Talk:Prosthesis
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Template:Expand Since time immemorial, prostheses were created by army workshops for the soldiers who lost their limbs in battle. Thus ever since prosthetics seems to be associated with artificial extremeties like the artificial leg and hand, which are functional. Today, many more products can be included. Among those are the life like restorations which serve as a camouflage for those disfigured by accidents, disease, or birth defects.
What is the difference with orthosis and orthopedic???
What about cognitive prosthetics and neuro-prosthetics? --NeuronExMachina 02:27, 2 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Is there an article about implanted microchips ? Should they be considered a type of prosthesis ?
"The night club offers ... a syringe-injected [ RFID ] microchip implanted in their upper arms that ... acts as a debit account from which they can pay for drinks." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3697940.stm
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This article has room for expansion.
- How are prosthesis attached?
- History of prosthesis
- Better description of prosthesis
- etc.