Prosthetic Limbs : Past, Present, and Future Essay -- Prosthetics Arti

prosthetic outgrowths Past, Present, and FutureAbstractThe purpose of my research paper is to discover how slushy limbs work inconjunction with the human automobile trunk, which plastics ar used in prosthetic limbs, and if thereare any better possible plastics by there that can be used. The 1.9 million people inthe States who have lost limbs find it hard to pay for them, since theyre very(prenominal) expensive,so I looked into materials used, which are currently plastics such as polypropene andcarbon fibers. However, there are still some problems such as slow reaction time somanufacturers and laboratories are looking into alternative solutions such as carbonnanotubes and microchips. Research is expensive though, so I do not see the cost ofprosthetic limbs going go across anytime soon.With the cost of everything going up, the price of artificial limbs are going up aswell, some even reaching $100,000 just for an arm or leg, preventing many people fromgetting one, even though it may be necessary to continue their job and normal life (NewLife and Limbs). infer you were a soldier in the Iraq War. There are about cardinalhundred soldiers who lose limbs from the struggle, which are costly to replace (War FuelsProsthetics). After dowery yourcountry you would have to comehome with your life completelychanged, in particular if you donthave enough money to pay for anew limb. By looking at howartificial limbs work with the bodyand which plastics are used, I willtry to see if there are new plasticswhich can reduce the cost andmake artificial limbs usable tomore people around the world.Although there are only 600 soldiers from the Iraq state of war who have come home withlost limbs and needed to have them replaced, other(a) ... ...t-is-polypropylene.htm.Newtons Apple. Prosthetic Limbs. Reach Out Michigan. Fall 2007. National ScienceTeachersAssociation. 27 July 2008newton/prosthetic05.html.Ossur Prosthetics. Prosthetics by Ossur. Ossur. 14 Aug. 2007. Ossur. 2 8 July 2008.Patel-Predd, Prachi. Sensitive Synthetic throw together in the Works for Prosthetic Arms. IeeeSpectrumOnline. 4 Jan. 2008. 29 July 2008 .Singer, Neal. Prosthetic Limb to be Controlled by Microchip. Sandia. Sandia NationalLaboratories.29 July 2008 .The Associated Press. New life and limbs for Iraq war amputees. MSNBC HealthNews. 8 Mar. 2004.MSNBC. 27 July 2008 .