Neural prosthetics offer the promise of what was once unthinkable, the restoration of perceptive or movement ability in those who have lost it. But these devices offer much more than that. From September 23 through 25, 2010, researchers in all areas of the neural prosthetics field converged at the Building Better Brains: Neural Prosthetics and Beyond conference to examine ongoing work and the f...

Human irises gain their appearance from a layered and highly complex structure that is difficult to model and render with conventional techniques. We present an approach that uses domain knowledge from the field of ocular prosthetics. In that field, ocularists create an artificial iris by painting many simple semi-transparent layers. We translate this methodology into a simple and effective too...

OBJECTIVE To challenge casual understanding of the causal mechanisms of foot orthotics. Although the classic orthotic paradigm of Merton L. Root and his colleagues is often acknowledged, the research attempting to explain and validate these mechanisms is far less clear in its appraisal. DATA SOURCES Studies evaluating the relationship of foot type (medial arch height) and use of foot orthoses...

in 4D Orthogonal Pseudo-Polytopes Ricardo Pérez Aguila Antonio Aguilera Ramírez Centro de Investigación en Tecnologías de Información y Automatización (CENTIA) Universidad de las Américas – Puebla (UDLAP) Ex-Hacienda Santa Catarina Mártir. Phone: +52 (222) 229-2664 México 72820, Cholula, Puebla. [email protected] [email protected] ABSTRACT This article presents our experimental result...

The purposes of this paper were to discuss the perceived benefits of inserts and orthotics for sport activities and to propose a new concept for inserts and orthotics. There is evidence that inserts or orthotics reduce or prevent movement-related injuries. However, there is limited knowledge about the specific functioning an orthotic or insert provides. The same orthotic or insert is often prop...

Facial prosthetics has a long history that extends back to ancient man. The course of facial prosthetics has altered over time as improvement in surgical techniques and materials arrived. The need for facial prosthetics presumably also altered over time with social changes and changes in disease management. The past century has brought several remarkable changes that influenced the delivery of ...

The major objective of prosthetics the world over is the same, i.e. to restore the amputee to as functional a capacity as possible in his cultural environment, whilst attaining as good a cosmetic result as can be achieved. At first glance it would seem that this would mean there would be very little difference in approach to the subject in western and in third world countries. Availability of m...

This study employed a blind randomised crossover design on 8 asymptomatic participants comparing Interpod prefabricated orthotics, custom orthotics and a shoe only control state using the Pedar in-shoe system during gait. No statistical difference was found between the Interpod and custom orthotics under the 1 MTPJ for maximum force, maximum mean pressure, or peak pressure. However it was found...