Winter Quarter 2014

ENGR110/210
 Perspectives in Assistive Technology 

David L. Jaffe, MS and Professor Drew Nelson
Tuesdays & Thursdays   4:15pm - 5:30pm
Thornton Center - Classroom 110

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Thursday, February 6th

photo of Gary Berke

Issues of Human Interface Design
Gary M. Berke, MS, CP, FAAOP
Stanford Medical Center

Abstract: Gary will present some challenges of human interface design, using prosthetic limbs as the springboard for discussion.

Biosketch: Gary M. Berke is a prosthetist and an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of Prosthetics in Stanford's Department of Orthopaedic Surgery as well as owner of Gary M. Berke Prosthetics / Orthotics in Redwood City. He has worked and lectured nationally and internationally on prosthetic care and has multiple publications. He has a keen interest in investigating cost effective technologies for enhancement of the lives of those required to use prostheses and orthoses daily while reducing the cost of prosthetic and orthotic care in the future.

Contact information:
Gary M. Berke, MS, CP, FAAOP
Adjunct Clinical Instructor
Stanford University School of Medicine
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Lecture Material:
Pre-lecture slides - 383 Kb pdf file
Slides - 1.73 Mb pdf file
Videos
Slide 02 - Oscar Pistorius puts his Cheetah Legs to the test (1:15)
Slide 02 - Oscar Pistorius – The Blade Runner (3:06)
Slide 37 - Jesse Sullivan Operates a Bionic Arm with his Brain at RIC (1:37)
Audio - 1:08:08 - 15.6 Mb mp3 file
Photos - 305 Kb pdf file
Arne's photos - 1.02 Mb pdf file
Links:
Mechanimals: Animals Fitted with Prosthetics
The 50 Best Inventions of 2009 - The $20 Knee
Give a Hand Project
Bespoke Innovations - produce specialized coverings that surround an existing prosthetic leg
Aimee Mullins - double amputee
New ‘bionic’ leg gives amputees a natural gait
K Activity Levels for Prosthetics

Updated 02/11/2014

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