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PROSTHETIC LEG IN SPACE
Paraplegic engineer Michaela Benthaus becomes the first wheelchair user to blast into spaceIn a groundbreaking achievement, Michaela Benthaus, a German engineer who lives with paraplegia, fulfilled her dream of space travel aboard...
Meet the man who lost his leg in a crash but is now set to make space history as an astronautJohn McFall, a British surgeon and former Paralympian who lost his leg in a motorbike accident, has been cleared for a mission to the ISS. ...
Swimmer Ali Truwit makes Paralympics a year after losing lower leg in shark attack while snorkelingAfter a shark attack in May 2023 led to Ali Truwit's leg amputation, she conquered her fear of water and qualified for the 2024 Paris Paral...
ESA to test para-astronaut McFall's prosthetic leg for ‘space poisoning’ | All about itFor the first time a "para-astronaut" will be on a space mission. But his prosthetic leg is a concern for the European Space Agency which w...
Artilab is looking to incubate 45 companies who can build solutions for people with disabilitiesArtilab is also nurturing Turn Plus, a startup that has built an installable swivel seat mechanism which helps the disabled get in and out ...
How makerspaces are helping startups and a new breed of entrepreneurs to innovate new productsThe idea was to set up spaces with a range of tools and promote an open culture that would encourage people to experiment and share ideas s...
Five awesome things that were 3D printed in 2014From being the stuff of sci-fi novels to being installed in space, 3D printers created quite some wonders in 2014.
House-powered by sunlight, under water vehicle: Ideas powered by engineering gradsSome students in Indian engineering colleges are going from books to blueprints, from laboratory projects to real-world products.
- New-age bionics moving closer to robotics with accent on sensing and thought control
With bionics, a blind can see, a deaf can hear and lame can walk. And that’s just the beginning. New-age bionics is moving closer to roboti...