Smart Prosthetics: Exploring Assistive Devices for the Bo...
The National Academies / Conference Arnold and Mabel Beckman Cent
The 2006 conference, "Smart Prosthetics: Exploring Assistive Devices for the Body and Mind, " attracted scientists, engineers and medical researchers to participate in a series of task groups to develop research plans to address various challenges within the prosthetics field. Eleven conference task groups gave the participants eight hours to develop new research approaches to various challenges, including: build a smart prosthesis that will g...