-ism and prosthetic arms – state of the art, and choice of role of prosthesis within own body image [analysis post]
- Visualizing a Broken Body – Cyborg art implications for visual and functional prosthetic design [art, cultural reflection]
- Category: Design principles
- The 8 question method to evaluate any prosthetic arm for real use [checklist]
- Biomimetic properties of a prosthetic arm [analysis of factors/aspects]
- Grip enhancement [one more: anti slip tape; and review]
- How prosthetic industries and academia fail: body-powered control is exactly the same as a bicycle brake cable [tech comparison]
- EXTREME CYBORGING – FULL RELIANCE – comparing prosthetic options for an increasingly one handed use [shoulder surgery left arm recovery as right below elbow amputee]
- Becker Mechanical Hand – soft padding grip tweak
- Wiggle of prosthetic wrist mount in carbon socket [parts]
- Unboxing the Maker Hand by Andrej Dukic [first impressions]
- Extending prosthetic gripper lever length for better grip strength control – TRS JAWS XFS (strong spring) [prototype]
- How is a hook more advanced and better than a prosthetic hand? [tech demo]
- Precision grip enhancement of prosthetic hand [close-up, detail, technical aspect]
- Prosthetic hand appearance in relation to cosplay and navigating apparent person [exhibition – CHRIS WILDRICK – THIS IS WHO I AM]
- Angular constraints of prosthetic grippers and functional success correlation [technical evaluation]
- Real work – Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche – Real Programmers Don’t Use PASCAL [reference to popular culture]
- Understanding and informing design issues of a prosthetic arm for below elbow amputation by way of “taxonomy” [literature review, reality check]
- 3D-print molded Protosil RTV 245 (durometer shore 40A) silicone covers for Toughware Equilux [proof of concept, demo of “bionic” grip]
- Towards a more sustainable cosmetic covering / glove for the iLimb Revolution
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- Scientific approach taken for implementing a successfully marketable microprocessor-controlled knee – history of Otto Bock C-leg [lessons for prosthetic arms?]
- Toughware Equilux – new VO (voluntary opening) / VC (voluntary closing) body powered device – industrial grip pads [concept, beta]
- Grip performance enhancement through modifying terminal device gripper surface [overview]
- TRS Prehensor [grip surface tweaking II]
- Guitar pick holder for iLimb / Dunlop TORTEX picks [3d printed solution]
- Guitar pick holder for Hosmer 5 hook /Dunlop TORTEX picks [3d printed solution]
- Bowden cable mount for prosthetic arm [patent, explained]
- Trautmann hook [3D printed steel parts, assembly, first use]
- Freebasing 3D shapes: wine glass holder [way to go]
- Trautman Hook (3d printed PLA, first bench test) [design]
- TRS Prehensor [grip surface tweaking]
- The Cybathlon as iconic Trash Culture modern day Circus show: arm amputees, arms race and technical considerations regarding specific applicants [proper research domain assignment, pre-race evaluation of critical check points, detailed in-race grip analysis, cultural domain considerations, gonzo race report]
- What if Hugh Herr built prosthetic arms [development cycles, how to get better with engineering]
- What prosthetic arm to use? [flowchart / algorithm]
- Visualizing a Broken Body – Cyborg art implications for visual and functional prosthetic design [art, cultural reflection]
- Über das Design und Aussehen der Armprothese
- Comparing elbow torque for iLimb Ultra Revolution, passive arm (new, old), body powered arm (hook alu, hook steel, Becker hand) [tech]
- Prosthetic design and looks [overview]
- Prosthetic socket and prosthetic device art [general]
- Masahiro Moti and prosthetic arms – Uncanny Valley revisited
- Body powered arms [technical design overview]
- Can looking at a hand make your skin crawl? – Poliakoff E. et al, 2013 [review]
- Death cycle of hope for right below elbow amputees [and attempts to escape from it]
- University of Washington 2010 – students design prosthetic arms [review / what to do with a 3D printer]
- Chinese farmer makes functional affordable prosthetic arms [amputee driven innovation]
- Requirements for prosthetic arms in context of chronic overuse and strain symptoms and carpal tunnel syndrome [explained again]
- Use of measurement devices to control a wrist unit – not the hand [spark, idea, developers’ checklists]
- Prosthetic Aesthetics [fairytales, myths and hypes]
- Learning from the past I – Muirhead Little [literature review]
- Grip geometry and prosthetic solutions analyzed – stump, Krukenberg arm and grip [what we really want / Sci Fi]
- Physical constrains for prosthetic grip mechanisms [theory and practice]
- Why do people stop using their prosthetic arms? [vicious cycle]
- V2P Prehensor – general reflection on grip strength and test of multi layered customized claw covers
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XVII – Albert Loos and ornamental minimalism
- Stigmatization and demonization I – does the Uncanny Valley make us getting terrorized by the public?
- Category: Center of Gravity
- Category: Design simplicity and efficiency
- Simplicity in rehabilitation robotics [TEDx]
- The 8 question method to evaluate any prosthetic arm for real use [checklist]
- What prosthetic arm to use? [flowchart / algorithm]
- Death cycle of hope for right below elbow amputees [and attempts to escape from it]
- Why do people stop using their prosthetic arms? [vicious cycle]
- Category: Grip tuning
- V2P Prehensor – adding rubbers [tech tip]
- Grip enhancement [one more: anti slip tape; and review]
- Becker Mechanical Hand – soft padding grip tweak
- Precision grip – soft surface – steel split hook, silicone tubing
- Holding and using cutlery [technical right below elbow amputee issues core subject]
- How is a hook more advanced and better than a prosthetic hand? [tech demo]
- Precision grip enhancement of prosthetic hand [close-up, detail, technical aspect]
- Toughware Equilux – new VO (voluntary opening) / VC (voluntary closing) body powered device – industrial grip pads [concept, beta]
- Grip performance enhancement through modifying terminal device gripper surface [overview]
- TRS Prehensor [grip surface tweaking II]
- Hosmer Model 6 Work Hook [tweak / improvement / backlock feature]
- Grip geometry and prosthetic solutions analyzed – stump, Krukenberg arm and grip [what we really want / Sci Fi]
- Physical constrains for prosthetic grip mechanisms [theory and practice]
- V2P Prehensor – general reflection on grip strength and test of multi layered customized claw covers
- Category: Mechanical works
- Grip enhancement [one more: anti slip tape; and review]
- How prosthetic industries and academia fail: body-powered control is exactly the same as a bicycle brake cable [tech comparison]
- Unboxing the Maker Hand by Andrej Dukic [first impressions]
- Extending prosthetic gripper lever length for better grip strength control – TRS JAWS XFS (strong spring) [prototype]
- Precision grip enhancement of prosthetic hand [close-up, detail, technical aspect]
- Angular constraints of prosthetic grippers and functional success correlation [technical evaluation]
- Real work – Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche – Real Programmers Don’t Use PASCAL [reference to popular culture]
- Artwork – DIY – Red Hand series – Yellow Hand – stainless steel 3D-print, acrylic yellow spray paint [first test]
- 3D-print molded Protosil RTV 245 (durometer shore 40A) silicone covers for Toughware Equilux [proof of concept, demo of “bionic” grip]
- Modifying Shimano Ultegra road bike setup on a Colnago C40 for left handed use – second approach [technical right below elbow amputee core focus work / bike adaptation]
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- Toughware Equilux – new VO (voluntary opening) / VC (voluntary closing) body powered device – industrial grip pads [concept, beta]
- Grip performance enhancement through modifying terminal device gripper surface [overview]
- TRS Prehensor [grip surface tweaking II]
- Guitar pick holder for iLimb / Dunlop TORTEX picks [3d printed solution]
- Guitar pick holder for Hosmer 5 hook /Dunlop TORTEX picks [3d printed solution]
- Bowden cable mount for prosthetic arm [patent, explained]
- Hosmer Mod. 5 hook clip for cell phone cover fixation [3D printed solution]
- Trautmann hook [3D printed steel parts, assembly, first use]
- Freebasing 3D shapes: wine glass holder [way to go]
- Trautman Hook (3d printed PLA, first bench test) [design]
- TRS Prehensor [grip surface tweaking]
- The Cybathlon as iconic Trash Culture modern day Circus show: arm amputees, arms race and technical considerations regarding specific applicants [proper research domain assignment, pre-race evaluation of critical check points, detailed in-race grip analysis, cultural domain considerations, gonzo race report]
- #userdrivendesign Prosthetic arm design: i-Limb Revolution versus customized body powered arm in a work environment combining bodily exertion, wide temperature ranges, wide body motion ranges, heavy workload and subtle grips [Cybathlon Symposium, Oct 6 2016, Poster A12]
- Comparing elbow torque for iLimb Ultra Revolution, passive arm (new, old), body powered arm (hook alu, hook steel, Becker hand) [tech]
- Prosthetic design and looks [overview]
- Body powered arms [technical design overview]
- Chinese farmer makes functional affordable prosthetic arms [amputee driven innovation]
- Use of measurement devices to control a wrist unit – not the hand [spark, idea, developers’ checklists]
- Drill a screw [1-handed way]
- Schraube verschrauben [1-haendige Technik]
- Carnes arm getting re-engineered by an Australian [news]
- Learning from the past I – Muirhead Little [literature review]
- Grip geometry and prosthetic solutions analyzed – stump, Krukenberg arm and grip [what we really want / Sci Fi]
- Physical constrains for prosthetic grip mechanisms [theory and practice]
- V2P Prehensor – general reflection on grip strength and test of multi layered customized claw covers
- Carnes arm – history and current status [update]
- How to make a prosthetic socket [myth buster]
- Carnes arm – hand function
- Terminal device bolts, Otto Bock norm, 1/2-20 UNF thread
- Category: Red Hand Series / Technical Design Series
- Prosthetic hand appearance in relation to cosplay and navigating apparent person [exhibition – CHRIS WILDRICK – THIS IS WHO I AM]
- Artwork – DIY – Red Hand series – Yellow Hand – stainless steel 3D-print, acrylic yellow spray paint [first test]
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XXII – Red Hand 2017/I – communicative hand design fitting onto standard Alpha gel liner / Ossur pin with flexible yet reliable comfortable attachment [boosting appearance hand/ boosting wearability in 3D hands]
- Large 3D hand to clip on TRS prehensor [prosthetic testing]
- Visualizing a Broken Body – Cyborg art implications for visual and functional prosthetic design [art, cultural reflection]
- Cocreat 3D [very stylish 3D printing arm/hand startup]
- Über das Design und Aussehen der Armprothese
- Very cool 3D printed arm [3D printing]
- Prosthetic socket and prosthetic device art [general]
- Can looking at a hand make your skin crawl? – Poliakoff E. et al, 2013 [review]
- University of Washington 2010 – students design prosthetic arms [review / what to do with a 3D printer]
- Becker Phantom Bionic hand – ultra fast, silent, adaptive
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XXI – Red Arm with custom made Centri PVC Glove
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XX – towards the Phantom Hand
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XIX – from the inanimate towards my animal self
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XVIII – Blue Red Arm
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XVII – Albert Loos and ornamental minimalism
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XVI – Red Arm II – High Tech
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XV – Project Facade
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XIV – Becker Lock Grip hand aesthetics [photo series]
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XIII – Design Ping Pong
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XII – Becky Pilditch and Holly Franklin – Super Prosthetics Project
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XI – Red Arm going Industrial/Functional/Technical Paint
- Becker Lock Grip hand – gloves
- Comprehensive inventory of ADL – Activities of Daily Living – using Becker Lock Grip hand and Otto Bock MovoHook 2Grip as right below elbow amputee
- Creating a 2D textile cut pattern to match a specific 3D shape such as a prosthetic socket or hand
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design X – mechanical bionic Becker Lock Grip Hand going Red Arm
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design IX – taking a leather and steel brace arm towards Red Arm III
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design VIII – taking a mannequin shop window arm towards Red Arm II
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design VII – Red Cable Controlled Arm Experiment
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design VI – Why on earth RED? What happens when you wear a RED ARM?
