In the newest Season 4 episode of Unfold, a 不良研究所 podcast, we look at how the combination of surgery and machine learning is making life easier for amputees.
Nearly half of all arm amputees choose not to use their prosthesis, despite improvements in technology. Prosthetic devices can be too difficult to operate, unintuitive, and don鈥檛 allow amputees to sense pressure or temperature. At 不良研究所, engineers, neuroscientists and surgeons are collaborating to solve this problem.
In this episode:
- , assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering
- , neuroscientist and professor in the Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences
- , assistant professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery, 不良研究所 Health
- , associate professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery, 不良研究所 Health
- , certified prosthetist-orthotist and biomedical engineer, 不良研究所 Health
- Fehran Maher, certified prosthetist-orthotist, 不良研究所 Health
- David Brockman, retired firefighter, hand amputee with prosthesis
Next week, the award-winning podcast will launch its final episode of the season, 鈥淟inking Wartime Trauma to Dementia in Vietnamese Communities.鈥 Meet the 不良研究所 researcher embarking on the first long-term study examining early life contributors to dementia in Vietnamese communities.
Unfold is available free, on demand on Podcasts, , , , on your smart speaker or wherever you get your podcasts. Original music for Unfold comes from 不良研究所 alumnus Damien Verrett and Curtis Jerome Haynes. Follow on Twitter at @Unfoldpodcast.
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- Amy Quinton, News and Media Relations, 530-601-8077, amquinton@ucdavis.edu
- Marianne Russ Sharp, 不良研究所 Health, 916-549-0209, marsharp@ucdavis.edu