Posts tagged with ‘prosthetics’

Man uses high tech robotic prosthetic to tie a pair of shoes and deal cards

Nigel Ackland, 53, was fitted with the Terminator-like carbon fibre mechanical hand which he can control with movements in his upper arm in November last year. The bebionic3 myoelectric (double corr) hand, which is also made from aluminium and alloy knuckles, moves like a real human limb by responding to Nigel’s muscle twitches. Incredibly, the robotic arm is so sensitive it means Nigel can touch type on a computer keyboard, peel vegetables, and even dress himself for the first time in six years. 

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Watch a guy climb 103 flights of the Sears Tower on a bionic leg

Zac Vawter’s $8 million, 10-pound robotic leg has two motors that power the knee and ankle separately. As the RIC explains on its website, when Vawter pushes on the device to stand up, the leg pushes back, propelling him upward — a huge boon over a conventional prosthesis. As Vawter himself explains, ordinarily, “I have to take every step with my good foot first and sort of lift or drag the prosthetic leg up. With the bionic leg, it’s simple, I take stairs like I used to, and can even take two at a time.”

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This guy has the world’s most awesome, advanced prosthetic arm

“A father who lost his arm in an accident six years ago has been given a new lease of life by a hi-tech bionic hand which is so precise he can type again. Nigel Ackland, 53, has been fitted with the Terminator-like carbon fibre mechanical hand which he can control with movements in his upper arm.”

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British teenager and her awesome new bionic hand

As a child, Chloe Holmes lost most of her fingers from streptococcal septicaemia after contracting chicken pox. For the rest of her life, she’s struggled to fit in at school and do even the simplest of tasks. Her parents were able to get together over $50,000 for a state of the art bionic hand, briefly making Chloe the youngest person outside the US to use the technology.

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Naki’o, the first dog with four prosthetic paws is doing fine, can make it on his own

Abandoned as a puppy in a foreclosed home, Naki’o lost all four of his paws to frostbite. He was adopted by vet tech Christie Tomlinson, who held a fundraiser to get him two prosthetic paws. After those two turned out well, she got two more, making Naki’o the first dog to successfully be fitted with four prosthetic feets. 

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24 year old Austrian shows off his brand new bionic arm.

Last year, Patrick, a 24-year-old Austrian, decided to have his dysfunctional hand amputated and replaced with a bionic hand. He lost the use of his left hand after being electrocuted at work.

Here he demonstrates the extra movement his new bionic hand has given him, opening a bottle and tying his shoelaces, and tests a prototype hand which will give him additional wrist movement.

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