Bionic Limbs

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Bionic LimbsIDS 1999

!0/22/2012Ryan [email protected] [email protected]

History

Otto Schmitt 1950s 6 Million Dollar Man Jack E. Steele 1958

Manufacturer

Össur: worlds largest Southern California David the farmer 2011

How?

Targeted Muscle Reinnervation Control Signals

Technology

Advances over time Carbon composites Silicon Textiles Injection molding

Uses

Replace or Enhance 2004 fully functioning heart Kwabena Boahen: Retina Penn State

Advantages

Daily task Stronger Painless Replaceable Good Story

Sources

http://science.howstuffworks.com/bionic-arm.htm http://www.ossur.com/?PageID=12660 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bionics#

Specific_uses_of_the_term http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/

prosthetics/smart-bionic-limbs-are-reengineering-the-human-9160299

http://science.howstuffworks.com/bionic-arm.htm

http://science.howstuffworks.com/bionic-arm.htm

http://www.ossur.com/?PageID=12660

http://www.ossur.com/?PageID=12660

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bionics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bionics

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/prosthetics/smart-bionic-limbs-are-reengineering-the-human-9160299




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