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Iraq War Veteran Wants to Revolutionize Prosthetics
U.S. Marine engineer officer Jonathan Kuniholm lost his arm while serving in Iraq in 2005. An improvised explosive device detonated, severing his right arm below the elbow. Since then, Kuniholm has focused his energy on a project to develop fully functional prosthetic arms. The Revolutionizing Prosthetics 2009 program is a DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) effort comprised of 300 engineers that began out of a need to significantly improve prosthetics technology.
February 24, 2009
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A slideshow in IEEE Spectrum online features Kuniholm in his journey for better prosthetics. He also started the Open Prosthetics Project, an online group that facilitates open discussion of design ideas for the devices and promotes open standards. In an article that is scheduled to appear in the March issue of IEEE Spectrum, Kuniholm will discuss how developing the next generation of prosthetic arms can pull from the creativity found in gaming technology such as Guitar Hero.
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