This playlist from TED includes Jill Taylor’s talk about stroke as well as Aimee Mullins on opportunity of adversity. I hope the other five talks are as good. 7 powerful stories of recovery after injury [http://blog.ted.com/2012/11/28/7-powerful-stories-of-recovery-after-injury]…
via @jsbaranski, CEO of the National Stroke Association…
I was given an Empi machine Tuesday. It’s an electrotherapy device that ” produces a mild electrical current transmitted via lead wires to electrodes placed on the skin.” This is how it looks on my arm. On Wednesday, I saw this via @FastCompany [http://www.fastcodesign.com/1671273/watch-body-parts-get-zapped-to-the-beat-in-this-wild-music-video#1]…
Here’s a story I missed when it was reported at the beginning of the month, and I like it even better than the the one about the guy who climbed the whole building with a prosthetic leg [%22http://tmblr.co/ZhkhVyWk09Co]. > CHICAGO — Gripping a handrail and wearing a…
First time I’ve ever succeeded at making the traditional round challah for Rosh Hashana. Weekend Edition Saturday had a feature on holiday baking [http://wamu.org/programs/weekend_edition_saturday/12/09/15/rosh_hashanas_sacred_bread_offers_meaning_in_many_shapes_and_sizes] this morning and included these…
A lot for a Bioness user to like in this one. Neuromuscular Stimulation in the Comics [http://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2012/09/01]…
> In The Electric Mind [http://blog.atavist.com/post/23186952683/in-the-electric-mind-jessica-benko-tells-the] , Jessica Benko tells the story of a radical new technology, a pioneering group of researchers, and one woman’s effort to transcend her paralysis. It took me a little while to realize that I had seen this story…
Oscar Pistorius running in the Olympics on blades was cool; Steven Peace [http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/08/21/paralyzed-after-massive-stroke-cyclist-en-route-to-london-paralympics/] riding in the Paralympics with Bioness might be even cooler.…