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Vancouver Fashion Week's 2024 extravaganza aims to challenge traditional notions of beauty by featuring breast cancer survivors on the catwalk and showcasing stylish prosthetics. The event, which is the largest and longest-running of its kind in Canada, will include over 50 designers from around the world. The fashion showcase seeks to promote inclusivity, diversity, and resilience, and will also highlight the experiences of newcomers in Canada who are more likely to fall victim to fraud. [Extracted from the article]

Vancouver Fashion Week's 2024 extravaganza aims to challenge traditional notions of beauty by featuring breast cancer survivors on the catwalk and showcasing stylish prosthetics. The event, which is the largest and longest-running of its kind in Canada, will include over 50 designers from around the world. In addition to promoting inclusivity and diversity, Vancouver Fashion Week also supports Canadian and international fashion designers and has become the second-largest fashion week in North America. [Extracted from the article]

The article features former Ukrainian soldier Artem Moroz and his efforts to keep running and participate in races despite his legs being amputated during his service in the military to defend Ukraine against the Russian invasion.

The article discusses the look-alike of U.S. President Donald Trump, Randy Nolen who uses facial prosthetics to transform for entertainment purpose.

The article reports on the study by biologist and engineer Doctor Dagmar Sternad and colleagues to analyze how bullwhips move and how people handle them, with an aim to design prosthetics and robots that can do complicated tasks.

The article discusses the impact of computer technology and the Iraq War on prosthetic research. Researchers are actively trying to create prosthetics that will interact completely with the brain, allowing amputees to regain the function of their missing limbs. Research is more important than ever, with the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan costing some 508 U.S. personnel part of a leg or arm, according to the United States Defense Department, which provides financial support for research groups.

The article reports on the artificial intelligence (AI) platform MyoSuite developed by technology conglomerate Meta that could be useful in the development of prosthetics and post-injury rehabilitation and creation of more realistic three-dimensional (3D) avatars.

Discusses the implantation of prosthetic limbs to Luke Wilson, an Army Ranger who was caught in an ambush outside Baghdad, Iraq. Record of his movements through infrared cameras; Trial-and-error methods and physical therapy sessions for Wilson; Hospital costs.

Reports on efforts to create a prosthesis that could help patients paralyzed below the waist to walk, led by E. Byron Marsolais, chief of rehabilitation medicine at the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Cleveland and an associate professor of orthopedic surgery at Case Western Reserve University. Features of the devices, called neural prostheses; Use of neural prostheses in cohlear implant; Marsolais' restoration of movement in the hips and legs.

The article reports on the partnership between nutrition firm DSM and software firm Twikit to co-develop new 3D printed solutions for medical, automotive, and apparel applications. It mentions that DSM and Twikit are working on an end-to-end production workflow for 3D printed orthotics and prosthetics, showcasing additive manufacturing’s unparalleled customizability.

The article describes a new surgical technique that can be used to treat a malformed anterior segment and to transplant a new biosynthetic prosthetic assembly stimulating the anterior segment. There is a need to measure the maximum horizontal diameters and vertical diameters of the staphyloma. Particular focus is given to the components of the bioprosthetic implant, as well as to the dissection process. To secure the graft over the host, monofilament nylon sutures were placed. A double syringe delivery system was used to inject the fibrin glue.

Focuses on Dawn Halfaker and Danielle Green, both former basketball players, who were among the first women to lose limbs while earning Iraq campaign ribbons. Background on the two women's injuries; How both had dreamed of playing professional basketball; Account of how Halfaker and Green met in the occupational therapy clinic; College accomplishments; Their complicated relationship, despite similar circumstances; Biographical details; Attitudes regarding their artificial limbs; How Halfaker and Green have adjusted.

The articles discusses a new prosthesis which allows amputees to swim naturally in the water using both legs. Topics include fully functional swim legs developed by Eschen Prosthetic company and Orthotic Laboratories, how these waterproof prosthetic legs can propel through water, and efforts of designer Todd Goldstein in programming a three dimensional printer to provide propulsion in water.