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design V – Red Arm I
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design IV – wooden design model hand
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design II – Red Hand Experiment
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design I – review
- Category: Research tips
- The 8 question method to evaluate any prosthetic arm for real use [checklist]
- Biomimetic properties of a prosthetic arm [analysis of factors/aspects]
- Angular constraints of prosthetic grippers and functional success correlation [technical evaluation]
- Real work – Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche – Real Programmers Don’t Use PASCAL [reference to popular culture]
- Understanding and informing design issues of a prosthetic arm for below elbow amputation by way of “taxonomy” [literature review, reality check]
- 3D-print molded Protosil RTV 245 (durometer shore 40A) silicone covers for Toughware Equilux [proof of concept, demo of “bionic” grip]
- Towards a more sustainable cosmetic covering / glove for the iLimb Revolution
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- Scientific approach taken for implementing a successfully marketable microprocessor-controlled knee – history of Otto Bock C-leg [lessons for prosthetic arms?]
- Grip performance enhancement through modifying terminal device gripper surface [overview]
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XXII – Red Hand 2017/I – communicative hand design fitting onto standard Alpha gel liner / Ossur pin with flexible yet reliable comfortable attachment [boosting appearance hand/ boosting wearability in 3D hands]
- #userdrivendesign Prosthetic arm design: i-Limb Revolution versus customized body powered arm in a work environment combining bodily exertion, wide temperature ranges, wide body motion ranges, heavy workload and subtle grips [Cybathlon Symposium, Oct 6 2016, Poster A12]
- What if Hugh Herr built prosthetic arms [development cycles, how to get better with engineering]
- Visualizing a Broken Body – Cyborg art implications for visual and functional prosthetic design [art, cultural reflection]
- Prosthetic design and looks [overview]
- Prosthetic socket and prosthetic device art [general]
- Masahiro Moti and prosthetic arms – Uncanny Valley revisited
- Can looking at a hand make your skin crawl? – Poliakoff E. et al, 2013 [review]
- “MYO” – reasonably complex myoelectric control consumer electronics apparently widely available soon [PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT]
- Requirements for prosthetic arms in context of chronic overuse and strain symptoms and carpal tunnel syndrome [explained again]
- Use of measurement devices to control a wrist unit – not the hand [spark, idea, developers’ checklists]
- Physical constrains for prosthetic grip mechanisms [theory and practice]
- V2P Prehensor – general reflection on grip strength and test of multi layered customized claw covers
- Category: Sleeves
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XV – Project Facade
- V2P Prehensor – nitrile glove fingers as winter tyres
- Prosthetic texture and haptics – Shane Acker’s movie “9” (2009)
- Creating a 2D textile cut pattern to match a specific 3D shape such as a prosthetic socket or hand
- Stump socks / protectors for different applications II
- Stump socks / protectors for different applications I
- Category: Textiles and patterns
- Category: Bad Example
- Category: Cable control
- V2P Prehensor – adding rubbers [tech tip]
- Grip enhancement [one more: anti slip tape; and review]
- How prosthetic industries and academia fail: body-powered control is exactly the same as a bicycle brake cable [tech comparison]
- EXTREME CYBORGING – FULL RELIANCE – comparing prosthetic options for an increasingly one handed use [shoulder surgery left arm recovery as right below elbow amputee]
- Fillauer Triple Swivel comes apart [medical device?]
- “Advice” for new unilateral below elbow amputee [single task]
- Unboxing the Maker Hand by Andrej Dukic [first impressions]
- Precision grip application in real life [visual]
- Review of paper “Evaluating Reachable Workspace and User Control Over Prehensor Aperture for a Body-Powered Prosthesis” [review]
- Extending prosthetic gripper lever length for better grip strength control – TRS JAWS XFS (strong spring) [prototype]
- Kristie Sita with Youtube channel [indicator post]
- Angular constraints of prosthetic grippers and functional success correlation [technical evaluation]
- Disability and the public – prosthetic arms and more: do we appear “competent”? (review)
- Embodiment of a prosthetic arm [reflections, thoughts, considerations]
- Experienced user based advice for investors in the domain of prosthetic arms [technical guide for understanding the field]
- 3D-print molded Protosil RTV 245 (durometer shore 40A) silicone covers for Toughware Equilux [proof of concept, demo of “bionic” grip]
- Modifying Shimano Ultegra road bike setup on a Colnago C40 for left handed use – second approach [technical right below elbow amputee core focus work / bike adaptation]
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- Bowden cable mount for prosthetic arm [patent, explained]
- ADL learning and body powered prosthesis control [paper review]
- #userdrivendesign Prosthetic arm design: i-Limb Revolution versus customized body powered arm in a work environment combining bodily exertion, wide temperature ranges, wide body motion ranges, heavy workload and subtle grips [Cybathlon Symposium, Oct 6 2016, Poster A12]
- Hosmer Model 6 Work Hook [tweak / improvement / backlock feature]
- Trimming hedges with Hosmer 6 work hook and 2,7 kg cutter in 37 deg C sunny summer [achievement / benchmark report]
- The “Russian arm” control paradigm for myoelectric prostheses [still relabeled as “bionic” or “thought controlled” arm] {what we have been withholding from you so far}
- Cable control – grommets [product tip]
- Body powered arms [technical design overview]
- Requirements for prosthetic arms in context of chronic overuse and strain symptoms and carpal tunnel syndrome [explained again]
- Requirements for prosthetic arms in context of chronic overuse and strain symptoms and carpal tunnel syndrome [analysis]
- Hugh Herr and the rest of the world [phantasy talk, science fiction, hype]
- Typing and posture [simple functional anatomy]
- Carnes arm getting re-engineered by an Australian [news]
- WILMER Prosthetic Product Line [University of Delft]
- Cable replacement [product tip]
- Cable sheath crap / cable damage [yet again]
- Cosmetic versus functional prosthetic arms [comparison of activities]
- Shoulder harness III – prolonged usage problem description
- Securing the cable quick lock for body powered prosthetic arms – PVC outer cable sheath as lock cover
- Cable ball link – steel cable connection
- V2P Prehensor – general reflection on grip strength and test of multi layered customized claw covers
- Is Otto Bock moving over – is their previously occupied body powered market segment now being cleared?
- Macht Otto Bock Platz – Markt frei fuer Eigenkraftprothesen?
- Shoulder harness and cable protection III
- Approximating the Carroll Quantitative Test for Upper Extremity Function comparing hooks [V2P, Dorrance, Otto Bock] and hands [Otto Bock, Becker Lock Grip]
- Carnes arm – hand function
- Industrial design issues – iron AND hook or V2P
- Becker Lock Grip hand – gloves
- The Monestier-Lescoeur hand
- Comprehensive inventory of ADL – Activities of Daily Living – using Becker Lock Grip hand and Otto Bock MovoHook 2Grip as right below elbow amputee
- Tech bits I – bolt and cable specs for Otto Bock compatible wrist units
- Becker Lock Grip Hand [Deutsch]
- Creating a 2D textile cut pattern to match a specific 3D shape such as a prosthetic socket or hand
- Competitive prosthetic action – compare movement and function II
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design X – mechanical bionic Becker Lock Grip Hand going Red Arm
- Vicarious embarrassment – Fremdschämen
- Discriminating ad – the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie spits down on amputees as what they call ‘fake people’ alluding at a prosthetic hand
- One handed guitar and bass players
- Body powered vs. myoelectric prosthesis [literature query]
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design VII – Red Cable Controlled Arm Experiment
- Body powered vs. myoelectric vs. cosmetic vs. none
- Manipulating objects using Otto Bock MovoHook 2Grip P [pimped]
- Otto Bock MOVOHOOK 2GRIP 10A80 P [pimped]
- Otto bock wrist unit, terminal device compatible bolts
- Requirement specifications
- Shoulder harness and cable protection II
- Otto Bock MOVOHOOK 2GRIP 10A80
- Shoulder harness and cable protection I
- Otto Bock cable control / Otto Bock body powered
- Category: Cosmetic arm
- Comparing elbow torque for iLimb Ultra Revolution, passive arm (new, old), body powered arm (hook alu, hook steel, Becker hand) [tech]
- Appearance Test [how to test if your prosthetic hand is life like]
- Cosmetic versus functional prosthetic arms [comparison of activities]
- The case for a cheap “cosmetic” PVC glove for the prosthetic hand
- Hot summer – Wolf’s new cosmetic arm – typing on a computer keyboard
- Hot summer – Wolf’s new cosmetic arm
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design IX – taking a leather and steel brace arm towards Red Arm III
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design VIII – taking a mannequin shop window arm towards Red Arm II
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design V – Red Arm I
- Body powered vs. myoelectric vs. cosmetic vs. none
- Category: covers
- Category: Gloves
- Category: Harness / shoulder strap
- Kristie Sita with Youtube channel [indicator post]
- Embodiment of a prosthetic arm [reflections, thoughts, considerations]
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- #userdrivendesign Prosthetic arm design: i-Limb Revolution versus customized body powered arm in a work environment combining bodily exertion, wide temperature ranges, wide body motion ranges, heavy workload and subtle grips [Cybathlon Symposium, Oct 6 2016, Poster A12]
- What prosthetic arm to use? [flowchart / algorithm]
- Body powered arms [technical design overview]
- WILMER Prosthetic Product Line [University of Delft]
- Shoulder harness III – prolonged usage problem description
- The case for a cheap “cosmetic” PVC glove for the prosthetic hand
- Shoulder harness and cable protection III
- Shoulder harness and cable protection II
- Shoulder harness and cable protection I
- Category: History
- 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]
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- Russian prosthetic arm [about the history of myoelectric arms]
- Body powered arms [technical design overview]
- Carnes arm getting re-engineered by an Australian [news]
- Learning from the past I – Muirhead Little [literature review]
- Historical prosthetic arm
- Carnes arm – history and current status [update]
- Carnes arm – hand function
- The Monestier-Lescoeur hand
- Category: Legal aspects
- Frying pan test at Cybathlon 2024 [has a “clinical trial” gone wrong? shouldn’t this type of research be registered properly?]
