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Mark Lesek posted a blog post

Osseointegration Demo at ACA conference.

See me at the ACA conference for a demonstration of new function for short stump above elbow amputees who normally at my level give up wearing a prosthesis and to disprove the US myth and fear that this treatment fails because of infection- after 4 years it only gets better with no infection what so ever and living proof that this treatment works. I am a 56 y o very short upper dominate arm amputee due to a car wreck 9 years ago, so short that amputees at my level normally give up wearing a…See More
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Mark Lesek commented on Mark Lesek's blog post Osseointegration, Misinformation and Cover-up Exposure
"See me at the ACA conference for a demonstration of new function for short stump above elbow amputees who normally at my level give up wearing a prosthesis and to disprove the US myth and fear that this treatment fails because of infection- after 4…"
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Wayne Renardson posted a discussion

Athlete-Amputee Becomes Artificial Limb Inventor (Video)

via Yahoo News (CBS News):CBS News' Ben Tracy reports on an inventor whose idea for an artificial limb design was borne out of his own experience losing his lower leg in a sporting accident.The video here:http://tinyurl.com/kgyo7ryWayne Renardson amp-l mailing listamp-l@u.washington.eduhttp://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/amp-l   See More
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Wolf Schweitzer posted a blog post

Weird guys at Fast Company, really weird.

First they DELETE Jon's and my comments from their "6 million dollar man" type bionic hype article and edit it to make it less imbecile looking.http://www.fastcompany.com/1514543/bionic-legs-i-limbs-and-other-super-human-prostheses-youll-envySo I re-post the comment recently.Then they laugh off 3D printing for everyone.…See More
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Mark Lesek posted a video

Mark Lesek: A New/Old Prosthetic

Follow Mark on Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/114778778979884307299/about Mark lost his arm several years ago. Now his search for a better prosthetic c...
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Wayne Renardson replied to Wayne Renardson's discussion Thought-powered Bionic Arm Llike 'Something From Space'
"Hello Nicolas: N> We want to collaborate with you, and exchange any informations on the subject. Your researches on hand prosthesis will probably help us to make this happen. The information contained in the article is not my research. I posted…"
May 8
Nico Huchet replied to Wayne Renardson's discussion Thought-powered Bionic Arm Llike 'Something From Space'
"It's fantastic!! Hello from France! We are starting a project with a labfab.fr in Rennes in which we want to print a robotic hand with a 3D printer to adapt it for amputes. The project is very important, because, if it works, we would…"
May 7
Wayne Renardson posted a discussion

Thought-powered Bionic Arm Llike 'Something From Space'

via CNN Tech:The idea of an amputee tinkling on piano keys with all the flair and grace of an able-handed person may seem like a futuristic fantasy.But watch Johnny Matheney effortlessly arch and extend each finger on his bionic arm and you can't help but agree with him when he says: "The future is coming now."Its makers describe Matheney's robotic limb as the most sophisticated of its kind in the world, recreating virtually every movement of a natural arm -- and all controlled by brain…See More
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Osseointegration Demo at ACA conference.

Posted by Mark Lesek on May 25, 2013 at 8:50am 0 Comments

See me at the ACA conference for a demonstration of new function for short stump above elbow amputees who normally at my level give up wearing a prosthesis and to disprove the US myth and fear that this treatment fails because of infection- after 4 years it only gets better with no infection what so ever and living proof that this treatment works.

I am a 56 y o very short upper dominate arm amputee due to a car wreck 9 years ago, so short that amputees at my…

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SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Open Prosthetics is our informational site and has links to accept donations. We maintain an Instructables Group, on which completed designs can be posted, and other collaboration can happen. We also have a a Google Group.

We're working on a wiki, where we will post information on prosthetics in general, to include information on the history of prosthetics, and a users guide to what is available.

Too many ways to find out about stuff? Maybe, but use whatever you're comfortable with, and we're sure the good ideas will get noticed.

Pimp My Arm

The place at OPP where users can talk about their needs and desires for prosthetic development, and volunteers can discuss solutions. This is the "blue sky," "no idea too crazy," Halfbakery section of the project. A more detailed explanation is here.

Pimp my arm has sections for arms, legs, and everything else.

More About the Wiki

A wiki is a user-editable webpage. Ours has sections on the various projects we're hoping to get users and volunteers working on.

We'd like to figure out what people need in a toolkit to maintain their prostheses as needed.

We're looking for help designing a survey to figure out what amputees like and don't like about their prostheses (if they wear them at all). Here's your chance to tell everyone what they should have asked you.

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