Feeling Like You're All Thumbs Might Be a Good Thing!

This from Insider - London-based product designer, Dani Clode designed a third thumb to change the way people think about prosthetics. Clode believes that prosthetics extent a wearer's ability. They shouldn't be regarded as a replacement to part of the human body. The third thumb is made from a series of interconnected parts: a hand piece, an attachment, cables, motors, and two Bluetooth controllers.

See more from Dani Clode: http://daniclodedesign.com/ https://www.instagram.com/dani_clode/

The First Six Minutes!

I received this from Ken Gracey at Parallax today. This is what can be done by supporting Parallax and their work. You can help the Future Innovators Fund by clicking here.

"The first six minutes: (see below)

In the P2 community most participants are over 40 (or 60!) and male. There are two women who have been participating and a few blind folks, but none of the participants are young, except for Kevin. Kevin seems to be at every P2 Live Forum and is building whatever circuits are being shown, with Parallax hardware. The community has been sending him support via Parallax.

Nobody knows where and how he got started. His parents are typical parents with typical jobs. When he was seven years old he designed a circuit board and ordered it from China with his dad’s credit card. That started this march forward with electronics, 3D printing, etc.

When we have our P2 Expo, you can count on him having a table to show his projects and making a few presentations, too.

Ken Gracey, CEO"

Ascend - A Wearable Robotic Orthosis

Ascend is a smart knee orthosis designed to improve mobility and relieve knee pain. The customized, lightweight, and comfortable design reduces burden on the knee and intuitively adjusts support as needed. Ascend provides a safe and non-surgical solution for patients with osteoarthritis, knee instability, and/or weak quadriceps. Thanks to Evan Ackerman and Fan Shi at IEEE SPECTRUM for sharing this!

Something for Eric

My friend, and fellow roboticist Eric Ostendorff (aka erco) was with Mattel for years with the Hot Wheels' group. I saw this on HACKADAY, Modding a Hot Wheels Car into a Radio Controlled Drift Weapon. He would LOVE it!

Disney Imagineering’s Project Kiwi

Read this great stroy, titiled, "Disney Imagineering’s Project Kiwi is a free-walking robot that will make you believe in Groot" by Matthew Panzarino over at TechCrunch. The research and development studio at Disney Imagineering has achieved a lifelike robotics milestone! You can see the whole article here and this video below is featured too. REALLY cool!

A Small Virtual Fry's?

This is sort-of fun, and a creative idea. Check it out!

Solarbotics' Active-Tech Store - https://solarbotics.com/active-store-products/ Feels a bit like really walking around the store...

Another Episcopal Priest and Roboticist!

Insanely jealous! As soon as I read it, I said, "This is heading straight to my blog!" Going to write her too! Another Episcopal Priest and Roboticist! AND look where she is the rector! I am rector at a St. Alban's Church, too!

Read all about it here at the Episcopal News Service (ENS) Click here.