- Fillauer Triple Swivel comes apart [medical device?]
- 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]
- CE marking or norm in relation to components for prosthetic arms [up to 2023]
- Social ranking wins over function for “bionic” hands [this & that]
- Prosthetic arms – components, price, price per month of service free operation, functional value [economical considerations]
- Prosthetic arms, hands and hooks and other orthopedic technical products. Swiss Disability Insurance. Swiss import regulations.
- Armprothese, orthopaedische Hilfsmittel und Import [Schweiz, Importbestimmungen, IV]
- Lawsuit against a prosthetic part manufacturer [rumor]
- Is arm amputation a “rare disease” or “orphan disease”: term, significance, consequence [statistics and insurance] [rant]
- Ruf nach Registrierung sämtlicher Produkteversager in der orthopädischen Prothetik [Prothetik allgemein]
- CE-Richtlinien
- Category: CE-conformance
- Frying pan test at Cybathlon 2024 [has a “clinical trial” gone wrong? shouldn’t this type of research be registered properly?]
- Fillauer Triple Swivel comes apart [medical device?]
- 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]
- CE marking or norm in relation to components for prosthetic arms [up to 2023]
- Category: Material science
- Embodiment of a prosthetic arm [reflections, thoughts, considerations]
- 3D-print molded Protosil RTV 245 (durometer shore 40A) silicone covers for Toughware Equilux [proof of concept, demo of “bionic” grip]
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- Grip performance enhancement through modifying terminal device gripper surface [overview]
- TRS Prehensor [grip surface tweaking II]
- Trautmann hook [3D printed steel parts, assembly, first use]
- Graphene-based neural interfaces are a first promising method to interfacing directly with our nerves [science]
- Body powered arms [technical design overview]
- Plastic – can be sprayed on as fabric [new material]
- Plastic — heals [new material]
- V2P Prehensor – general reflection on grip strength and test of multi layered customized claw covers
- Category: Mert hand
- Category: Myoelectric prostheses
- Comment with regard to Stuttaford SA, Dyson M, Nazarpour K, Dupan SS. Reducing Motor Variability Enhances Myoelectric Control Robustness Across Untrained Limb Positions
- EXTREME CYBORGING – FULL RELIANCE – comparing prosthetic options for an increasingly one handed use [shoulder surgery left arm recovery as right below elbow amputee]
- Approximating true cost of faulty grip control from a true user view / experience [cost versus benefit aspect]
- 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]
- 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]
- Angular constraints of prosthetic grippers and functional success correlation [technical evaluation]
- Myoelectric prosthetic arms do not “really” function – so whom to sell them to? [cynical economic considerations]
- 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?
- Embodiment of a prosthetic arm [reflections, thoughts, considerations]
- Understanding and informing design issues of a prosthetic arm for below elbow amputation by way of “taxonomy” [literature review, reality check]
- Towards a more sustainable cosmetic covering / glove for the iLimb Revolution
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- Myoelectric Arm Dialog
- Grip strengths (measured results)
- Functional failures of prosthetic hands at the Cybathlon 2016 [details]
- Der Cybathlon 2016 wurde bei den Armprothesen von einem Mann mit “Hook” gewonnen [#research #surprise #bodypowered]
- The Cybathlon as iconic Trash Culture modern day Circus show: arm amputees, arms race and technical considerations regarding specific applicants [proper research domain assignment, pre-race evaluation of critical check points, detailed in-race grip analysis, cultural domain considerations, gonzo race report]
- #userdrivendesign Prosthetic arm design: i-Limb Revolution versus customized body powered arm in a work environment combining bodily exertion, wide temperature ranges, wide body motion ranges, heavy workload and subtle grips [Cybathlon Symposium, Oct 6 2016, Poster A12]
- Prosthetic options and Yenga – intricate grip differentiation details [up close grip mechanics]
- ISPO 2015 – review of relevant abstracts [review]
- Otto Bock’s funny video (hooks after all? needle and thread benchmark?)
- A myoelectric prosthetic arm does have a mind on its own [just watch this – problems with postural interference, limb position(ing) effect, possible solution].
- Update on fuel cells [dreaming of electric sheep]
- The “Russian arm” control paradigm for myoelectric prostheses [still relabeled as “bionic” or “thought controlled” arm] {what we have been withholding from you so far}
- Russian prosthetic arm [about the history of myoelectric arms]
- “MYO” – reasonably complex myoelectric control consumer electronics apparently widely available soon [PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT]
- Use of measurement devices to control a wrist unit – not the hand [spark, idea, developers’ checklists]
- BeBionic2 – new grip patterns [pictures]
- Individual Finger Control of a Virtual Prosthetic Device Using Surface EMG [research]
- Toshiba launches fuel cells for mobile devices [tech news]
- Cosmetic versus functional prosthetic arms [comparison of activities]
- iLimb versus DMC plus hand [comparison of myoelectric prostheses]
- iLimb versus DMC plus Hand [Vergleich myoelektrischer Prothesen]
- Otto Bock myoelektrischer Arm – Was ist in diesen schweineteuren Otto Bock Batterien drin? Billige NiCd-Froeschchen :) Ersatz durch 4 x AA-Akkus (NiMH, 2500 mAH)
- Otto Bock myoelectric arm – What does the Otto Bock battery contain? Battery replacement by 4 x AA rechargable cells (Ni MH, 2500 mAh)
- Tech bits III – prosthetic hands
- Body powered vs. myoelectric prosthesis [literature query]
- Body powered vs. myoelectric vs. cosmetic vs. none
- The Pentagon’s Bionic DEKA Arm
- Reliability and speed of myoelectric prostheses
- Otto Bock Michelangelo hand
- Towards Open Source programming software for more sophisticated myoelectric prosthetic controls
- Requirement specifications
- Myoelectric prosthesis – presales evaluation
- Category: Postural interference myoelectric control problem
- Comment with regard to Stuttaford SA, Dyson M, Nazarpour K, Dupan SS. Reducing Motor Variability Enhances Myoelectric Control Robustness Across Untrained Limb Positions
- Angular constraints of prosthetic grippers and functional success correlation [technical evaluation]
- 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?
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- Functional failures of prosthetic hands at the Cybathlon 2016 [details]
- The Cybathlon as iconic Trash Culture modern day Circus show: arm amputees, arms race and technical considerations regarding specific applicants [proper research domain assignment, pre-race evaluation of critical check points, detailed in-race grip analysis, cultural domain considerations, gonzo race report]
- Prosthetic options and Yenga – intricate grip differentiation details [up close grip mechanics]
- ISPO 2015 – review of relevant abstracts [review]
- A myoelectric prosthetic arm does have a mind on its own [just watch this – problems with postural interference, limb position(ing) effect, possible solution].
- Category: Power
- Grip strengths (measured results)
- Update on fuel cells [dreaming of electric sheep]
- Toshiba launches fuel cells for mobile devices [tech news]
- Otto Bock myoelektrischer Arm – Was ist in diesen schweineteuren Otto Bock Batterien drin? Billige NiCd-Froeschchen :) Ersatz durch 4 x AA-Akkus (NiMH, 2500 mAH)
- Otto Bock myoelectric arm – What does the Otto Bock battery contain? Battery replacement by 4 x AA rechargable cells (Ni MH, 2500 mAh)
- Category: Pin lock
- Category: Prosthetic hand
- Comparison of body powered terminal devices (my selection / June 2024)
- Becker Mechanical Hand – soft padding grip tweak
- Precision grip enhancement of prosthetic hand [close-up, detail, technical aspect]
- 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]
- Kristie Sita with Youtube channel [indicator post]
- Angular constraints of prosthetic grippers and functional success correlation [technical evaluation]
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- Scientific approach taken for implementing a successfully marketable microprocessor-controlled knee – history of Otto Bock C-leg [lessons for prosthetic arms?]
