May 14, 2014
The Deka Arm is Reaching Out to the Future
The power of the mind is something extraordinary. And, this new invention is nothing short of amazing. Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave its initial approval for the sale and marketing of a prosthetic arm that translates signals from a person’s muscles. The new invention is informally known as the “Luke” arm, …
Read more December 16, 2013
The Bionic Chef: Whipping Up a Recipe of Perseverance
As a chef, you have to be nimble, have good dexterity and be able to manipulate foods during preparation and plating. Although that sounds difficult enough as it is, could you imagine doing all of those things with a prosthetic hand? On November 12, we wrote a blog about a father who used a 3D …
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