DARPA may decide the fate of Dean Kamen's next-generation prosthetic arm
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DARPA may decide the fate of Dean Kamen's next-generation prosthetic arm
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Comments (7)
its really amazing!
wow!
i think u will get more of this.....
and really fantastic!
i am really facinated and its one of the nice thing to gain knowledge.i hope in future the technology will really increase and there is need of such type of things....
i am expecting still more of this..
THANK U.........
please reply me.....
Posted by sindhura | February 8, 2008 3:27 AM
Posted on February 8, 2008 03:27
Um, who/what is "Deka"? A company? A consortium? A chess club?
Posted by Brian H | February 11, 2008 3:17 PM
Posted on February 11, 2008 15:17
Why should anyone have to wait for Food and Drug Administration approval to buy a tool like this? The arm isn't a food, a drug, or a medical device -- or no more so than a pair of shoes or a wheelchair.
Of course, the FDA also forbids the sale of unapproved wheelchairs. Perhaps they should be marketed as extra-stable motorbikes, and the prosthetic marketed as a motorized glove.
Posted by HNF | February 11, 2008 11:52 PM
Posted on February 11, 2008 23:52
If the socket is the most revolutionary part of the new arm, why were the only pictures of Dean and the implement? I would have liked a picture or simulation of how socket works.
Posted by David | February 18, 2008 10:34 PM
Posted on February 18, 2008 22:34
There's an interesting write-up at Google Answers on the number and types of clinical trials taking place, and some of the key players involved.
It's too much to summarize here, but for anyone interested, you can check it out at:
Number and Types of Clinical Trials
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=346564
Worth a look.
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Posted by David | March 16, 2008 6:22 PM
Posted on March 16, 2008 18:22
From the article:
"Hildreth, 44, lost both arms 26 years ago, when he was electrocuted while painting a power substation."
By definition, if Mr. Hildreth had been electrocuted he would be dead!
Otherwise, amazing work Mr. Kamen and the people at DEKA are doing. Imagine what we'll be seeing in this area of technology in the next decade. With the number of veterans coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan missing limbs, we will need these types of advances in prosthetics.
Posted by M. Poche | June 2, 2008 10:18 PM
Posted on June 2, 2008 22:18
I lose my left arm from the elbow down in 2006 in iraq. What you people are doing for soldier is great. I would like updates on the luke arm and any tecnology you have for prostetic so i can keep my brother soldiers up to date.
thanks
Posted by william | June 22, 2008 6:49 PM
Posted on June 22, 2008 18:49