- Functional failures of prosthetic hands at the Cybathlon 2016 [details]
- Der Cybathlon 2016 wurde bei den Armprothesen von einem Mann mit “Hook” gewonnen [#research #surprise #bodypowered]
- Prosthetic options and Yenga – intricate grip differentiation details [up close grip mechanics]
- iLimb glove self destructs (in-storage product suicide) [WTF]
- iLimb Ultra Revolution – global news: a fitting work glove has been found [product tip]
- i-Limb ultra revolution [baking apple cake test]
- BeBionic2 – new grip patterns [pictures]
- Typing and posture [simple functional anatomy]
- BECKER Hands have an adaptive grip [what people don’t know]
- Ironing – one handed, or with prosthetic hook or hand [choice of iron]
- WILMER Prosthetic Product Line [University of Delft]
- Learning from the past I – Muirhead Little [literature review]
- Otto Bock Michelangelo hand – length of unit about 185 mm of wrist to tip of thumb, weight around 700g [rumor]
- Cutting meat using prosthetic body powered arm with hook or hand [ADL]
- The case for a cheap “cosmetic” PVC glove for the prosthetic hand
- Physical constrains for prosthetic grip mechanisms [theory and practice]
- Carnes arm – history and current status [update]
- Approximating the Carroll Quantitative Test for Upper Extremity Function comparing hooks [V2P, Dorrance, Otto Bock] and hands [Otto Bock, Becker Lock Grip]
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design XIV – Becker Lock Grip hand aesthetics [photo series]
- Carnes arm – hand function
- Industrial design issues – iron AND hook or V2P
- Becker Lock Grip hand – gloves
- The Monestier-Lescoeur hand
- Comprehensive inventory of ADL – Activities of Daily Living – using Becker Lock Grip hand and Otto Bock MovoHook 2Grip as right below elbow amputee
- Becker Lock Grip Hand [Deutsch]
- Becker Lock Grip hand [English]
- The hand stigma myth and ‘sociable’ prosthetics
- Creating a 2D textile cut pattern to match a specific 3D shape such as a prosthetic socket or hand
- Asking armless people for fingerprints
- Competitive prosthetic action – compare movement and function II
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design X – mechanical bionic Becker Lock Grip Hand going Red Arm
- Tech bits III – prosthetic hands
- The Pentagon’s Bionic DEKA Arm
- Reliability and speed of myoelectric prostheses
- Otto Bock Michelangelo hand
- Cosmetic glove for prosthetic mechanical hand
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design II – Red Hand Experiment
- Slide into long sleeve with prosthetic hand covered with silicon glove
- Competitive prosthetic action – compare movement and function
- Type on computer keyboard using Otto Bock voluntary opening system hand
- Swap terminal device – cable controlled prosthesis – Otto Bock
- Regular size prosthetic pin and wrist components on long below elbow stump
- Category: Prosthetic hook
- V2P Prehensor – adding rubbers [tech tip]
- Comparison of body powered terminal devices (my selection / June 2024)
- EXTREME CYBORGING – FULL RELIANCE – comparing prosthetic options for an increasingly one handed use [shoulder surgery left arm recovery as right below elbow amputee]
- Precision grip – soft surface – steel split hook, silicone tubing
- Precision grip application in real life [visual]
- Holding and using cutlery [technical right below elbow amputee issues core subject]
- Extending prosthetic gripper lever length for better grip strength control – TRS JAWS XFS (strong spring) [prototype]
- How is a hook more advanced and better than a prosthetic hand? [tech demo]
- Subaru dashboard modifications [tweak]
- Subaru Weathertech floormat mount [what it is that we (“we”) do]
- TRS Jaws [new product – first use report]
- Adapting mountain bike (CUBE ACID 29″, 2019) for left handed use [photos]
- Soldering cable connection and heat shrinking tube over connection (Extreme Cyborging Microworks)
- 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]
- Angular constraints of prosthetic grippers and functional success correlation [technical evaluation]
- CE marking or norm in relation to components for prosthetic arms [up to 2023]
- Disability and the public – prosthetic arms and more: do we appear “competent”? (review)
- How to apply wood screws in series – demonstration, difficulties [bench work]
- Experienced user based advice for investors in the domain of prosthetic arms [technical guide for understanding the field]
- Understanding and informing design issues of a prosthetic arm for below elbow amputation by way of “taxonomy” [literature review, reality check]
- 3D-print molded Protosil RTV 245 (durometer shore 40A) silicone covers for Toughware Equilux [proof of concept, demo of “bionic” grip]
- Modifying Shimano Ultegra road bike setup on a Colnago C40 for left handed use – second approach [technical right below elbow amputee core focus work / bike adaptation]
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- Scientific approach taken for implementing a successfully marketable microprocessor-controlled knee – history of Otto Bock C-leg [lessons for prosthetic arms?]
- Modifying Shimano Ultegra road bike setup on a Colnago C40 for left handed use – first approach [technical right below elbow amputee core focus work / bike adaptation]
- Toughware Equilux – new VO (voluntary opening) / VC (voluntary closing) body powered device – industrial grip pads [concept, beta]
- Toughware Equilux – new VO (voluntary opening) / VC (voluntary closing) body powered device – first usage report [NEW PRODUCT]
- TRS Prehensor [grip surface tweaking II]
- Fotoserie – Herstellung und Aufbereitung einer Serie von Passteilen für PMCTA-Sets [photos]
- Grip 5 Evolution Prehensor TRS – Cybathlon winning device – first bike ride test [video / 1:1]
- Grip strengths (measured results)
- Trautmann hook [3D printed steel parts, assembly, first use]
- 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]
- Trautman Hook (3d printed PLA, first bench test) [design]
- 3D printing requires a prosthetic hook [easing into tech]
- Casio wrist watch wrist band swap [technical, EC microworks]
- Grip planning and carrying out [TRS Prehensor vs. iLimb Ultra Revolution – theory and practice]
- TRS Prehensor [grip surface tweaking]
- Der Cybathlon 2016 wurde bei den Armprothesen von einem Mann mit “Hook” gewonnen [#research #surprise #bodypowered]
- ADL learning and body powered prosthesis control [paper review]
- The Cybathlon as iconic Trash Culture modern day Circus show: arm amputees, arms race and technical considerations regarding specific applicants [proper research domain assignment, pre-race evaluation of critical check points, detailed in-race grip analysis, cultural domain considerations, gonzo race report]
- #userdrivendesign Prosthetic arm design: i-Limb Revolution versus customized body powered arm in a work environment combining bodily exertion, wide temperature ranges, wide body motion ranges, heavy workload and subtle grips [Cybathlon Symposium, Oct 6 2016, Poster A12]
- Stabilizing rod-like item with a prosthetic hook [two ways]
- Prosthetic options and Yenga – intricate grip differentiation details [up close grip mechanics]
- Prosthetic arm / hook as “human enhancement” #cyborg #realprosthetics to handle meat / grill / frying pan (what transhumanists, bioethicists and media hypes tend to miss)
- Hosmer Model 6 Work Hook [tweak / improvement / backlock feature]
- Stel Orthopedie Freelock – first test riding modified 1981 Gerber race bike
- ARMCAM – prosthetic hook, kitchen activity [ADL, activities of daily living]
- Trimming hedges with Hosmer 6 work hook and 2,7 kg cutter in 37 deg C sunny summer [achievement / benchmark report]
- Comparing elbow torque for iLimb Ultra Revolution, passive arm (new, old), body powered arm (hook alu, hook steel, Becker hand) [tech]
- Body powered arms [technical design overview]
- Retro [hook device review]
- Mounting a Westinghouse ceiling fan
- Typing and posture [simple functional anatomy]
- Ironing – one handed, or with prosthetic hook or hand [choice of iron]
- WILMER Prosthetic Product Line [University of Delft]
- Learning from the past I – Muirhead Little [literature review]
- Cutting meat using prosthetic body powered arm with hook or hand [ADL]
- V2P – grip strength and grip geometry – Gecko Skin
- Physical constrains for prosthetic grip mechanisms [theory and practice]
- V2P Prehensor – general reflection on grip strength and test of multi layered customized claw covers
- V2P Prehensor / PUPP+CH+EN wrist > ADL Activities of Daily Living > The Very Profane > Push Comes To Shove > Cleaning Toilet
- Hot Summer – trimming the hedge [V2P / Puppchen wrist real life test: passed]
- V2P Prehensor – fixing broken rubber abutment
- Approximating the Carroll Quantitative Test for Upper Extremity Function comparing hooks [V2P, Dorrance, Otto Bock] and hands [Otto Bock, Becker Lock Grip]
- Dorrance 555 aluminum hook with nitrile covers
- V2P Prehensor – activities of daily living ADL – vacuum cleaner operation
- V2P Prehensor – nitrile glove fingers as winter tyres
- V2P prehensor – first look
- Sewing – thread manipulation
- Industrial design issues – iron AND hook or V2P
- Becker Lock Grip Hand [Deutsch]
- Competitive prosthetic action – compare movement and function II
- Vicarious embarrassment – Fremdschämen
- Manipulating objects using Otto Bock MovoHook 2Grip P [pimped]
- Otto Bock MOVOHOOK 2GRIP 10A80 P [pimped]
- Physionet V2P prehensor by ADA Technologies, Inc.
