As the DARPA approaches its self-imposed deadline to make high-tech prosthetics that begin to approach the abilities of natural limbs by 2009, the research communities that have made it happen are beginning to ask, “Can we create companies that can turn a mind-blowing prototype or demo into real products?” Veterans, amputees and other people living without limbs ask, “Can you help me soon?” “People are always reading something in a journal or magazine and asking, ‘Can you help my grandson?’ Gerald Loeb of the University of Southern California told TechNewsWorld.
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The Roadblocks to Making Prosthetic Miracles Happen Every Day
Posted by: Lisa Stapleton August 31, 2009 06:00 AMAs the DARPA approaches its self-imposed deadline to make high-tech prosthetics that begin to approach the abilities of natural limbs by 2009, the research communities that have made it happen are beginning to ask, “Can we create companies that can turn a mind-blowing prototype or demo into real products?” Veterans, amputees and other people living without limbs ask, “Can you help me soon?” “People are always reading something in a journal or magazine and asking, ‘Can you help my grandson?’ Gerald Loeb of the University of Southern California told TechNewsWorld.