December 2010 Blog Posts (2)

Son makes electromechanical gripper for father

The Times of Malta reports that Martin Calleja's 17-year-old son Luke made him a device that resembles a greifer, after watching him become frustrated about trying to use his above elbow body powered device.

Here's a great video that Martin made that details his life,…

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Added by Jon Kuniholm on December 26, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Progression

Something occurred to me that amazed me around a year or two ago. How far prosthetics have come.

Long ago if misfortune befell you, you would die or be killed or left. As time went on and medicine became more advanced, one would become a leper or be seen as a burden to society.

in my lifetime, my father taught me at a young age something i am still grateful for. what he taught me is that there is no difference between someone with a prosthetic limb, and…

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Added by johnus derby on December 23, 2010 at 11:48pm — No Comments