- Competitive prosthetic action – compare movement and function
- Otto Bock MOVOHOOK 2GRIP 10A80
- Discrimination in Hancock (2008) Sony Pictures by Peter Berg
- Swap terminal device – cable controlled prosthesis – Otto Bock
- Regular size prosthetic pin and wrist components on long below elbow stump
- Otto Bock standard steel hook
- Otto Bock standard aluminium hook (10A18) jams / unlocks with varying temperatures
- Category: Freelock
- Category: Hosmer Dorrance
- Comparison of body powered terminal devices (my selection / June 2024)
- EXTREME CYBORGING – FULL RELIANCE – comparing prosthetic options for an increasingly one handed use [shoulder surgery left arm recovery as right below elbow amputee]
- Precision grip – soft surface – steel split hook, silicone tubing
- Precision grip application in real life [visual]
- Holding and using cutlery [technical right below elbow amputee issues core subject]
- How is a hook more advanced and better than a prosthetic hand? [tech demo]
- Subaru dashboard modifications [tweak]
- Subaru Weathertech floormat mount [what it is that we (“we”) do]
- Soldering cable connection and heat shrinking tube over connection (Extreme Cyborging Microworks)
- Angular constraints of prosthetic grippers and functional success correlation [technical evaluation]
- How to apply wood screws in series – demonstration, difficulties [bench work]
- Understanding and informing design issues of a prosthetic arm for below elbow amputation by way of “taxonomy” [literature review, reality check]
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- Grip strengths (measured results)
- 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]
- 3D printing requires a prosthetic hook [easing into tech]
- Casio wrist watch wrist band swap [technical, EC microworks]
- Stabilizing rod-like item with a prosthetic hook [two ways]
- Prosthetic options and Yenga – intricate grip differentiation details [up close grip mechanics]
- Hosmer Model 6 Work Hook [tweak / improvement / backlock feature]
- ARMCAM – prosthetic hook, kitchen activity [ADL, activities of daily living]
- Trimming hedges with Hosmer 6 work hook and 2,7 kg cutter in 37 deg C sunny summer [achievement / benchmark report]
- Body powered arms [technical design overview]
- Cutting meat using prosthetic body powered arm with hook or hand [ADL]
- Approximating the Carroll Quantitative Test for Upper Extremity Function comparing hooks [V2P, Dorrance, Otto Bock] and hands [Otto Bock, Becker Lock Grip]
- Dorrance 555 aluminum hook with nitrile covers
- Category: Movohook 2Grip
- Comparison of body powered terminal devices (my selection / June 2024)
- CE marking or norm in relation to components for prosthetic arms [up to 2023]
- Body powered arms [technical design overview]
- Approximating the Carroll Quantitative Test for Upper Extremity Function comparing hooks [V2P, Dorrance, Otto Bock] and hands [Otto Bock, Becker Lock Grip]
- Sewing – thread manipulation
- Industrial design issues – iron AND hook or V2P
- Competitive prosthetic action – compare movement and function II
- Manipulating objects using Otto Bock MovoHook 2Grip P [pimped]
- Otto Bock MOVOHOOK 2GRIP 10A80 P [pimped]
- Otto Bock MOVOHOOK 2GRIP 10A80
- Category: Retro
- Category: Toughware Equilux
- Comparison of body powered terminal devices (my selection / June 2024)
- EXTREME CYBORGING – FULL RELIANCE – comparing prosthetic options for an increasingly one handed use [shoulder surgery left arm recovery as right below elbow amputee]
- Adapting mountain bike (CUBE ACID 29″, 2019) for left handed use [photos]
- Understanding and informing design issues of a prosthetic arm for below elbow amputation by way of “taxonomy” [literature review, reality check]
- 3D-print molded Protosil RTV 245 (durometer shore 40A) silicone covers for Toughware Equilux [proof of concept, demo of “bionic” grip]
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- Toughware Equilux – new VO (voluntary opening) / VC (voluntary closing) body powered device – industrial grip pads [concept, beta]
- Toughware Equilux – new VO (voluntary opening) / VC (voluntary closing) body powered device – first usage report [NEW PRODUCT]
- Category: Trautman hook
- Trautmann hook [3D printed steel parts, assembly, first use]
- 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]
- Trautman Hook (3d printed PLA, first bench test) [design]
- Retro [hook device review]
- Category: TRS Jaws
- Comparison of body powered terminal devices (my selection / June 2024)
- EXTREME CYBORGING – FULL RELIANCE – comparing prosthetic options for an increasingly one handed use [shoulder surgery left arm recovery as right below elbow amputee]
- Extending prosthetic gripper lever length for better grip strength control – TRS JAWS XFS (strong spring) [prototype]
- TRS Jaws [new product – first use report]
- Grip strengths (measured results)
- Category: TRS prehensor
- Comparison of body powered terminal devices (my selection / June 2024)
- EXTREME CYBORGING – FULL RELIANCE – comparing prosthetic options for an increasingly one handed use [shoulder surgery left arm recovery as right below elbow amputee]
- Disability and the public – prosthetic arms and more: do we appear “competent”? (review)
- Understanding and informing design issues of a prosthetic arm for below elbow amputation by way of “taxonomy” [literature review, reality check]
- Modifying Shimano Ultegra road bike setup on a Colnago C40 for left handed use – second approach [technical right below elbow amputee core focus work / bike adaptation]
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- Modifying Shimano Ultegra road bike setup on a Colnago C40 for left handed use – first approach [technical right below elbow amputee core focus work / bike adaptation]
- Fotoserie – Herstellung und Aufbereitung einer Serie von Passteilen für PMCTA-Sets [photos]
- Grip 5 Evolution Prehensor TRS – Cybathlon winning device – first bike ride test [video / 1:1]
- Grip strengths (measured results)
- 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]
- Grip planning and carrying out [TRS Prehensor vs. iLimb Ultra Revolution – theory and practice]
- TRS Prehensor [grip surface tweaking]
- Der Cybathlon 2016 wurde bei den Armprothesen von einem Mann mit “Hook” gewonnen [#research #surprise #bodypowered]
- ADL learning and body powered prosthesis control [paper review]
- The Cybathlon as iconic Trash Culture modern day Circus show: arm amputees, arms race and technical considerations regarding specific applicants [proper research domain assignment, pre-race evaluation of critical check points, detailed in-race grip analysis, cultural domain considerations, gonzo race report]
- Category: V2P Prehensor
- V2P Prehensor – adding rubbers [tech tip]
- Comparison of body powered terminal devices (my selection / June 2024)
- EXTREME CYBORGING – FULL RELIANCE – comparing prosthetic options for an increasingly one handed use [shoulder surgery left arm recovery as right below elbow amputee]
- Grip strengths (measured results)
- Body powered arms [technical design overview]
- V2P – grip strength and grip geometry – Gecko Skin
- V2P Prehensor – general reflection on grip strength and test of multi layered customized claw covers
- V2P Prehensor / PUPP+CH+EN wrist > ADL Activities of Daily Living > The Very Profane > Push Comes To Shove > Cleaning Toilet
- Hot Summer – trimming the hedge [V2P / Puppchen wrist real life test: passed]
- V2P Prehensor – fixing broken rubber abutment
- Approximating the Carroll Quantitative Test for Upper Extremity Function comparing hooks [V2P, Dorrance, Otto Bock] and hands [Otto Bock, Becker Lock Grip]
- V2P Prehensor – activities of daily living ADL – vacuum cleaner operation
- V2P Prehensor – nitrile glove fingers as winter tyres
- V2P prehensor – first look
- Industrial design issues – iron AND hook or V2P
- Physionet V2P prehensor by ADA Technologies, Inc.
- Category: Prosthetic wrist connector
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- #userdrivendesign Prosthetic arm design: i-Limb Revolution versus customized body powered arm in a work environment combining bodily exertion, wide temperature ranges, wide body motion ranges, heavy workload and subtle grips [Cybathlon Symposium, Oct 6 2016, Poster A12]
- Body powered arms [technical design overview]
- WILMER Prosthetic Product Line [University of Delft]
- Robo-Flex PL wrist by Medical Bionics
- Hot Summer – trimming the hedge [V2P / Puppchen wrist real life test: passed]
- PUPP+CH+EN Wrist 1 released
- Terminal device bolts, Otto Bock norm, 1/2-20 UNF thread
- MSM wrist 0.2 [prototype]
- MSM wrist [legal aspects – file download area]
- MSM wrist [road map]
- MSM wrist 0.1-revision [open prosthetics]
- MSM wrist 0.1 [prototype, open prosthetics]
- Otto bock wrist unit, terminal device compatible bolts
- Swap terminal device – cable controlled prosthesis – Otto Bock
- Regular size prosthetic pin and wrist components on long below elbow stump
- Category: Prototype development
- Extending prosthetic gripper lever length for better grip strength control – TRS JAWS XFS (strong spring) [prototype]
- How does a Helping Hand / LN 4 hand work [test report]
- Experienced user based advice for investors in the domain of prosthetic arms [technical guide for understanding the field]
- 3D-print molded Protosil RTV 245 (durometer shore 40A) silicone covers for Toughware Equilux [proof of concept, demo of “bionic” grip]
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- Scientific approach taken for implementing a successfully marketable microprocessor-controlled knee – history of Otto Bock C-leg [lessons for prosthetic arms?]
- Toughware Equilux – new VO (voluntary opening) / VC (voluntary closing) body powered device – industrial grip pads [concept, beta]
- #userdrivendesign Prosthetic arm design: i-Limb Revolution versus customized body powered arm in a work environment combining bodily exertion, wide temperature ranges, wide body motion ranges, heavy workload and subtle grips [Cybathlon Symposium, Oct 6 2016, Poster A12]
- UNYQ company offering ready-to-order design customization for leg prostheses [new products out]
- Prosthetic device research – what to aim for [go for it!]
- Plastic – can be sprayed on as fabric [new material]
- Plastic — heals [new material]
- Chinese farmer makes functional affordable prosthetic arms [amputee driven innovation]
- Hugh Herr and the rest of the world [phantasy talk, science fiction, hype]
- Carnes arm getting re-engineered by an Australian [news]
- Jonathan Naber 2010 $30000 Lemelson MIT Illinois Student Prize winner 2010 [context]
- Otto Bock Michelangelo hand DEMO [Gonzo report]
- What makes a good grip – gadget for non-disabled people [product]
- Physical constrains for prosthetic grip mechanisms [theory and practice]
- V2P Prehensor – general reflection on grip strength and test of multi layered customized claw covers
- Mechanically intelligent prosthetic design – microprocessor-controlled artificial foot [U MICH]
- Learning from industry and industrial design for prosthetic design
- MSM wrist [legal aspects – file download area]
- MSM wrist [road map]
- MSM wrist 0.1-revision [open prosthetics]
- MSM wrist 0.1 [prototype, open prosthetics]
- Category: Science fiction
- 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]
- 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]
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle [movie review]
- Prosthetic Envy (discussion panel roundup)
- Meta skin for invisibility cloak [sci fi]
- Artificial fingertip senses textures and sends signal to arm amputee [wow]
- What to do once your arm has mindboggling amounts of DOF but your stump can only address 2-3 ? [tech scifi stuff]
- Graphene-based neural interfaces are a first promising method to interfacing directly with our nerves [science]
- Stretchable silicon nanoribbon electronics for skin prosthesis [science Mind Control through Brain Implants > Human Trials Next [science fiction]
- Carnes arm – history and current status [update]
- Great news – finally, prosthetic design gets technically inspired!
