It's not often I post something not car related...

"BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires" (biturbo228) 03/12/2014 at 15:47 • Filed to: None

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...but how cool is this? If I had one like the one after the jump, I don't think I'd feel nearly so bad about losing a limb.

Party-vi > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 03/12/2014 at 15:50

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1) That's pretty awesome

2) Ninja edit

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Party-vi 03/12/2014 at 15:58

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Ah, I'm not an amputee, but I don't think I'd mind all that much if I had something that looked so damn cool.

Not to make light of how difficult it is of course.

Party-vi > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 03/12/2014 at 16:01

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OH! Got it.

Telumektar > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 03/12/2014 at 19:03

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I've been talking about artificial limbs with a friend who's about to receive his degree in Electronic Engineering. He takes the tech. approach and I'm more design-inclined, also I have some studies in biology and understand most of the processes in the bio-systemic level, through micro-level... but we both understand what the other is talking about.

Thinking about researching nice, cheap and reliable artificial limbs has been in our talks.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Telumektar 03/12/2014 at 20:18

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The article that lead me to searching for these cool artistic prostheses was about cheap and reliable artificial limbs versus the myoelectric high-tech ones. It was saying that quite often a simpler, more rugged limb is much more suited to a patient's needs than a more high-functioning electronic one. Take farmers who are out in the wet and the dirt, both of which would destroy an expensive prosthetic limb.

There's another one I was reading from the point of view of an amputee, who's main issue with them was that they all looked horrendous. That lead him to starting a design company that customises them.

It's fascinating stuff :) ideally, you want a mid-function limb that's cheap to produce and very rugged. It helps if it looks as damn cool as the running blades used in the olympics :)

Telumektar > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 03/12/2014 at 20:41

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Very interesting, thanks for the link.