Author Interviews / 24.03.2025

advancements_in_the_prosthetic_market   Prosthetics have been around for years and they are very helpful to those that need them. It gives people a sense of hope having a prosthetic leg which allows them to walk normally. There are other forms of prosthetics but limbs seem are the most common. Over the years the advancements of prosthetic and orthotic solutions have been very monumental. Some prosthetics actually look like an arm instead of those that look like a hook or claw. Primecare Prosthetics is one of those companies that is making advancements in prosthetics. Prosthetics look better and cleaner today  A lot of prosthetics today look a lot better. There’s nothing wrong with how they looked back then, but nowadays, prosthetics can look a bit more realistic. It’s still made of the basic elements like polyethylene, plastic, and metals. But they can look like many shade of skin color so it matches your skin tone. There are still those that look mechanical and some people prefer them. The advancements is that they look cleaner and more polished. They look a bit more robotic and they are presentable. They’re not messy and are also easy to clean. (more…)
Author Interviews, Technology / 28.05.2021

MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dani Clode Designer & Senior Research Technician Plasticity Laboratory Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience University College London   MedicalResearch.com: What was the inspiration behind creating the Third Thumb? Response: From a design perspective, augmentation is about designing a new relationship with technology, creating something that is no longer just a tool for the hand, but instead an extension of the hand. I created the Third Thumb during my Design Product Masters project at the Royal College of Art (London). The Third Thumb is a flexible 3D-printed thumb extension for your hand, controlled by your toes. It is operated wirelessly with pressure sensors and affords proportional control over two degrees of freedom. The project began as a way to better understand what it was like to control something extra attached to my body. As an upper-limb prosthetics designer, I wanted to understand the unique relationship between a person and a prosthetic, it’s a relationship unlike any other product, and I wanted to explore that. The Plasticity Lab then got in contact with me after seeing the Third Thumb online, as they were already exploring augmentation in the brain. We started collaborating on this research shortly after, and I now work as an in-house designer for the Plasticity Lab, collaborating on neuroscience research. (more…)