- Cyborg rights
- Fluid Hand [Germany] > Vincent Hand [Germany]
- District 9 Come Alive – The Tentacle [what we really want / Sci Fi]
- Dean Kamen at TedMed 2009
- Reconstructing Three-Dimensional Hand Movements from Noninvasive Electroencephalographic Signals [science fiction / research]
- Mechanically intelligent prosthetic design – microprocessor-controlled artificial foot [U MICH]
- Watchdog post – media idiocy hyping up prosthetic fairytales [update]
- Shadow Dextrous Hand
- Current bionic prosthetic research including sensory feedback – simulacra, not simulans.
- Prosthetic texture and haptics – Shane Acker’s movie “9” (2009)
- The Monestier-Lescoeur hand
- The Mesmerized Bunny Effect
- Smart Hand project
- Ishikawa Komuro Lab’s High-Speed Robot Hand
- RAPHaEL (Robotic Air Powered Hand with Elastic Ligaments)
- The Pentagon’s Bionic DEKA Arm
- Towards Open Source programming software for more sophisticated myoelectric prosthetic controls
- Eurohand 2008 congress- summary of the Robot Hand session
- Category: Dystopia
- Category: Fuel cells
- Category: Neptune swimming
- Category: Socket/liner
- Wiggle of prosthetic wrist mount in carbon socket [parts]
- What to do once your arm has mindboggling amounts of DOF but your stump can only address 2-3 ? [tech scifi stuff]
- Comparing elbow torque for iLimb Ultra Revolution, passive arm (new, old), body powered arm (hook alu, hook steel, Becker hand) [tech]
- Body powered arms [technical design overview]
- WillowWood Alphaliner silicone defect [photos]
- Below elbow amputee socket with guitar plectrum mount [proof of concept]
- KISS Technologies LLC – new liner-socket interface [preview]
- Smart phone built into prosthetic arm [tech]
- Elektrische Prothesenheizung [Montageanleitung]
- Electric heating for my prosthetic arm [tech build / instructions]
- Socket length for long forearm stumps – extreme back-to-back mount of Ossur Icelock pin-lock and wrist
- Socket control of pronation and supination [demo]
- How to make a prosthetic socket [myth buster]
- Dan Horkey takes prosthetic socket artwork to *CHROME*
- Schweiss und Hautprobleme am Stumpf – Stumpfpflege
- Sweat and stump skin rash – Stump care
- Regular size prosthetic pin and wrist components on long below elbow stump
- Category: Specifications and comparisons
- Frying pan test at Cybathlon 2024 [has a “clinical trial” gone wrong? shouldn’t this type of research be registered properly?]
- Comparison of body powered terminal devices (my selection / June 2024)
- The 8 question method to evaluate any prosthetic arm for real use [checklist]
- Peter Kyberd and the Cybathlon Advisory Board [commentary]
- Hard Bimanual Work and Activities – physical strain in the context and preparation of prosthetic arm build and use [review]
- EXTREME CYBORGING – FULL RELIANCE – comparing prosthetic options for an increasingly one handed use [shoulder surgery left arm recovery as right below elbow amputee]
- Real watch for real men* ? {TL;DR:not a smart watch, not a luxury watch} [tech]
- Approximating true cost of faulty grip control from a true user view / experience [cost versus benefit aspect]
- Body Talk [user perspective/s with regard to “bionic” hands]
- How is a hook more advanced and better than a prosthetic hand? [tech demo]
- Dynabee / Powerball / Forceball – playing with gyroscopic device, trying to keep momentum using prosthetic arm [subtle sensory feedback demo]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL challenge #1 – private parts [vision; Swiss Prosthetics brand promise]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL – defect iLimb glove poses tricky Catch-22 for Cybathlon 2020 [review]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL – Hammer use to hammer nails, with “bionic” prosthetic hand, poses tricky Catch-22 for Cybathlon 2020 [review]
- 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]
- Was ist mit Cybathlon@SCHOOL moeglicherweise problematisch?
- Angular constraints of prosthetic grippers and functional success correlation [technical evaluation]
- Myoelectric prosthetic arms do not “really” function – so whom to sell them to? [cynical economic considerations]
- 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?
- How does a Helping Hand / LN 4 hand work [test report]
- Disability and the public – prosthetic arms and more: do we appear “competent”? (review)
- Real work – Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche – Real Programmers Don’t Use PASCAL [reference to popular culture]
- List of possible prosthetic arm failure points [prosthetic reliability]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL: Pitch black cynicism in the Cybathlon 2020: “the role of a disabled person” [not funny]
- Understanding and informing design issues of a prosthetic arm for below elbow amputation by way of “taxonomy” [literature review, reality check]
- Cybathlon 2020: introducing the BLUE LIGHT specials for the prosthetic arm challenges ahead [terminology, concept]
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- Scientific approach taken for implementing a successfully marketable microprocessor-controlled knee – history of Otto Bock C-leg [lessons for prosthetic arms?]
- Grip performance enhancement through modifying terminal device gripper surface [overview]
- TRS Prehensor [grip surface tweaking II]
- Grip strengths (measured results)
- 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]
- Extreme Cyborging (prosthetic arms) [new brand name / new concept]
- Grip planning and carrying out [TRS Prehensor vs. iLimb Ultra Revolution – theory and practice]
- Functional failures of prosthetic hands at the Cybathlon 2016 [details]
- Der Cybathlon 2016 wurde bei den Armprothesen von einem Mann mit “Hook” gewonnen [#research #surprise #bodypowered]
- The Cybathlon as iconic Trash Culture modern day Circus show: arm amputees, arms race and technical considerations regarding specific applicants [proper research domain assignment, pre-race evaluation of critical check points, detailed in-race grip analysis, cultural domain considerations, gonzo race report]
- #userdrivendesign Prosthetic arm design: i-Limb Revolution versus customized body powered arm in a work environment combining bodily exertion, wide temperature ranges, wide body motion ranges, heavy workload and subtle grips [Cybathlon Symposium, Oct 6 2016, Poster A12]
- Disability as spectacle? [tracing everyday experiences to follow this proposed aspect]
- Prosthetic options and Yenga – intricate grip differentiation details [up close grip mechanics]
- Was bringt der Cybathlon 2016? (kurze Uebersicht)
- Missing hand, hook, and perceived risk [sociology of fables leaking into modern day perceptions]
- Wieso ist das, was die Veranstalter zum Cybathlon 2016 schreiben **schlecht** ? (Technologieerklärung)
- Being human #voightkampff – nondisabled vs. disabled people [scenarios]
- Asymmetry due to below elbow amputation and consequences [analysis]
- Comparing elbow torque for iLimb Ultra Revolution, passive arm (new, old), body powered arm (hook alu, hook steel, Becker hand) [tech]
- Appearance Test [how to test if your prosthetic hand is life like]
- The ultimate bimanual task – the IKEA Pax wardrobe system with gliding doors [tricks,tips and yeehaw]
- Dismantling, loading, transporting, unloading and reassembling shelf [bimanual, activity] {illustration, a peek into the life of a person with a handicap}
- The “Russian arm” control paradigm for myoelectric prostheses [still relabeled as “bionic” or “thought controlled” arm] {what we have been withholding from you so far}
- Should we take interest in the Cybathlon 2016? [website check]
- Ripping through the SHAP Southampton Hand Assessment Procedure [DAFUQ – executive summary: SHAP probably useless for prostheses]
- Is it possible, with a physical handicap, to participate in international sports competitions? [peek glance comment to some assertions made by Cybathlon organizers]
- Prosthetic device research – what to aim for [go for it!]
- Performance rating of prosthetic options [rational approach / numbers]
- Body powered arms [technical design overview]
- Making coffee as arm amputee benchmark activity / ADL activities of daily living [demo]
- Fast and furious – speed of prosthetic hands and hook [slamming the “bionic” myth once again]
- Main board fan swap [Activity of daily living / ADL]
- Requirements for prosthetic arms in context of chronic overuse and strain symptoms and carpal tunnel syndrome [analysis]
- Manualization of the body and time and effort spent to implement it [options for people missing an upper extremity part]
- Hugh Herr and the rest of the world [phantasy talk, science fiction, hype]
- ADL activities of daily living – arm stump only [ANPPN Activites of No Particular Prosthetic Need]
- BECKER Hands have an adaptive grip [what people don’t know]
- Prosthetic arms – components, price, price per month of service free operation, functional value [economical considerations]
- Comparison of various aspects of below elbow amputation options [prostheses, no prosthesis, surgery]
- Cosmetic versus functional prosthetic arms [comparison of activities]
- iLimb versus DMC plus hand [comparison of myoelectric prostheses]
- iLimb versus DMC plus Hand [Vergleich myoelektrischer Prothesen]
- Physical constrains for prosthetic grip mechanisms [theory and practice]
- Ruf nach Registrierung sämtlicher Produkteversager in der orthopädischen Prothetik [Prothetik allgemein]
- Why do people stop using their prosthetic arms? [vicious cycle]
- V2P Prehensor / PUPP+CH+EN wrist > ADL Activities of Daily Living > The Very Profane > Push Comes To Shove > Cleaning Toilet
- Hot summer – beer time [ADL, Becker hands]
- Prosthetic industry and academic research language grossly exaggerates to cover up absent technical progress [terminology review]
- Learning from industry and industrial design for prosthetic design
- 2010’s “bionic” prostheses and why they fail
- Approximating the Carroll Quantitative Test for Upper Extremity Function comparing hooks [V2P, Dorrance, Otto Bock] and hands [Otto Bock, Becker Lock Grip]
- Ultimate in Prosthetic Performance Scoring: The EODF End Of Day Feeling
- ANPPN – Activities of No Particular Prosthetic Need
- Industrial design issues – iron AND hook or V2P
- Comprehensive inventory of ADL – Activities of Daily Living – using Becker Lock Grip hand and Otto Bock MovoHook 2Grip as right below elbow amputee
- Competitive prosthetic action – compare movement and function II
- Required specifications for next generation myoelectric prosthesis
- Body powered vs. myoelectric prosthesis [literature query]
- “Prosthetic culture”: prosthetic solutions by non disabled people versus prosthetic solutions by amputees [upper extremity]
- Body powered vs. myoelectric vs. cosmetic vs. none
- Reliability and speed of myoelectric prostheses
- Requirement specifications
- Competitive prosthetic action – compare movement and function
- Category: Abilympics
- Category: Cybathlon 2016
- Frying pan test at Cybathlon 2024 [has a “clinical trial” gone wrong? shouldn’t this type of research be registered properly?]
