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

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

Published Date: 09/12/2017
Posted in Algorithm regarding best choice of prosthetic arm Art Attitude Disability and the public EC off limits Extreme Cyborging Media Media publishing adequate content Satire Symbolism Trash Culture

Alex Roy and comparing junk with what “real men” wear [consumer products and society]

Published Date: 17/04/2016
Posted in "Bionic" prostheses Algorithm regarding best choice of prosthetic arm Bimanual task benchmark Harness / shoulder strap Health Overuse Reduction Product choice Prosthetics Tricks one handed

What prosthetic arm to use? [flowchart / algorithm]

Published Date: 07/03/2024
Posted in Academic Project Academic research (review) Academic research under The Amputee Excuse (TAE) Attitude Disability and the public How to communicate the right way Impact of visible disability on non-disabled people Research premise myths

Uncanny usage of “healthy subject” as “opposed” to “amputee” status in human research [academic researchers: “what” (not “who”) we are]

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

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

Published Date: 17/02/2024
Posted in Artwork and Do It yourself Corner Cable control Design principles Grip tuning Mechanical works

Grip enhancement [one more: anti slip tape; and review]

Published Date: 13/02/2024
Posted in Academic research (review) Academic research under The Amputee Excuse (TAE) Catch-22 of Cybathlon Cybathlon 2016 Cybathlon 2020 Disability and the public ERC - EU - Horizon Media publishing hyped up distortions Research premise myths Specifications and comparisons Strategy, marketing

Peter Kyberd and the Cybathlon Advisory Board [commentary]

Published Date: 10/01/2024
Posted in Activities of Daily Living and Sports Asymmetry Daily training EC lumberjack and hauling Extreme Cyborging Health Overuse Reduction Prosthetics Skin Specifications and comparisons Sweat

Hard Bimanual Work and Activities – physical strain in the context and preparation of prosthetic arm build and use [review]

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

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

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

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

Published Date: 18/12/2023
Posted in Academic research under The Amputee Excuse (TAE) Disability and the public Discrimination Media publishing hyped up distortions Objectification Research premise myths Stigmatization Swiss Attempts / Swiss Hype Trash Culture

Interview of Roland Sigrist by Cybathlon Interviewer [with critical comment]

Published Date: 28/09/2023
Posted in Brands Cable control CE-conformance Fillauer Legal aspects

Fillauer Triple Swivel comes apart [medical device?]

Published Date: 07/06/2023
Posted in Algorithm regarding best choice of prosthetic arm Asymmetry Cable control Health Human Enhancement Bioethics Investors' Corner Overuse Reduction Prosthetics Self help Support Where Do We Come From. What Are We Doing. Where Do We G

“Advice” for new unilateral below elbow amputee [single task]

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

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

Published Date: 23/07/2022
Posted in Activities of Daily Living and Sports World modifications Wrist watch

Modify wrist watch arm band for one-handed use [tech tip]

Published Date: 30/06/2022
Posted in Academic Project Academic research (review) Disability and the public Research premise myths

Myoelectric prosthetic arms – who missed the bus, and how?