today's prosthetic feet and their parts greatly facilitate the lives of disabled people, but at some point using them is not so simple. For example, when raising or lowering the ladder dentures literally need to drag that gives people unnecessary discomfort, and sometimes even lead to painful falls. However, if the efforts of scientists from Institute of Chicago rehabilitation is justified, it soon won't be a problem.

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today's prosthetic feet and their parts greatly facilitate the lives of disabled people, but at some point using them is not so simple. For example, when raising or lowering the ladder dentures literally need to drag that gives people unnecessary discomfort, and sometimes even lead to painful falls. However, if the efforts of scientists from Institute of Chicago rehabilitation is justified, it soon won't be a problem.

So, the staff of the Institute have created a new bionic leg that allows the disabled without problems to climb stairs, kneel and in General to forget about the use of the prosthesis. To do this, the researchers were supplied with their development of a special control system that independently monitors the movements of the user and adapts to changing terrain. To make the system function uses a built-in battery, the resource of which is only enough for 12 hours. However, the mechanism is manifested considerable interest, and the U.S. Armed forces has already begun limited testing of the prosthesis.

If the next tests are successful, the rehabilitation Institute intends to launch a bionic leg for commercial sale. In this case, its price will be about $40 thousand is now worth about as much mechanical knee or ankle. However, the cost of such legs in the near future will be even cheaper: you only need to wait for some progress in the development of mobile processors and methods of 3D printing.