Prosthetics: A Career That Changes Lives
From: IEEE Today's Engineer
BY: John R. Platt

Today, two million American have experienced and live with the loss of a
limb. According to The Amputee Coalition, that number is expected to double
by 2050 as our society gets older, more obese and generally less healthy.  

So where can people who have lost a limb turn to as they hope to regain their
mobility and improve the quality of their lives? The growing field of
prosthetics holds many of the answers. 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.todaysengineer.org/2012/Jul/career-focus.asp

Links:
Amputee Coalition
http://www.amputee-coalition.org/

Cadence Biomedical
http://www.cadencebiomedical.com/

Össur
http://www.ossur.com/

Center for Limb Loss and Prevention and Prosthetic Engineering
http://www.amputation.research.va.gov/index.asp

American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists
http://www.oandp.org/

Center for Bionic Medicine
http://www.ric.org/research/centers/cbm/