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NEWS ABOUT: prosthetics

prosthetics stories: 13 news summaries

 NM Calf Frolics With Fake Legs 

Family pays for prosthetics after adopting frostbitten calf

Nov 4, 09 3:40 AM CST
(Newser) - The first calf ever fitted with prosthetic legs now spends her days frolicking at a New Mexico farm just months after losing her back hooves and part of her hind legs to frostbite. Rancher Nancy Dickenson's step-daughter found the frostbitten black Angus, named Meadow, on a neighboring property and the... More »

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cattle • cows • veterinarian • prosthetics

(Newser) - A one-eyed documentarian is planning a film on privacy shot using a camera implanted in his prosthetic organ, the AP reports. Rob Spence, who plans to become a "human surveillance machine," got the idea when he realized how small his cellphone camera was. His eye muscles will move... More »

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weird • privacy • George Orwell • eyes • prosthetics • hidden camera • documentary film • Rob Spence

New Robotic Arm Takes Cues From Brain

Improvements in field have given amputees dexterity, independence

Feb 11, 09 10:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Artificial limbs have come a long way from the wooden legs and plastic arms of old: Today's prosthetics take messages directly from the brain. Their performance far exceeds that of the previous generation of devices, which required concentrated effort to make ungainly motions. "You think, and then your muscles... More »

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medical breakthrough • biotechnology • prosthesis • robotic arm • amputees • prosthetics • artificial limb • biomedical engineering

 US Child Gets Prosthetic Iris 

Surgery allows boy to see colors, corrects vision problems

Nov 22, 08 5:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Surgeons in Cincinnati implanted a prosthetic iris this week in the eye of a 7-year-old boy, the first US child to get one. “It’s just like Mom’s,” said Nathaniel Brantley as he looked in a mirror. “Just like it’s supposed to be.” Born... More »

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medical breakthrough • eye care • eyes • prosthetics

Amputee Racer Fails to Qualify
for Olympics

South Africa can still pick him for relay
by defying panel

Jul 16, 08 6:11 PM CDT
(AP) - Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius fell short of the 400-meter qualifying time for the Olympics today, though his lifetime best run could yet get him to Beijing in the relay. The 21-year-old South African shrugged off the pre-race distraction of threatening legal action against the IAAF and finished third in his... More »

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South Africa • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Oscar Pistorius • runner • prosthetics

 Pistorius Fails
 in 2nd Olympics Bid 

South Africa's Pistorius short of qualifying for 400, may have one chance left

Jul 11, 08 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius missed out in another attempt to qualify for the Olympics today, the AP reports, improving his time in the 400 meters but still falling short of the qualifying time at a meet in Rome. The 21-year-old South African will try again Wednesday in Switzerland, and could... More »

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South Africa • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Oscar Pistorius • prosthetics

Monkeys Move Robotic Arm With Brains

Research could give paralyzed people
more mobility

May 28, 08 6:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Monkeys were able to control a prosthetic arm with their brains, a development that could someday give paralyzed people and amputees more mobility, the New York Times reports. Researchers put sensors in the monkeys' brains, then trained them to manipulate the robotic arm through their thoughts. It's the most promising... More »

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monkey • amputees • robotics • prosthetics

No Olympics for Blade Runner

Prosthetics make Pistorius too speedy

Jan 14, 08 9:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Double amputee Oscar Pistorius won’t compete in the 2008 Olympic Games, because the runner's prosthetic legs give him an unfair advantage, the IAAF ruled this morning. The South African plans to appeal, maintaining that the “cheetah” blades he uses put him on par with the able-bodied, but a... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • Oscar Pistorius • amputees • prosthetics

'Blade Runner' Found to Have Advantage

Amputee expected to be banned from Olympics after expert ruling

Jan 10, 08 9:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The double amputee who has petitioned to be included in this year's Olympic track and field events is likely to be denied his request today, the Guardian reports. A biomechanics expert concluded that the J-shaped carbon-fiber prosthetics South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius uses gives him an unfair advantage in stride... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • Oscar Pistorius • IAAF • Paralympics • prosthetics • Gert Peter Br�ggemann • amputation • stamina

2007 Breakthrough Awards

Oct 11, 07 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Popular Mechanic's third annual Breakthrough Awards honors the boldest inventors and best cutting-edge products.  Introducing the people changing the present to make it look more like the future we always wanted:
  1. Amory Lovins: Lovin's "think and do" tank, the Rocky Mountain Institute looks for cost-cutting and energy-saving
... More »

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list • Breakthrough Awards • Rocky Mountain Institute • Fab at Home • Media Wall • Windbelt • Proto 2 • prosthetics

Iguanas Smuggled in Fake Leg

Lizards fetch thousands on black market

Sep 23, 07 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Three endangered iguanas were brought into the US illegally in a special compartment inside a man's removable prosthetic leg. The Fiji Island Banded Iguana  were stolen by Californian Jereme James from a nature preserve in Fiji in 2002. US Fish and Wildlife service began an investigation after a tip-off that... More »

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endangered species • lizard • iguana • Fiji • prosthetics

Vets Pioneer
New Techniques for Limbs

Fusing metal with bone is helping cats and
dogs walk again

Aug 27, 07 3:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cutting-edge vets have developed new prosthetics for disabled animals that could bode well for human amputees, Time reports. The most exciting technique is called osseointegration—a procedure in which a porous prosthesis is inset into the bone, which then grows into the metallic holes, making a strong anchor onto... More »

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prosthesis • amputees • veterinarian • osseointegration • prosthetics • Iraq war • animal

(Newser) - Heather Mills, amputee victim and Beatle ex-wife, tried to foxtrot her way into the hearts of Americans last night on Dancing with the Stars. Much maligned by the British press since her acrimonious split with Paul McCartney last May, Mills, whom LInda Stasi calls "the most loathed amputee... More »

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television • media • Heather Mills • Paul McCartney • Dancing with the Stars • dancing • tabloids • prosthesis • accident • prosthetics

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