Jon Kuniholm's Blog – January 2010 Archive (2)

The Six Million Dollar Meme

Regarding Paul Hochman's recent Fast Company article on prosthetics, as both a consumer of prosthetic arms and an engineer working on the most ambitious prosthetic arm project in history, I have some significant problems with his portrayal of the clinical state of the art. The basic premise raised in the article, that we're anywhere close to "Super Human Prostheses You'll Envy" is laughable to… Continue

Added by Jon Kuniholm on January 21, 2010 at 2:00pm — 9 Comments

Pitch an OPP Project for a Television Pilot

When we incorporated, we imagined that our ideas for open design mattered to many more markets than just amputees, which is why we're the Shared Design Alliance. As one way of tackling problems like ours, I've proposed an open source TV design show for a new Changemakers competition.

Called The 90 Per Cent Solution, the show would use the power of the crowd to… Continue

Added by Jon Kuniholm on January 16, 2010 at 12:30am — No Comments