> 1900: How a humble English cobbler stunned the medical world with high-tech prostheses. http://t.co/t4Fi9bqJ5S pic.twitter.com/BFywiBJ1FO [http://t.co/BFywiBJ1FO] — Mashable (@mashable) July 26, 2015 [https://twitter.com/mashable/status/625442131457523712] At least one of the images at the link has appeared here before…
There's a little more at Vox [http://www.vox.com/videos/2015/6/12/8770499/biolimb-prosthetic-tech].…
> Your next hand brace could be 3D printed http://t.co/zaqr94xNcD pic.twitter.com/OMDuYKDQxS [http://t.co/OMDuYKDQxS] — Mashable (@mashable) April 28, 2015 [https://twitter.com/mashable/status/593175123429105664] The article at the link describes how > You can select one from a few one-size-fits-all options or…
> Physiotherapy machines from 1895, from Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, a 19th century German encyclopedia. pic.twitter.com/2wgTbl8dlx [http://t.co/2wgTbl8dlx] — ✍ Bibliophilia (@Libroantiguo) April 19, 2015 [https://twitter.com/Libroantiguo/status/589853148518477825] Thank goodness it's not like this any more.…
> Prosthetic Limbs Haven't Always Been Modern Technological Marvels http://t.co/j6RsJGOshN — History In Pictures (@HistoryInPics) March 28, 2015 [https://twitter.com/HistoryInPics/status/581933644429705216] This is much more thorough than anything I've seen before. Thank goodness we've come such a long way.…
Miles O'Brien lost part of his arm [https://mikeschultz.ghost.io/miles-obrien/] to compartmant syndrome in 2014. He's now reporting on his progress in rehab [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/learning-ride-drive-live-one-handed/] and showing a little bit of what's possible with prosthetics today. I&…
New Scientist [https://twitter.com/newscientist/status/545019083255988224] reports a remarkable use of mind control. I've seen [http://mikeschultz.tumblr.com/post/23180116791/the-pbs-news-hour-reports-on-technology-that-lets] and read about [http://mikeschultz.tumblr.com/post/30668423162/atavist-in-the-electric-mind-jessica-benko] something like this before. Remarkable as it is, I had to chuckle when I…
A midweek trip to The Museum of the Confederacy [http://www.moc.org/collections-archives?mode=appomattox] in Appomattox put that look at old-time prosthetics [https://mikeschultz.ghost.io/prosthetics-the-old-way/] in a new light. Here's a display case with the arm worn by Andrew Porter Scott after the Civil…