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  2. Nobuyoshi Tsubota - Wikipedia

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    Tsubota was born in March 1933 in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.He was a boys baseball player. In 1948, at the age of 15, he joined Mizuno. He aspired to become a glove maker, and after a long period of work, at the age of 40, he was finally given the task of making custom-made gloves.

  3. Mechanics of Oscar Pistorius's running blades - Wikipedia

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    Once the result is cooled, it is cut into the shape of the blades. The finished blade is bolted to a carbon fibre socket that is an intimate fit to each of Pistorius' legs. These are custom made and make up the bulk of the total cost, along with the assessment and setting up of the finished prostheses. Each limb costs between $15–18,000 USD. [8]

  4. Flex-Foot Cheetah - Wikipedia

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    The Flex-Foot Cheetah and similar models are worn by Oscar Pistorius and other amputee athletes in the Paralympics and elsewhere. It is made from carbon fibre , and unlike all previous foot prostheses, [ citation needed ] it stores kinetic energy from the wearer's steps as potential energy, like a spring, allowing the wearer to run and jump.

  5. 12-year-old drummer born with no hands receives life-changing ...

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    These days, Tennessee middle school student Aubrey Sauvie, 12, who was born with no hands, says she can bang on her drums as hard or fast as she wants.

  6. Sermoneta Gloves - Wikipedia

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    The American singer/songwriter and actress Katy Perry wore yellow Sermoneta fingerless leather gloves for the May 2012 cover of Teen Vogue. [6]The fictional character Serena van der Woodsen in Cecily von Ziegesar's 2011 novel Gossip Girl, Psycho Killer wear's taupe-colored Sermoneta kidskin gloves when she sneaks into the home of her friend Nate Archibald.

  7. Jaipur foot - Wikipedia

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    A Jaipur foot in production. The Jaipur foot, also known as the Jaipur leg, is a rubber-based prosthetic leg for people with below-knee amputations.Although inferior in many ways to the composite carbon fibre variants, its variable applicability and cost efficiency make it an acceptable choice for prosthesis.

  8. Nokona Athletic Goods Company - Wikipedia

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    By the end of the 1940’s, the company also produced volleyballs, soccer balls, basketballs, striking bags, and boxing gloves, all made of leather. The first Nokona ballglove with Kangaroo leather was produced in 1957. Nokona was the first company to use this leather in a baseball glove; continuing it as a popular part of its lineup today.

  9. Armbinder - Wikipedia

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    A monoglove with a Y-shaped harness configuration. An armbinder or monoglove is a type of restraint device primarily used in bondage play (rather than law enforcement, medicine, or psychiatry), designed to bind the arms and/or hands to each other or to the body, usually behind the back, and employing a range of bondage equipment including cuffs, rods, straps, and gloves.