Mechanical Engineering students at University of Illinois are expanding prosthetic technology to those who did not have access to it before. Approximately 80% of the worlds amputees live in developing countries and this new prosthetic arm can be made cheaply and does not need to be custom fit.
The frontier is typically thought of as the edge of the settled country, or the edge of what is comfortable. This is expanding the frontier of the medical world where accessibility is universal. Where access to healthcare is a basic human right and not just that of the wealthy.
http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2012/11/01/ts-prosthetic-arm.cnnmoney/
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