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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Students Create $20 Prosthetic Leg -- and It Works!]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/04/20/students-create-20-functioning-prosthetic-leg/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/04/20/students-create-20-functioning-prosthetic-leg/</guid><description><![CDATA[This sounds like "The Man In The White Suit" scenario.  The big time limb manufacturerers will not allow it to happen. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Mc Gowan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 20th 2009 11:09AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Students Create $20 Prosthetic Leg -- and It Works!]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/04/20/students-create-20-functioning-prosthetic-leg/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/04/20/students-create-20-functioning-prosthetic-leg/</guid><description><![CDATA[I am glad it is being publicized. Congratulations to the students who worked on such a worthwhile project. This could mean so much to so many. I hope it is picked up by someone who can see it manufactured at a low price in quantity. The companies who rip everyone off with the unbelievable amounts they charge for such a necessary piece of equipment should be ashamed of themselves. Wheelchairs and braces are the same way.Go Stanford!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 20th 2009 11:26AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Students Create $20 Prosthetic Leg -- and It Works!]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/04/20/students-create-20-functioning-prosthetic-leg/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/04/20/students-create-20-functioning-prosthetic-leg/</guid><description><![CDATA[This article just goes to exemplify how much our current medical system is composed of thieves. It mentions $10K for a prosthetic limb. These students built one for $20. I grew up with a young man who lost his arm in a car accident, along with losing his mother who was driving at the time. We'd often play with his prosthetic arm with modifications, various "attachments", etc. I remember it was quite expensive and he ultimately had paid for three of them. One was the standard "hook", another with a plastic "hand" so it wouldn't be so obvious, and the third was a sort of "pincher" looking thing. The third was our experimental model, we'd modified that so much. It was awesome and he got a lot of use out of it. Necessity is indeed the mother of invention. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith Hubbard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 20th 2009 2:30PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Students Create $20 Prosthetic Leg -- and It Works!]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/04/20/students-create-20-functioning-prosthetic-leg/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/04/20/students-create-20-functioning-prosthetic-leg/</guid><description><![CDATA[lol  pretty soon you will be able to buy prosthetic limbs at wal mart  lol  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[xbplaya1122]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 20th 2009 6:40PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
