April 2010 Blog Posts (4)

Playing Guitar with one hand

Hello,

I've developed several tunings that would allow someone who has lost a limb or is missing fingers be able to play the guitar without the use of frets. While not being an amputee, I have a condition that often makes me too weak to hold my arm up in order to fret the guitar strings. After months of…

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Added by Talieisin Cochran on April 28, 2010 at 9:32pm — No Comments

Keeping Step ~ Hanger Artificial Limbs

Hi Folks,

I found this book that may be of interest to many of the members. Click on the link and have a look at what the Hanger company had to offer.

Hanger Compiled Book.doc

Added by Mark Lesek on April 16, 2010 at 1:00am — 3 Comments

Josh Talbot Sheep Shearing Demonstration

Check out my latest video post of Josh Talbot shearing sheep at a charity day in Jamestown, South Australia. Welcome to Open Prosthetics Josh !

http://openprosthetics.ning.com/video/josh-talbot-sheep-shearing

Added by Mark Lesek on April 9, 2010 at 4:30am — No Comments

MakerBot/Thingiverse/Open Prosthetics Collaboration

Hey folks,

So I'm one of the founders of MakerBot Industries and Thingiverse. We make open source, affordable 3D printers and are obsessed with supporting folks creating open designs. Open prosthetics sounds like just about the coolest project that a community of rapid prototyping designers could work on.

Thingiverse makes it easy for folks to download design files, share them, share pictures of their copies and track derivatives. We obsessively promote open licenses for… Continue

Added by Bre Pettis on April 3, 2010 at 1:42pm — No Comments