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Dean Lawrence Kamen (/ ˈ k eɪ m ɪ n /; born April 5, 1951) is an American engineer, inventor, and businessman.He is known for his invention of the Segway and iBOT, [2] as well as founding the non-profit organization FIRST with Woodie Flowers.
In 1998, entrepreneur Jean-Yves Dubé formed Energy and Propulsion Systems (EPS), a company in Quebec, Canada. [1] In 2000, the name was changed to "BionX". In 2008, the company was acquired by Magna [2] and by then its motors had become standard in many ebikes in Europe and North America, including bikes by Trek and Matra, [3] Kalkhoff.
In 1998 he fitted a fellow Scot, Campbell Aird with an electrical arm prosthesis containing the world's first electrical shoulder. [2] In 2002 he founded and spun out the first company from the NHS, Touch EMAS Ltd and became its first CEO. He invented the i-limb and ProDigits partial hand system (later i-limb digits, now i-digits).
This is the case of the bionic hand that Professor Bertolt Meyer uses for all kinds of daily tasks that were impossible before such.
Limbitless Solutions, Bionic Arms. Limbitless Solutions is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in the United States that uses additive manufacturing (3D printing) to create accessible, yet affordable personalized bionics and prosthetic partial arms for children with limb deltas [1] The organization says their bionic arms are manufactured for under $400, 1% of the standard production ...
Jordan Marotta’s mother Ashley said the Iron Man-style arm was an ‘instant confidence boost’ for her son. Boy, five, born without hand becomes world’s youngest to get bionic Hero Arm Skip ...
An eight-year-old girl born without a left hand has fulfilled her dream of skipping after being fitted with a bionic arm in time for Christmas. Zoey and her family, from Telford, worked with the ...
The i-LIMB Hand is the brand name of world's first commercially available bionic hand invented by David Gow and his team at the Bioengineering Centre of the Princess Margaret Rose Hospital in Edinburgh, and manufactured by Touch Bionics. The articulating prosthetic hand has individually powered digits and thumb and has a choice of grips. The i ...