Prosthetic foot recycles energy
Steven H. Collins (Department of Bio-mechanical Engineering, Delft University of Technology) and Arthur D. Kuo (Departments of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan) have come up with a make new artificial foot which is capable of recycling energy, thanks to a micro controller within which operates a device in the foot itself, helping store energy from the down step followed by releasing it on the up step in order to imitate the natural movement of a human ankle. Further research
into that medical wonder points to an increase in net metabolic energy expenditure by 23% compared to normal walking when using a regular artificial foot, but that new energy recycling ankle lowers that amount to 14%.Permalink: Prosthetic foot recycles energy from Ubergizmo | RSS Sponsor: Win a Fellowes Microshred Paper Shredder!
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