Today’s science-fiction prosthetic will be ready tomorrow
From: Medical Design & Outsourcing - 04/12/2016
By: Paul Dvorak

Recent prosthetic designs employ sophisticated microprocessors and actuators.
Also, a wide variety of upper- and lower-extremity prosthetics are now
available, depending on the recipient's wishes. And the application of 3D
printing is just getting started.

US military veterans are providing a lot of the push for advances in
technology. And thanks to US Defense Department funding, recent prosthetic
designs are quite sophisticated. For instance, though walking on flat ground
is not difficult, walking down an incline, even a shallow one, can present a
challenge.

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