MEDICINE
Electronic Prosthetics
Prosthetic implants is an artificial device that replaces missing limbs/body parts. These could be lost through trauma, unfortunate events, or even conditions during birth. Artificial limbs help fill the gap of what you cant do with the loss of the part. These actions could help, run, walk, eat, or even dressing. Top of the line prosthetics can even let you function as well as having a real body part in that area. I believe prosthetics will evolve into a new state. This being the prosthetic can connect to inside your body and function exactly like how it was before.
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How are prosthetics controlled by the prosthetist?
There are 2 main types of prosthetics. Body powered, and electronic prosthetics, but as time passes, electronic prosthetics are gaining popularity. Advances in technology have made these devices easier to operate and better able to mimic normal functions. Electronic arm prosthetics are mostly powered by battery. Programmed electrical signals control the devices and sent from the brain to the muscles in the arm allowing the device to move. I feel that this code and development is very impressive as it does not only use the device but the human aswell. As these muscles individually contract, the signal is recorded and mage stronger in the prosthesis, allowing the hand to perform basic opening and closing movements.
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How are hearing aids programmed?