Meet the man who saved over 20,000 animals with custom-made prosthetics! Derrick Campana, an animal orthotist from Sterling, Virginia, creates artificial limbs and braces to help animals in need and improve the quality and comfort of your lives.
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Prosthetics are an aspect of modern technology that have provided many people with the ability to function normally and lead happy, fulfilling lives despite facing a myriad of physical challenges. Fortunately, it's not just human beings that can benefit from this technology. Here is a list of thirteen animals that have gained the ability to keep on moving despite challenges that were slowing them down.
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Now one research group is reporting a major step toward a touchy-feely prosthetic. A team of researchers from the University of Chicago and Johns Hopkins University performed a series of experiments that showed they could send electrical signals directly to the brains of rhesus macaques and that the macaques were able to interpret the signals as touches on different parts of their hands. Another series of experiments showed rhesus macaques could interpret different direct-to-brain signals as touches of varying pressure. A third explored whether direct-to-brain signals work quickly enough to be able to accurately tell macaques when a prosthetic is touching something and when it stops the touch.
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Now one research group is reporting a major step toward a touchy-feely prosthetic. A team of researchers from the University of Chicago and Johns Hopkins University performed a series of experiments that showed they could send electrical signals directly to the brains of rhesus macaques and that the macaques were able to interpret the signals as touches on different parts of their hands. Another series of experiments showed rhesus macaques could interpret different direct-to-brain signals as touches of varying pressure. A third explored whether direct-to-brain signals work quickly enough to be able to accurately tell macaques when a prosthetic is touching something and when it stops the touch.
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Young Liam was born with amniotic band syndrome (causing the fingers of his right hand to not develop during gestation), but with the help of a 3D printed prosthetic he is now able to regain some functionality. And, the look on his face is one of pure joy. Via: Future Jam
Young Liam was born with amniotic band syndrome (causing the fingers of his right hand to not develop during gestation), but with the help of a 3D printed prosthetic he is now able to regain some functionality. And, the look on his face is one of pure joy. Via: Future Jam
Young Liam was born with amniotic band syndrome (causing the fingers of his right hand to not develop during gestation), but with the help of a 3D printed prosthetic he is now able to regain some functionality. And, the look on his face is one of pure joy. Via: Future Jam
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As a puppy abandoned puppy Naki'o lost his paws due to severe frostbite. Now, thanks to a ground breaking development in dog prosthetics, he is able to run and jump. As you can see, he's still getting used to them but in time he should be able to do everything a normally pawed dog can do.
Read the full story at Incredible Features
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As a puppy abandoned puppy Naki'o lost his paws due to severe frostbite. Now, thanks to a ground breaking development in dog prosthetics, he is able to run and jump. As you can see, he's still getting used to them but in time he should be able to do everything a normally pawed dog can do.
Read the full story at Incredible Features
