Prosthetics

Throughout my life, though has not been very long, I have experienced many of things. Some events were life changing, some were just little bumps and crevices in which evolved me into the being I am today. The most powerful events were long-term periods of doubt or self-enlightenment, but the most occurring ones were the short-term periods of constantly shrouding one’s self into a pit of despair, longing and here and there a big spike of happiness. After reading Okahandja Lessons by…

One out of every four deaths in the U.S. is caused from cancer.(simple) Doctors and scientist have been looking for a cure for decades, but they have been neglecting the one right in front of them, genetic engineering. The next generation of this world could be called perfect with just a slight change in a baby’s DNA. No more sickness or deadly(adverb) disease will be in this world anymore because of this method. Genetic engineering should be morale and used in every child. There are more than…

The Running Dream, written by Wendelin Van Draanen, is a story about a girl named Jessica and an event that changes her life forever. After setting a record in the 400, Jessica’s bus gets in a tragic accident that not only causes Jessica to lose the bottom half of her leg, but also causes the death of one of Jessica’s teammates. Jessica must relearn daily tasks, including how to walk. Because running is all Jessica wants to do, her team has to come up with $20,000 to buy her a running leg. After…

Human walking has been studied extensively with the assumption of steady-state gait. However, we rarely walk under steady-state conditions. Acceleration and deceleration, obstacle negotiation, disturbance rejection and turning are all examples of behavior that require modulation of walking speed which is in turn driven by transient changes in muscle activations. A few studies in recent years have explored characteristics of transient walking [1], [2], [3]. It has been suggested that control of…

support while waiting on the transplant list. In some cases, artificial organs can eliminate the need for transplantation altogether however there are many benefits and costs to artificial organs which prevents this. Other artificial organs such as prosthetic limbs and cochlear implants, which are for those in no need of transplants, allow for the people involved to interact and move into society with more ease and it also improves their social interactions by helping them to take better care…

There are currently several different treatments that can be used for patients who are diagnosed with erectile dysfunction. One of the most common treatments is the administration of drugs, specifically phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5 inhibitors). PDE5 inhibitors are currently considered as the first line of therapy for patients who have erectile dysfunction as indicated by the American Urological Association (AUA), and some include sildenafil (Viagra), vardenafil (Levitra), tadalafil…

Why Transhumanism is a Good Concept Transhumanism has become a remarkably controversial topic- with half of society agreeing with their plans and the other half disagreeing. Two intellectuals spoke out about their views on the subject: Francis Fukuyama and Ronald Bailey, each on a differing side. While Fukuyama makes an argument against the transhumanists, Bailey makes a compelling argument for them. He does so by justifying why enhancing humanity is a human thing to do, while also…

hard because it was clear he was not going to be able to continue as a CDL box truck driver as he has been for 15 years. But, much to my surprise he took it well. He immediately started asking his doctors what the next option was, how does he get a prosthetic, how does he take a test to get a new driver’s license, even where he could get a fancy eye patch made. That could have been an extremely down time for him but instead he made the best out of the fact that it was only an eye and that he…

Over the past twenty years, technology has completely changed the way we live. It changed the way we communicate, the way we travel and the way we work. Further, technology has made a big impact on human development. Technology has affected the development in various aspect of human life. However, I will be covering how technologies affected the development in medicine, communication, education and agriculture. Before the 19th century, the average human life expectancy was only 30 to 40 years.…

Is the Continued Research and Development in Brain-Computer Interfaces and EEG Sensors Worth the Effort? Perception is defined as a way of regarding, understanding, or interpreting the world around us. Humans perceive reality through our five traditional senses; the sense of sight, sound, taste, smell, and touch. The nervous system allows the brain to interpret information gathered from our senses in the form of electrical charges. Sometimes, due to implications or diseases that we receive, our…