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Open-Source Prosthetics

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the a-hand-up dept.

D H NG writes "Wired News has a story about the non-profit Open Prosthetics Project. The organization was founded last year by Jonathan Kuniholm, a graduate student in biomedical engineering at Duke University who lost his arm below the elbow in Iraq. Open Prosthetics Project applies the ethical and intellectual property foundation of open-source software to the task of building better artificial limbs. So far, the project has produced a 'handful' of useful homebrew prosthetic hacks, and is closing in on a solution that would dramatically improve the functionality of the common hook device."

2 of 51 comments (clear)

  1. Re:That's because... by rudy_wayne · · Score: 0, Troll


    open source prostitutes?

  2. Re:That's because... by From+A+Far+Away+Land · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well that's dangerous, but less expensive than the Linux drivers that hand out Free Beer and CDs.

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    Oh You POS