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The Challenge: Improving BIONIC LIMBS 

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​Level 1 - Get Acquainted with the topic

Video: Hugh Herr: New Bionics Let Us Run, Climb and Dance (19:00)
Video: Nicole Roundy: The Science of Snowboarding: A Fembot Perspective (11:20)
Video: Abu Yilla - Disability Sport: The Future for Superior Sport Performance (15:54 min)

Think about and consider what you heard

  • Do you agree with what was presented?  What is it you agree about?
  • Do you disagree with anything that was presented?  What is it you disagree with?
  • What ideas do you have about this?
  • Are you interested in working in health care?
  • What things are you passionate about?  What excites your spirit?
  • If you could get a job that was so cool you wouldn't mind if you weren't paid for doing it - what would it be?
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​Level 2 - Digging Deeper into the topic

Video: Lyman Connor: Top 5 Bionic Arm
Video: Austrian Men Become First In The World To Use Ground-Breaking Bionic Hands (1:21)
Video: Julia Wilde: What Is The Future of Robotic Limbs? (3:52)
Video: Can Prosthetics Outperform Real Limbs? (5:44 min)
Video: Max Ortiz Catalan: Bionic Limbs Integrated to Bone, Nerves, And Muscle (13:14)
Video: Jeanette Pritchard: Bionic Vision And The Blind (15:25)
Video: Dnews: Bionic Eye Cures Blindness (3:12)
Video: Empowered Doctor: Australian Women Receives World's First Bionic Eye Implant (1:42)
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​Level 3 - Get involved in the topic! share it with others.

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Dr. Gregory A. Clark
"I am interested, but how do I get myself involved?"
Getting involved is always the hard part right?  Let's get you linked with some sources that could help you!  Check the link below and take a look at this website. When you begin to explore the website, be sure to get your mentor involved! Ask them questions if you are still having trouble getting involved with this topic! 
Enable community
Whether you liked or didn't like what you saw in the Enable Community Foundation.  Let's get you involved in the MESA Utah link.  Here you will find out about the Utah State University Physics Day where you can be apart of team to help research, design, and assemble an actual prosthetic arm. 
MESA UTAH
Dr. Gregory A. Clark is a part of the Bioengineering Department at the University of Utah.  Dr. Clark and his team are working to connect an advanced prosthetic arm to the user’s neuromuscular system so that it will feel, look, and move just like a real hand.  Click on the buttons below and on Dr. Clarks picture to check what Dr. Clark and his team are up to!
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