Designer - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Home page - jhuapl.edu/prosthetics
darpa.mil/program/revolutionizing-prosthetics
Patient - Les Baugh
Designer - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Home page - jhuapl.edu/prosthetics
darpa.mil/program/revolutionizing-prosthetics
Patient - Les Baugh
Modular Prosthetic Limb
Uploaded on Mar 7, 2011
Under Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) sponsorship, APL is leading a revolution in prosthetic arm capabilities, an effort that is producing prostheses with functional capabilities similar to those of native limbs. The Modular Prosthetic Limb (MPL) offers 22 degrees of motion, including independent movement of each finger, in a package that weighs about nine pounds (the weight of a natural limb). Providing nearly as much dexterity as a natural limb, the MPL is capable of unprecedented mechanical agility and is designed to respond to a user's thoughts.
Amputee Makes History with APL’s Modular Prosthetic Limb
Published on Dec 16, 2014
A Colorado man made history at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) this summer when he became the first bilateral shoulder-level amputee to wear and simultaneously control two of the Laboratory’s Modular Prosthetic Limbs. Most importantly, Les Baugh, who lost both arms in an electrical accident 40 years ago, was able to operate the system by simply thinking about moving his limbs, performing a variety of tasks during a short training period.
Creating HARMONIE: Hybrid Augmented Reality Multimodal Operation Neural Integration Environment
Published on Jan 14, 2015
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is developing a next-generation retinal prosthesis system that will enable the Laboratory’s broader work on a system known as HARMONIE: the Hybrid Augmented Reality Multimodal Operation Neural Integration Environment.
Funding for the retinal system research, in the amount of $4 million, is provided by the Mann Fund, created by philanthropist Alfred E. Mann 15 years ago to support the development of biomedical technologies.
This work will be conducted in close collaboration with Second Sight Medical Products, Inc., a Sylmar, California-based company that develops, manufactures and markets implantable visual prosthetics for blind individuals.
APL will be developing next generation glasses with embedded vision and eye tracking sensors. Using these sensors and onboard hardware, the system will identify potential obstacles, doorways, hallways, and household objects and their relative positions.
Revolutionizing Prosthetics - Drinking from a Water Bottle
Published on Feb 11, 2015
Volunteers on DARPA's Revolutionizing Prosthetics program test out early versions of the DEKA Arm System. One volunteer, who is missing both arms, even uses the advanced prosthesis to drink from a plastic water bottle, an especially difficult task for a prosthetic limb considering that water bottles are often slippery, easily deform, and contain moving contents.
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