The OPAF Dale Yasukawa Scholarship Fund is now accepting applications from full-time certificate candidates currently enrolled in the Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center (NUPOC), Chicago, Illinois, program. The $1,000 scholarship is intended to assist NUPOC students attend their local chapter or society meeting of the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (the Academy) and to pay for items such as books, supplies, and equipment needed for ongoing studies at NUPOC. Scholarship applications are due by May 30. For more information, visit [read more]

Exoskeleten designed for safety with lifting patients.  Lean on me. Designed by Erik Ulises Lanuza   This post comes to you straight from the heart, because I have been in a situation where I have had to care for my mother each time she had her joints replaced. I’m talking about 2 hips and 2 knee replacement surgeries! Professionals like nurses and physiotherapists or family members like me, who have to look after such patients need to take extra care [read more]

Yanko Design created an image that has been used in various articles this month.  Some like this one seen on Singularity Hub discussed monitoring of our bodies by way of computer hardware built in.  The image seen here became more than just a sarcastic design image. Jerry Jalva is a computer hacker.  He lost his finger in a motorcycle accident with a deer and decided to replace the digit with a USB drive.  His silicone prosthetic has the drive housed [read more]

Designer Jeong Hoon Cha Too Weak to Open Caps. Need a U-Cap Plastic caps were designed to keep liquids in. Then at the last minute somebody realized people actually have to remove them to get to the liquid so they threw on some groves around the cap for grip and called it a day. Bah I say! I will admit sometimes I can’t do it! That cap just won’t let go. Maybe I need a U-Cap. There’s a soft asymmetric [read more]