Professor aspires toward the perfect prosthetic design
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Professor aspires toward the perfect prosthetic design

Fujisawa : Japan | Aug 11, 2012 at 11:05 AM PDT
Source: Japan Times
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That's the idea Shunji Yamanaka is trying to express through his design of next-generation prosthetic limbs. Yamanaka, a product designer and professor of media studies at Keio University's Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC), became interested in prosthetics after seeing South African double-amputee... FULL ARTICLE AT Japan Times
 
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