Here are some of the best projects we have received in the Open Electronics Wireless Power Contest challenge! Bionic Organs/Devices/Limbs Wireless Charging Bionic devices/organs has a limited lifetime where its battery needs to be replaced in order for it to function continually. The limited battery life causes the patient to be subjected to an operation…
When Innovation meets charity to help children, something magic happens! In the universe of 3D printing, one star shines particularly bright. The organization named e-NABLE has set out to harness the multitudes of home 3d printers to create customized and cheap prosthesis for children. We’ve covered them on many occasions, and it would appear that…
A good initiative, made of people willing to help people to have the right medical treatments and devices anyone needs. With the advent of open source hardware, 3d printing, development communities now it is possible to make prosthetic devices and medical devices at a fraction of the price generally asked by Big Pharma’s. For…
One word: amazing. Jason Barnes demonstrating his new robotic drumming prosthesis, developed by GTCMT’s Robotic Musicianship Group. Free concert – March 22, Bailey Performance Center, Kennesaw State University. Jason will perform with musicians from Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology, Kennesaw State University Music Department, and Atlanta Institute of Music. http://atlantasciencefestival.org/eve… via GTCMT – Robotic…
The Open Hand Project is an open source project with the goal of making robotic prosthetic hands more accessible to amputees. The Dextrus hand is the realization of this goal, it’s a robotic hand that can be put together for well under £650 ($1000) and offers much of the functionality of a human hand The…
In case you lost the highly discussed Cortex Concept: After many centuries of splints and cumbersome plaster casts that have been the itchy and smelly bane of millions of children, adults and the aged alike, the world over, we at last bring fracture support into the 21st century. The Cortex exoskeletal cast provides a highly…
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