Prosthetic leg from bicycle parts
From: Engadget - 05/29/2014
By: Ben Gilbert

20-year-old Parker Owen represented Alabama at the annual White House Science
Fair by presenting his project: an amazing prosthetic leg made solely from
bicycle parts.

Owen got the idea when speaking with a family friend who raises funds for
prosthetic limb donations in Honduras. When Owen found out how much money
each leg cost (around $2,500 apiece), he began work on a cheaper solution
that could be made from materials found in developing nations. Rather than
looking to natural resources, Owen looked to bicycles - a resource found in
even the poorest countries. He got the cost of manufacturing down to just $30
per leg.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/29/white-house-science-fair-2014/

Links:
FTC student wins 2013 FIRST Future Innovator Award
http://firsttechchallenge.blogspot.com/2013/05/ftc-student-wins-2013-first-future.html

Alabama student makes prosthetic leg from bicycle; will make more in Honduras (with video 4:07)
http://blog.al.com/live/2013/02/alabama_student_makes_prosthet.html

Submitted by Gerry Dickerson