The History of Artificial LimbsMacdonald, Joseph JrMacDonald J. The history of artificial limbs. Am J Surg. 1905; 19: 76–82.MacDonald, J., Jr., History of artificial limbs, Am. J. Surg., 19:76-80, 1905.
To show how little prosthetic limbs have advanced through most of history, consider the artificial hands and legs of the Dark Ages -- nearly 2,000 years later. Armoredknightsof this era often relied on iron prosthetic limbs, usually crafted by the same metalworker who made their armor. These...
After becoming a Paralympic champion, Pistorius attempted to enter non-disabled international competitions, over persistent objections by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and charges that his artificial limbs gave an unfair advantage. Pistorius eventually prevailed in this legal...
Quantitative evaluation of the limbs support fu... KK Stelmakh,LI Myakotina 被引量: 3发表: 2016年 DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE OPTIMAL LAYOUTS OF AN ORTHOPEDIC HEXAPOD USED TO DEVELOP MOVEMENTS IN KNEE JOINT CONTRACTURES AND A METHOD FOR ITS USE FIELD: medicine.;SUBSTANCE: artificial limb model...
2002: Wright introduces REPIPHYSIS artificial limbs that can be lengthened electromagnetically as patients grow. Company History: Wright Medical Group, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets joint and bone reconstructive devices and technology, specializing in small joint extremities, and hip and knee ...
"Moravec's paradox is the observation in the fields of artificial intelligence and robotics that, contrary to traditional assumptions, reasoning requires very little computation, but sensorimotor and perception skills require enormous computational resources." - Wikipedia We can see the truth in this in...
From the outset, Desoutter needed to develop specificpneumatic tools to ensure that the aluminum components of the artificial limbs were drilled quickly and efficiently.Constantly perfected to adjust to the numerous developments in its production, the company acquired such expertise in this field that ...
Invented in ancient Egypt more than 5,000 years ago, Egyptian blue is the oldest known synthetic pigment. In the ancient Egyptian language, its name meant artificial lapis lazuli — a testament to the popularity of this vivid blue and the human ingenuity that went into producing a cheaper, lo...
Concepts of artificial servants and companions date at least as far back as the ancient legends of Cadmus.
et al. Tracking footprints of artificial selection in the dog genome. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 107, 1160–1165 (2010). Article PubMed Google Scholar Vaysse, A. et al. Identification of genomic regions associated with phenotypic variation between dog breeds using selection mapping. PLoS ...