- Peter Kyberd and the Cybathlon Advisory Board [commentary]
- Dynabee / Powerball / Forceball – playing with gyroscopic device, trying to keep momentum using prosthetic arm [subtle sensory feedback demo]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL challenge #1 – private parts [vision; Swiss Prosthetics brand promise]
- 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]
- Was ist mit Cybathlon@SCHOOL moeglicherweise problematisch?
- Disability and the public – prosthetic arms and more: do we appear “competent”? (review)
- Cybathlon 2020: introducing the BLUE LIGHT specials for the prosthetic arm challenges ahead [terminology, concept]
- Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment [article out]
- Functional failures of prosthetic hands at the Cybathlon 2016 [details]
- Der Cybathlon 2016 wurde bei den Armprothesen von einem Mann mit “Hook” gewonnen [#research #surprise #bodypowered]
- The Cybathlon as iconic Trash Culture modern day Circus show: arm amputees, arms race and technical considerations regarding specific applicants [proper research domain assignment, pre-race evaluation of critical check points, detailed in-race grip analysis, cultural domain considerations, gonzo race report]
- #userdrivendesign Prosthetic arm design: i-Limb Revolution versus customized body powered arm in a work environment combining bodily exertion, wide temperature ranges, wide body motion ranges, heavy workload and subtle grips [Cybathlon Symposium, Oct 6 2016, Poster A12]
- Disability as spectacle? [tracing everyday experiences to follow this proposed aspect]
- Was bringt der Cybathlon 2016? (kurze Uebersicht)
- Missing hand, hook, and perceived risk [sociology of fables leaking into modern day perceptions]
- Wieso ist das, was die Veranstalter zum Cybathlon 2016 schreiben **schlecht** ? (Technologieerklärung)
- Being human #voightkampff – nondisabled vs. disabled people [scenarios]
- Should we take interest in the Cybathlon 2016? [website check]
- Ripping through the SHAP Southampton Hand Assessment Procedure [DAFUQ – executive summary: SHAP probably useless for prostheses]
- Is it possible, with a physical handicap, to participate in international sports competitions? [peek glance comment to some assertions made by Cybathlon organizers]
- Category: Cybathlon 2020
- Frying pan test at Cybathlon 2024 [has a “clinical trial” gone wrong? shouldn’t this type of research be registered properly?]
- Peter Kyberd and the Cybathlon Advisory Board [commentary]
- Dynabee / Powerball / Forceball – playing with gyroscopic device, trying to keep momentum using prosthetic arm [subtle sensory feedback demo]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL challenge #1 – private parts [vision; Swiss Prosthetics brand promise]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL – defect iLimb glove poses tricky Catch-22 for Cybathlon 2020 [review]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL – Hammer use to hammer nails, with “bionic” prosthetic hand, poses tricky Catch-22 for Cybathlon 2020 [review]
- 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]
- Was ist mit Cybathlon@SCHOOL moeglicherweise problematisch?
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL: Pitch black cynicism in the Cybathlon 2020: “the role of a disabled person” [not funny]
- Cybathlon 2020: introducing the BLUE LIGHT specials for the prosthetic arm challenges ahead [terminology, concept]
- Should we take interest in the Cybathlon 2016? [website check]
- Category: Catch-22 of Cybathlon
- Peter Kyberd and the Cybathlon Advisory Board [commentary]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL – defect iLimb glove poses tricky Catch-22 for Cybathlon 2020 [review]
- BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL – Hammer use to hammer nails, with “bionic” prosthetic hand, poses tricky Catch-22 for Cybathlon 2020 [review]
- Should we take interest in the Cybathlon 2016? [website check]
- Category: Cybathlon 2024
- Category: Strategy, marketing
- Peter Kyberd and the Cybathlon Advisory Board [commentary]
- Real watch for real men* ? {TL;DR:not a smart watch, not a luxury watch} [tech]
- Body Talk [user perspective/s with regard to “bionic” hands]
- Embodiment of a prosthetic arm [reflections, thoughts, considerations]
- Scientific approach taken for implementing a successfully marketable microprocessor-controlled knee – history of Otto Bock C-leg [lessons for prosthetic arms?]
- The death of Dr. No [lessons to be learned for prosthetic design and use]
- What if Hugh Herr built prosthetic arms [development cycles, how to get better with engineering]
- What to do once your arm has mindboggling amounts of DOF but your stump can only address 2-3 ? [tech scifi stuff]
- Social ranking wins over function for “bionic” hands [this & that]
- Prosthetic Aesthetics [fairytales, myths and hypes]
- Established companies find that customers like TOTALLY different designs [market relevant developments]
- Is arm amputation a “rare disease” or “orphan disease”: term, significance, consequence [statistics and insurance] [rant]
- Category: Stump care
- Stump after wearing myoelectric “bionic” prosthesis for 10 hours [graphic #voightkampff]
- Friction rash [allergy? sweat? skin disease? poor hygiene? no – just using arm up by simple friction]
- Wasserqualitaet und Hautpflege – Stumpfpflege
- Water and skin rash – stump care
- Stump socks / protectors for different applications II
- Stump socks / protectors for different applications I
- Schweiss und Hautprobleme am Stumpf – Stumpfpflege
- Sweat and stump skin rash – Stump care
- Category: Surgical alternatives
- Category: Testing
- The 8 question method to evaluate any prosthetic arm for real use [checklist]
- 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?
- List of possible prosthetic arm failure points [prosthetic reliability]
- Cybathlon 2020: introducing the BLUE LIGHT specials for the prosthetic arm challenges ahead [terminology, concept]
- Toughware Equilux – new VO (voluntary opening) / VC (voluntary closing) body powered device – industrial grip pads [concept, beta]
- Functional failures of prosthetic hands at the Cybathlon 2016 [details]
- What if Hugh Herr built prosthetic arms [development cycles, how to get better with engineering]
- Constraints in prosthetic arm research (literature review)
- Category: Wrist mount - socket mount
- Category: Support
- Simplicity in rehabilitation robotics [TEDx]
- Thorstein Veblen – The Leisure Class Society (and how it applies to current trends in prosthetic arm “design”) II [a]
- The 8 question method to evaluate any prosthetic arm for real use [checklist]
- “Advice” for new unilateral below elbow amputee [single task]
- Katrin Grueber und die Prothesen [Kritik]
- Real watch for real men* ? {TL;DR:not a smart watch, not a luxury watch} [tech]
- Review of paper “Evaluating Reachable Workspace and User Control Over Prehensor Aperture for a Body-Powered Prosthesis” [review]
- v3 stl
- Extending prosthetic gripper lever length for better grip strength control – TRS JAWS XFS (strong spring) [prototype]
- VELOFAKTUM road bike / gravel bike, custom built for left handed use [modification, setup]
- 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]
- Alita Battle Angel [review – SPOILER ALERT]
- Extreme Cyborging (prosthetic arms) [new brand name / new concept]
- Seven subjects that I learned about from being a right below elbow amputee [very humorous, maybe]
- Real prosthetic arm research to finally resolve existing problems [research; interview with Prof. Kenneth Pitoskin]
- Busfahrer und Velofahrer, Brüttisellen – Zürich
- Hosmer Model 6 Work Hook [tweak / improvement / backlock feature]
- What to do once your arm has mindboggling amounts of DOF but your stump can only address 2-3 ? [tech scifi stuff]
- TRS Ski-2 Terminal Device [first test]
- Sports and disability (circular approach) [how to start and get better at sports considering below the elbow amputation]
- ISPO 2015 – review of relevant abstracts [review]
- Kommentar zur Bachelorarbeit “Händigkeit – Prothese Raum Bewegung” von {anonymisiert}, Bachelorstudiengang {anonymisiert}, {anonymisiert} School of Design, betreut von {anonymisiert}, im Lehrgebiet {anonymisiert}
- Bimanual activities beyond comfort zone – bike tour over Stelvio Pass [yoo hoo]
- Trimming hedges with Hosmer 6 work hook and 2,7 kg cutter in 37 deg C sunny summer [achievement / benchmark report]
- To be “authentic” in conjunction with being an arm amputee and prosthetic arms?
- How to actually pick, choose, decide for a particular type and make of a prosthetic arm [mental flow chart]
- New visibility for very old symbols? Viktoria Modesta, Prototype, Channel 4, “spike dance” [media review]
- Stretchable silicon nanoribbon electronics for skin prosthesis [science ADL Activities of Daily Living > The Very Profane > Push Comes To Shove > Cleaning Toilet
- Medgadget 2009 Finalist – [web vote]
- ANPPN – Activities of No Particular Prosthetic Need
- Becker Lock Grip Hand [Deutsch]
- Becker Lock Grip hand [English]
- Competitive prosthetic action – compare movement and function II
- Artistic visions for prosthetic design X – mechanical bionic Becker Lock Grip Hand going Red Arm
- Which watch?
