tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4351149635592475082.post2664033065957003231..comments2024-03-28T18:16:12.819-07:00Comments on What's Creative?: Personalized Prosthetics: from Awkward Gawks to Admiring GazesCANlabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04697643394288614411noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4351149635592475082.post-41555615525377538552014-04-17T05:51:06.650-07:002014-04-17T05:51:06.650-07:00This is incredibly creative and really amazing. As...This is incredibly creative and really amazing. As a graduate of a military high school I had many friend who chose to serve in the military and unfortunatly, I have had the experience of friends coming home injuried. One of my best firends who went to serve in Iraq ended up driving over an IED and loosing both his legs. Although many people would come home emotionally scarred from this experience and the dramatic loss, Kyle is incredibly proud of his service to his country and chooses to see the positive results from his experience. His one complaint is the looks he gets now that he is back in the United States. Providing a way for injured people to have some control over a situation which was largely out of their control is awesome. In my opinion the most creative and most impactful thing about this article is the ability for a person to have their other leg, through the use of 3D matched for the prostetic. In speaking with Kyle the unnatural appearance of his prostetics actually causes him to not want to wear them in situations where they would be seen (i.e. wearing shorts); however, this company is taking away the terrible stigma that sometimes accompanies the use of prostetics. Kyle hinmself stated that he was so happy to hear of a company doing this and how big of an impact this will make on his fellow injured soldiers. Ryan Brissonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14278971070920607056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4351149635592475082.post-987983657860188412014-04-16T07:05:29.213-07:002014-04-16T07:05:29.213-07:00This is actually a really great idea... amputees p...This is actually a really great idea... amputees probably hate seeing all of the weird looks that people give them when a prosthetic is noticed. By creating these fairings, Summers and his team have given those other people something to look at that an amputee doesn't have to be embarrassed by.<br /><br />I actually recently saw a TED talk on another group working on prosthesis (Hugh Herr and his team at MIT). They've managed to create a flexible interface between a prosthetic limb and the remainder of the patient's biological limb. If these two groups were able to collaborate, I think they could create some truly remarkable things: high-functioning prosthetic limbs that are not only more comfortable, but also attractive, improving patients' physical and social/mental health.<br /><br />The TED talk is here: http://www.ted.com/talks/hugh_herr_the_new_bionics_that_let_us_run_climb_and_dance#t-938501Mary Isinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16434492115508301186noreply@blogger.com