After an accidental and tragical arm - lopping , Mark Lesek ’s former efforts to find a suitable prosthesis did n’t really pan out . Lesek , a mechanical engineer by trade , took matters into his own hand(s ) . He made one .
The level is in reality a bit more complicated than that . medico ’ initial advice was to give up — his amputation was so close to the articulatio humeri that most mod prosthetic equipment would n’t have go decently . Lesek travel to Melbourne ( he hold out in Tasmania [ a real place ] ) to be fitted with a high - end German unit which , after a year of patchy operation , he abandoned .
Having heard about a metal ‘ n ’ bone - implantation proficiency called osseointegration , Lesek refocus his feat on the pricey foreign technique . A trip to Sweden and $ 80,000 AUD ( about $ 50,000 USD ) netted him a mechanical “ bolt ” that provides an idea of shoulder function — enough to master basic gesture on a prosthetic equipment . Existing bolt - compatible units did n’t beseem his specific work needs or price range , so he decided to set forth designing and constructing his own robo - arms .
His homebuilt limbs are moderately canonic ones ( their capabilities end at pointing and basic movements ) but he ’s now work out with the University of Tasmania to design a calculator — and mayhap brain — controlled prosthesis . This kind of technical school is moving tight at the second , but how far he gets with his creative thinker - meld arm remain to be seen . For now , though , he ’s pretty much the nerveless hobbyist in the world . [ The Mercury ]
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