Wednesday, February 25, 2009

DIY Culture Now Encompasses Home Made Prosthesis

Filed under: in the news...

A Tasmanian man, who lost his arm in a car accident, was told that he is a poor candidate for a prosthetic, since the amputation is too high for conventional devices. Being a rebel Aussie, Mark Lesek ignored the advice, and traveled to Sweden to implant a metal rod into his shoulder that can support a new prosthesis. The arm that he is now happily wearing is one he built with help from a business partner, and the project has developed further to include the University of Tasmania bioengineering team. The next step is to involve researchers that can help with lightening the unit using carbon fiber, and to create brain-computer interface to make the arm semi-autonomous.

More from The Mercury out of Hobart, Tasmania...

(hat tip: Gizmodo)

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