Technology That Is Making Life Better for People With Disabilities

The Proprio Foot has a motorized, flexible ankle that allows for mobility and stability that more closely matches natural movement. This greatly reduces the physical problems that many amputees develop as a result of compensating for movement with a prosthetic leg. Now the device is capable of responding to the brain by picking up impulses from sensors embedded in the muscles of the leg. 

The Ocumetrics bionic lens will be able to be implanted in the eye, similar to a replacement lens used in cataract surgery. This bionic lens could restore sight to people who are legally blind due to vision imparements. The makers of this lens say that it will even enhance sight three times past perfect 20/20 vision. 

3-D printed prosthetic hands can cost around $50 compared to much more expensive traditional prosthetics. Here's another story of the awesome work done by E-Nabling the Future!

This man is paralyzed from the neck down but he has learned to control this robotic arm through sensor arrays implanted in his brain. Now he has regained some of the simple luxuries we normally take for granted, such as sipping a beer when you want to and at your own pace without asking for help. Unlike most other attempts at brain controlled prosthetics, the implants are not located in the motor cortex and instead aim to interpret the user's intentions.