The article discusses the increasing incidences of amputations and use of prosthetics in recent times. It mentions that more than 4000 amputations were recorded in New York city in the year 2014 and the statistics indicate that across the U.S., more than half of all amputations are because of vascular disease. About 45 percent are because of trauma and less than 2 percent because of cancer. It is also mentioned that there could be complications due to amputation and reconstruction.

The article focuses on the support of lingerie boutique Cherry Blossom Intimates in the Woodmore Town Centre in Largo, Maryland to breast cancer survivors through creating prosthetics for them.

The article tells the story behind the photo essay published in the January 27, 2019 issue of "The New York Times Magazine," featuring Irish filmmaker and photographer Ross McDonnell's photographs of prosthetics left behind by Afghans who received new limbs from an orthopedic clinic in 1995.

The article discusses U.S. army veteran and yoga instructor Dan Nevins. It mentions the author experience of how yoga helped him cope with loss of both his legs which he suffered during an explosion in Iraq. Topics include his struggles with the amputee rehabilitation program, teaching yoga to his friends, and his relations with his prosthetics.

The article reports on development of an innovative way of using the sun to power a synthetic skin used on prosthetic limbs by engineers at the University of Glasgow in Scotland; and mentions contribution of the research towards advanced prosthetic limbs.

The article focuses on Gracie Rosenberger, a disabled person who founded the non profit organization Standing With Hope, with support from her husband Peter, and talks of effort for family care outreach and prosthetic limb ministry, and partnering with Republic of Ghana to provide prosthetics.

The article profiles teenager Gama Droiville, focusing on his recovery after losing in an eye when caught in the crossfire of a gunfight in Brooklyn, New York City. Topics addressed include Droiville's adjustments to life with a prosthetic eye following the shooting, including discussions of social difficulties, as well as various operations Droiville has undergone.

The article offers information on testing and running of athlete Hunter Woodhall in an invitational 400-meter heat race on March 11, 2017, and concerns of track-and-field officials over consideration of use of prosthetic limbs in races.

The article focuses on a debate regarding competition between athletes with disabilities and able-bodied athletes. Topics include the victory of Markus Rehm, a jumper with an amputated leg, during the Paralympics 2012 and German Athletics Championships, and qualification for the European Championship, the views of Germany track and field officials regarding the advantage of prosthetic leg devices for athletes, and Rehm's disqualification for the European game event following prosthetic issues.

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The article discusses the families affected by the Boston Marathon bombings in Massachusetts as of April 29, 2013, with a focus on how family members have provided social support to those injured in the bombings and strategies for coping. Topics include victims requiring amputations, medical professionals in attendance at the race, and prosthetics.

The article focuses on the advantage of a rotating high flexion prosthesis over standard knee prosthesis.

The article discusses a study on the relative risk of revision found among 8,059 cementless total hip arthroplasty (THA) procedures performed with large-diameter head metal-on-metal prostheses.

The article reports on mechanical designer and inventor Mark Stark's creation of a low-cost, flexible prosthetic hand called the Natural Dexterous Hand or Stark Hand. He developed the device for his friend Dave Vogt, who was born without a left hand due to a congenital birth defect. The artificial hand is constructed from plastic, with each finger and joint operating individually. Other building materials used include rubber finger cots, the grip from a glove, and fishing line.

The article discusses research aimed at eventually enabling paralysis patients to control artificial limbs and other devices with their brain waves. Experiments at Duke University have shown monkeys can learn to control avatars on a computer screen via brain waves. In 2014 a program under Duke neurobiologist Miguel Nicolelis will begin testing a full-body prosthetic manipulable by brain waves.

The article announces that the prosthetic arm, IKO Creative Prosthetic System, made of Lego by designer Carlos Torres has won the grand prize at the Netexplo forum for digital technology in Paris, France.