Revolutionizing prosthetics 2009 team delivers first DARPA limb prototype
An international team led by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., has developed a prototype of the first fully integrated prosthetic arm that can be controlled naturally and provide sensory feedback, and allows for eight degrees of ...Freedom -- a level of control far beyond the current state of the art for prosthetic limbs. ... Proto 1, developed for the De...The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) today released a report that indicates that low levels of ionizing radiation may cause harm. The following is a response to the report from Bruce McClennan, MD, president of the American Roentgen Ray Society.... ..."This report suggests that there is a very small risk for the development of cancer in a patient's lifetime when exposed to low-level radiation s...