History
The first prosthetic made during this time period.
What is 800 BCE/Ancient Egypt?
Early prosthetics were often made from this heavy metal.
What is iron?
This organization is a non-profit dedicated to making prosthetics accessible, and is Engineering for Equity’s community partner!
What is e-NABLE?
What part of the body sends signals that control limbs and myoelectric prosthetics (prosthesis controlled by electrical signals from muscles)?
What is the nervous system?
Prosthetics can help people walk, run, and even __
What is swim (or sports)?
After this 19th-century war, prosthetic technology rapidly improved due to the large number of injured soldiers.
What is the American Civil War?
The part of the prosthetic that connects to the body.
What is the socket?
This professional surfer lost her arm at age 13 in a shark attack
Who is Bethany Hamilton?
What part of the brain signals and controls muscles and prosthetic controllers?
What is the motor cortex?
The computer assisted method that can design and print prosthetics.
What is 3D printing?
In the Middle Ages, prosthetics were often made by this type of craftsman, who also made weapons and armor.
What is a blacksmith?
Long ago, what were prosthetics made out of?
What is wood or metal?
This organization is part of the United Nations and aims to improve global public health
What is the World Health Organization (WHO)?
What is the term for the condition where people feel sensations like pain in missing or amputated limbs?
What are phantom limbs?
This many people around the world need prosthetic devices.
What is 35 million?
In the 1960s, prosthetic designs began to incorporate this new technology that allowed for powered movement.
What is electricity?
Modern prosthetics are usually made from this lightweight, strong material (often used in planes!)
What is carbon fiber/titanium?
This Paralympic snowboarder spoke at Casti in 2022!
Who is Amy Purdy?
This sense is the body’s ability to know where it is in space.
What is proprioception or kinesthesia?
Prosthetic limbs used in competitive sports are designed to store and release this type of energy.
What is kinetic (or elastic) energy?
The first myoelectric(motors and batteries) prosthetic arm was developed in this country during the 1960s.
What is Russia/Soviet Union?
These devices can provide sensory feedback so users can “feel” through their prosthetics.
What are haptic sensors/sensory feedback systems?
This inventor and engineer developed the “LUKE Arm,” one of the first FDA-approved advanced prosthetic arms. (Hint: he also founded FIRST robotics!)
Who is Dean Kamen?
What is the name of the technology that allows a user to control a prosthetic directly through brain signals?
What is the brain-computer interface?
In this Star Wars movie, Luke Skywalker gets his hand cut off and receives a prosthetic/robotic arm.
What is The Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars Episode V)?