i
am working on an idea for a super-cheap prosthetic hand/arm, for
amputees in underdeveloped countries, or those that have few funds, here
at home...it involves the use of a "Star wars" hand toy...called a "Star
wars science : darth vader robotic arm", coupled with another "Star wars" toy, called a "Star wars science : the force jedi training tower", as a
controller for the arm...also, a simple battery power supply, may be one of the other few components needed, in addition to that, to
make it work...it seems that the up and down of the ball, via the mind,
could easily be converted a "voltage signal", to actuate the hand, with a few wires, and some
transistors( to step-up loads)...not to bad, for cheap money( the arm is
49.00 bucks, and the "Force trainer" is available on amazon.com, for
89.00....the arm is available on amazon.com also)--
that's 138.00 plus change, for all the major components to have a working arm( i found a used prosthetic arm, for display, on Ebay, that had a workable "stump-mount", for a 75.00 dollar "buy-it-now" price...plus shipping of 15 dollars), so, for about 228.00, you could have most of the stuff...in the third world, they could probably get it going for another 100 bucks...crazy, a serious prosthetic hand, for less than 500 bucks...naturally, the plastic parts are fragile, an issue, but those in poor countries would likely "inject-mold", or "pour", their own replacement parts, as they broke...possibly out of "Jb-weld", or carve them from wood, or reproduce them from another cheap-but-strong material...i have no extra funds to try this right now, but, if i have a few bucks in the future, i might...i really feel that the two toys, coupled together, could do it( in my opinion)...from toys...unbelievable--
best wishes, john kruschke--
that's 138.00 plus change, for all the major components to have a working arm( i found a used prosthetic arm, for display, on Ebay, that had a workable "stump-mount", for a 75.00 dollar "buy-it-now" price...plus shipping of 15 dollars), so, for about 228.00, you could have most of the stuff...in the third world, they could probably get it going for another 100 bucks...crazy, a serious prosthetic hand, for less than 500 bucks...naturally, the plastic parts are fragile, an issue, but those in poor countries would likely "inject-mold", or "pour", their own replacement parts, as they broke...possibly out of "Jb-weld", or carve them from wood, or reproduce them from another cheap-but-strong material...i have no extra funds to try this right now, but, if i have a few bucks in the future, i might...i really feel that the two toys, coupled together, could do it( in my opinion)...from toys...unbelievable--
best wishes, john kruschke--
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