- Manipulating objects using Otto Bock MovoHook 2Grip P [pimped]
- Stump socks / protectors for different applications I
- Slide into long sleeve with prosthetic hand covered with silicon glove
- Bass guitar play {left handed}
- Putting on and taking off wrist watch with right below elbow amputation (stump, prosthesis: video demos)
- Competitive prosthetic action – compare movement and function
- Type on computer keyboard using Otto Bock voluntary opening system hand
- Swap terminal device – cable controlled prosthesis – Otto Bock
- Regular size prosthetic pin and wrist components on long below elbow stump
- Prosthetic target training
- Mount headphones AKG K27i
- Fix laundry rope
- Fix curtains
- Type on computer keyboard using hook
- Guitar play – listen to this
- Guitar play – technique demonstrated
- Tie shoe laces
- Category: Choreography
- Category: coordination
- Category: Guitar
- Category: Household
- How to sharpen a pencil fast [technical advice]
- ADL activities of daily living – arm stump only [ANPPN Activites of No Particular Prosthetic Need]
- Ironing – one handed, or with prosthetic hook or hand [choice of iron]
- Opening a vacuum sealed marmalade jar
- V2P Prehensor / PUPP+CH+EN wrist > ADL Activities of Daily Living > The Very Profane > Push Comes To Shove > Cleaning Toilet
- Stump socks / protectors for different applications I
- Fix laundry rope
- Fix curtains
- Category: Tricks one handed
- Cracking an egg single-handedly [ANPPN – activities of no particular prosthetic need]
- What prosthetic arm to use? [flowchart / algorithm]
- Photography as right below elbow amputee [technical tips]
- Drill a screw [1-handed way]
- Schraube verschrauben [1-haendige Technik]
- One handed computer and mouse usage [shift or control click]
- Manualization of the body and time and effort spent to implement it [options for people missing an upper extremity part]
- ADL activities of daily living – arm stump only [ANPPN Activites of No Particular Prosthetic Need]
- Which watch?
- Bass guitar play {left handed}
- Guitar play – listen to this
- Guitar play – technique demonstrated
- Category: Tricks with prosthesis
- Stabilizing rod-like item with a prosthetic hook [two ways]
- How to cut 3D origami using a prosthetic arm [1:1]
- Photography as right below elbow amputee [technical tips]
- Fixing / sewing up boot latch [tech]
- Manualization of the body and time and effort spent to implement it [options for people missing an upper extremity part]
- Typing and posture [simple functional anatomy]
- Cutting meat using prosthetic body powered arm with hook or hand [ADL]
- Competitive prosthetic action – compare movement and function II
- Which watch?
- Manipulating objects using Otto Bock MovoHook 2Grip P [pimped]
- Slide into long sleeve with prosthetic hand covered with silicon glove
- Competitive prosthetic action – compare movement and function
- Type on computer keyboard using Otto Bock voluntary opening system hand
- Swap terminal device – cable controlled prosthesis – Otto Bock
- Regular size prosthetic pin and wrist components on long below elbow stump
- Prosthetic target training
- Mount headphones AKG K27i
- Fix laundry rope
- Type on computer keyboard using hook
- Category: Tricks with stump
- ADL activities of daily living – arm stump only [ANPPN Activites of No Particular Prosthetic Need]
- Pulling electric cable using stump [tricks]
- ANPPN – Activities of No Particular Prosthetic Need
- Stump socks / protectors for different applications I
- Bass guitar play {left handed}
- Putting on and taking off wrist watch with right below elbow amputation (stump, prosthesis: video demos)
- Tie shoe laces
- Category: World modifications
- Marin El Roy bike to replace Cube Acid [mountain bike setup / comparison]
- Modify wrist watch arm band for one-handed use [tech tip]
- Real watch for real men* ? {TL;DR:not a smart watch, not a luxury watch} [tech]
- VELOFAKTUM road bike / gravel bike, custom built for left handed use [modification, setup]
- Shaving soap holder [one handed tricks]
- Face mask clip-on mount / holder for car head rest [3D-print] #covid #mask #mount
- Chain-ring cover / crankset cover / chain guard for Shimano STX-RC on mountain bike GIANT ATX 870 [3D-designed and 3D-printed part]
- Subaru dashboard modifications [tweak]
- Subaru Weathertech floormat mount [what it is that we (“we”) do]
- Wie baue ich ein Fahrrad / Velo um für das Fahren mit einseitiger Armamputation? [Erfahrungsberichte / Vorschläge / Anleitung]
- Adapting mountain bike (CUBE ACID 29″, 2019) for left handed use [photos]
- Remote controlled turn signal for bicycle [upgrade]
- Modifying Shimano Ultegra road bike setup on a Colnago C40 for left handed use – second approach [technical right below elbow amputee core focus work / bike adaptation]
- Modifying Shimano Ultegra road bike setup on a Colnago C40 for left handed use – first approach [technical right below elbow amputee core focus work / bike adaptation]
- Casio G-SHOCK GW-M5610 (module 3159) with gesture controlled light switch – where we are going, we don’t need hands [using motion sensors for sensible application for one handed users]
- Stel Orthopedie Freelock – first test riding modified 1981 Gerber race bike
- What prosthetic arm to use? [flowchart / algorithm]
- Bimanual activities beyond comfort zone – bike tour over Stelvio Pass [yoo hoo]
- Biking, arm “limb difference” and lower back pain [setting up bike correctly]
- BMC Alpenchallenge AC01 SORA review – riding bike fast (with Mert hand, and concession to comfort)
- Mountain bike riding [why not, why, where]
- Modifying mountain bike for left handed riding [no extra part except Mert hand]
- Bicycle works – swapping pedals [trick]
- Tweaking left hand operated phone mount (Nokia Lumia 1520) for Dodge Magnum 5,7 L Hemi R/T AWD 2008 [how to]
- Consumer products to help through ADL (activities of daily living) [product tips]
- 1981 Gerber race bike modified for left handed / one handed riding [howto: brake lever]
- Gerber 1981 road bike [howto: full list of conversion items, for use with Mert hand / prosthetic]
- Shoe laces [product tip]
- Is our society slightly off? Prosthetic aids pre-built-in? [weird thing]
- Mert Lawwill prosthetic bicycle riding hand [setup, first test ride]
- Subaru Impreza 1,5L 2010 Swiss Edition – non-invasive iPhone mount with separate ProClip component and ProGin GPS booster [tech]
- Alternative to key lanyard: cable tie [tech tip]
- iPhone add-on [disability empowerment]
- Subaru Impreza 1.5L 2010 Swiss Edition non-invasive iPhone TomTom carkit mount
- Ironing – one handed, or with prosthetic hook or hand [choice of iron]
- Mini Cooper – power steering, garage attitude and my own repair [how to]
- Driving with a prosthetic arm
- Seatbelt belt buckle makes life easier [trousers accessory tip]
- Which watch?
- Mini Cooper 2007 steering wheel knob
- Mini Cooper 2007 window and fog light switches
- Mountain Bike Giant 870 ATX gear switches and arm rest
- Mountain Bike Giant 870 ATX – brake lever and force distributor
- Category: Bike
- Marin El Roy bike to replace Cube Acid [mountain bike setup / comparison]
- VELOFAKTUM road bike / gravel bike, custom built for left handed use [modification, setup]
- Chain-ring cover / crankset cover / chain guard for Shimano STX-RC on mountain bike GIANT ATX 870 [3D-designed and 3D-printed part]
- Wie baue ich ein Fahrrad / Velo um für das Fahren mit einseitiger Armamputation? [Erfahrungsberichte / Vorschläge / Anleitung]
- Adapting mountain bike (CUBE ACID 29″, 2019) for left handed use [photos]
- Remote controlled turn signal for bicycle [upgrade]
- Modifying Shimano Ultegra road bike setup on a Colnago C40 for left handed use – second approach [technical right below elbow amputee core focus work / bike adaptation]
- Modifying Shimano Ultegra road bike setup on a Colnago C40 for left handed use – first approach [technical right below elbow amputee core focus work / bike adaptation]
- Stel Orthopedie Freelock – first test riding modified 1981 Gerber race bike
- Bimanual activities beyond comfort zone – bike tour over Stelvio Pass [yoo hoo]
- Biking, arm “limb difference” and lower back pain [setting up bike correctly]
- BMC Alpenchallenge AC01 SORA review – riding bike fast (with Mert hand, and concession to comfort)
- Mountain bike riding [why not, why, where]
- Modifying mountain bike for left handed riding [no extra part except Mert hand]
- Bicycle works – swapping pedals [trick]
- 1981 Gerber race bike modified for left handed / one handed riding [howto: brake lever]
- Gerber 1981 road bike [howto: full list of conversion items, for use with Mert hand / prosthetic]
- Mert Lawwill prosthetic bicycle riding hand [setup, first test ride]
- Mountain Bike Giant 870 ATX gear switches and arm rest
- Mountain Bike Giant 870 ATX – brake lever and force distributor
- Category: 1981 Gerber road bike
- Category: BMC Alpenchallenge AC01 SORA
- Category: Colnago C40
- Modifying Shimano Ultegra road bike setup on a Colnago C40 for left handed use – second approach [technical right below elbow amputee core focus work / bike adaptation]
- Modifying Shimano Ultegra road bike setup on a Colnago C40 for left handed use – first approach [technical right below elbow amputee core focus work / bike adaptation]
- Category: Cube Limited 2011
- Category: Giant 870 ATX
- Category: Marin El Roy 2024
- Category: Mountain bike CUBE ACID 29" 2019
- Category: Velofaktum GRAN SASSO LITE
- Category: Car
- Face mask clip-on mount / holder for car head rest [3D-print] #covid #mask #mount
- Subaru dashboard modifications [tweak]
- Subaru Weathertech floormat mount [what it is that we (“we”) do]
- Tweaking left hand operated phone mount (Nokia Lumia 1520) for Dodge Magnum 5,7 L Hemi R/T AWD 2008 [how to]
- Subaru Impreza 1,5L 2010 Swiss Edition – non-invasive iPhone mount with separate ProClip component and ProGin GPS booster [tech]
- Subaru Impreza 1.5L 2010 Swiss Edition non-invasive iPhone TomTom carkit mount
- Mini Cooper – power steering, garage attitude and my own repair [how to]
- Driving with a prosthetic arm
- Mini Cooper 2007 steering wheel knob
- Mini Cooper 2007 window and fog light switches
- Category: House
- Category: Product choice
- Real watch for real men* ? {TL;DR:not a smart watch, not a luxury watch} [tech]
- Casio G-SHOCK GW-M5610 (module 3159) with gesture controlled light switch – where we are going, we don’t need hands [using motion sensors for sensible application for one handed users]
- What prosthetic arm to use? [flowchart / algorithm]
- Consumer products to help through ADL (activities of daily living) [product tips]
- Alternative to key lanyard: cable tie [tech tip]
- iPhone add-on [disability empowerment]
- Ironing – one handed, or with prosthetic hook or hand [choice of iron]
- Seatbelt belt buckle makes life easier [trousers accessory tip]
- Which watch?
- Category: Shoes
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