... in the news
note: kinea design was formerly Chicago PT.
Revolutionizing Prosthetics Project
Awards:
- National Academy of Science: Outstanding Technology of the Year Award - 2007
- 2007 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Awards (November 2007)
News:
- Design News (December 2007): Engineers Pitch Medical Marvels with Motion Systems
- Popular Mechanics (November 2007): DARPA-Funded Proto2 Brings Mind Control to Prosthetics.
- Wired Magazine (August 7, 2007): The World's Most Advanced Bionic Arm.
- Popular Science (August, 2007): Bionic Made Better
- Popular Mechanics (August, 2007): Top 4 New Breakthrough Medical Devices: Live @ DARPATech
- YouTube (August, 2007): Video - DARPA's Bionic Hand
- Danish Technological Institute (July, 2007): DARPA joins industry, academia to build better prosthetic arms
- National Public Radio (NPR) - All Things Considered (June, 2007): Researchers Pursue Truly Functional Prosthetic Arm
- Rehab Today (May 14, 2007): Researchers Introduce the First DARPA Limb Prototype
- Rehab Today (May 2, 2007): Prosthetic Arm Pushes Team Towards Goal
- Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Lab (April 26, 2007): Revolutionizing Prosthetics 2009 Team Delivers First DARPA Limb Prototype
- Physics Today (September, 2006): PDF - Darpa Joins Industry, Academia to build better prosthetic arms
- Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Lab (February 9, 2006): APL to Lead Team Developing Revolutionary Prosthesis
KineAssist™ Project
Awards:
- 2005
IDEA Silver (for design research)
News:
- Pioneer Local (October 30, 2008): Relearning to walk with help from robot,by Joanna Broder
- US News & World Report (September 19, 2008): How Robots are Aiding Stroke Rehabilitation,by Nancy Shute
- LA Times (January 30, 2006): In The Lab by Chris Woolton, Rehab's robotic revolution.
- Therapy, R2D2 Style (June 30, 2006): Psychology Today.
- Ivanhoe Medical Breakthroughs (June 12, 2006): Robot Rehab for Stroke.
- Chicago Tribune (July 2, 2005): Inside Technology article: Robots nearing key role in physical rehab, Jon Van.
- Advance for Physical Terapists & PT Assistants (Vol. 16, Issue 19, Page 61 - August 29, 2005): Walking This Way: KineAssist offers therapists, patients new options, Rob Senior.
- Chicago Sun-Times (September 14, 2005): SciTech article: Startup designs robot that helps physical therapy, Sandra Guy.
- JAMA (The Journal for American Medical Association, September 14, 2005 - Vol. 294, No.10) article: Rehabilitation Medicine Welcomes a Robotic Revolution, by Rebecca Voelker.
- MIT Tech Review (September 2005) article: Robotic Rehab: Chicago PT wants to help stroke survivors learn to walk again
- The following news segments require a divx compatible player. One can be downloaded from http://www.divx.com/divx/player/).
- Local (Chicago) NBC News segment (8MB).
- Local Fox News segment (21MB).
- Local ABC News segment (9MB).
- Local ABC Healthbeat segment (41MB).
