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App that could use smartphone selfies to screen for pancreatic cancer

Father creates a bionic limb for his baby son using Xbox scanner and 3D printer

Ben Ryan, who invented the ‘revolutionary’ arm after being told by doctors there was nothing they could do, is trying to raise £150.000 to develop the ingenious device. He looked for another way and eventually used the Microsoft Xbox Kinect scanner plugged in to his laptop to easily scan Sol’s arm while he was asleep. He taught himself the basics of product design and development, using Fusion 360 software.

Blind artist challenges the idea of visual arts by improving a cane

Carmen Papalia attempted to produce a system of access for himself that would better serve his needs than a white cane. He created Mobility Device, a collaborative performance that allows him to claim agency by abandoning his white cane for a marching band that serves as his primary navigation system. As part of a site-specific performance of Mobility Device, he explored downtown Santa Ana while the Great Centurion marching band from Century High School provided musical cues, indicating objects, obstacles, and other information that they felt might be relevant to him on his journey.

Paralyzed man designs innovative wheelchairs

Rory Cooper was in the army serving in Germany when a bicycle accident left him paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. Cooper designed innovative wheelchairs and other assistive technology equipment that has greatly improved the mobility and quality of life for hundreds of thousands of disabled veterans and other Americans.

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