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Tech_ProstheticLimbs[i-1].body = "<br><FONT SIZE=3 color=#CC0000><b>5 advancements in prostheses</b></FONT><br></br>There are 1.9 million Americans living with limb loss, many of whom have benefited from breakthrough technological advancements in the past few years. <br></br>Recent government, private industry and academic prosthetic research has yielded, among other innovations, a thought-controlled mechanical arm, an artificially intelligent knee, and a hand with articulated fingers that can pinch and grasp objects. <br></br>As researchers and engineers test the limits of science to build better prostheses, they imagine a bionic future in which prosthetic devices look and function like an original limb. <br></br><br><P ALIGN=RIGHT><i>-- Rebecca Ruiz</i>";

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Tech_ProstheticLimbs[i-1].body = "<br><FONT SIZE=3 color=#CC0000><b>Robotic  hand</b></FONT><br></br>MacArthur Fellow Yoky Matsuoka is building an anatomically correct robotic hand that is designed to mimic the shape of the bone that guides the tendons. They are routed the same way as the human tendons and connected to muscles with motors. <br>";

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Tech_ProstheticLimbs[i-1].body = "<br><FONT SIZE=3 color=#CC0000><b>PROPRIO Foot</b></FONT><br></br>The PROPRIO Foot is a $30,000 device that uses artificial intelligence, sensors and microprocessors to adjust automatically to the user&#146;s gait as well as to surface angles. It&#146;s capable of remembering exactly how its owner walked up a flight of stairs or down a hill, and can be trained to respond differently. <br>";

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Tech_ProstheticLimbs[i-1].body = "<br><FONT SIZE=3 color=#CC0000><b>Proto 1 and Proto 2</b></FONT><br></br>Jesse Sullivan, left, a former high-power lineman, lost both arms in 2001 after being electrocuted on the job. He was fitted with the Proto 1 myoelectric prosthetic-arm system,  which allowed him seven degrees of freedom as well as the ability to grasp objects. Unveiled in August, the Proto 2, right, is a thought-controlled mechanical arm that can perform 25 joint motions, five fewer than a human arm. <br>";

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Tech_ProstheticLimbs[i-1].body = "<br><FONT SIZE=3 color=#CC0000><b>i-LIMB </b></FONT><br></br>Introduced over the summer, the i-LIMB is a myoelectric hand which uses muscle signals to control the device&#146;s movements, which include opening and closing a fist. Signals are picked up by electrodes that sit on the surface of the skin. Its fingers are also individually powered, allowing the user to pinch and hold objects. <br>";

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Tech_ProstheticLimbs[i-1].body = "<br><FONT SIZE=3 color=#CC0000><b>Evolution  Liners</b></FONT><br></br>Paul Selmer&#146;s prosthetist sent a scan of his leg to Evolution Liners, a company that makes custom liners that provide a cushion between the residual limb and the socket of the prosthetic device. <br></br>The technicians at Evolution Liners created an image of the liner in a wire frame over his limb. Like  many other amputees, Selmer had long used wool socks that often chafed and resulted in painful sores. His custom liner, made of medical-grade silicone, pulls sweat away from his body and absorbs shock. The final product looks like the examples above. <br>";

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