Amputee Life

The key to making sports more enjoyable is doing it with a friendly and relatable group. Ampt Biking offers this camaraderie and more to amputees who want to mountain bike.

Proprioception—the body's ability to perceive its position in space—is vital because it allows us to control our body's movements precisely. However, during amputation, muscles are cut in a way that removes an individual's proprioception, which causes a sense of disembodiment and increases the rejection rate of prosthetic limbs.

Among the most pressing global issues that need to be addressed as soon as possible include the lack of affordable yet high-quality prosthetic limbs and excessive plastic waste. Researchers from De Montfort University (DMU) in Leicester, UK, hope to help solve both problems by creating artificial limbs out of plastic bottles.

Researchers are making great strides in advancing prosthetic technology in terms of agility and movement. But there is much less work being done when it comes to simulating the sense of touch. This fact inspired design student Lorenzo Spreafico to invent a prosthetic arm to restore the sense of touch to people who can't afford it. The prosthesis is called the T1.

Many people have pondered the possibility of prosthetics outperforming biological limbs, and many have looked at prosthetic limbs as an "unfair advantage." However, these bionic limbs are only mimicking what flesh and bone limbs can do.