Investigating the adoption of co-creation in prosthetic hands.

TY - CONF

T1 - Investigating the adoption of co-creation in prosthetic hands.

AU - Pullin, Graham

AU - Cook, Andrew

PY - 2018

Y1 - 2018

N2 - Hands of X is about materials, choice and ownership in the co-design of prosthetics. Most innovations in prosthetics still tend to be medically-framed or technology-driven, offering two extremes: anatomical realism or bionic cyborg hands. Hands of Xaffords people with limb difference the possibility of co-creating simple and understated prosthetic hands. In appearance these hands are not “super-realistic” or “super-human” they are “super-normal” (Pullin 2018). The project has received academic and design recognition, it featured in the exhibition Access+ Ability at the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York; was showcased by the V&A Dundee; and received an award for public engagement in research.

AB - Hands of X is about materials, choice and ownership in the co-design of prosthetics. Most innovations in prosthetics still tend to be medically-framed or technology-driven, offering two extremes: anatomical realism or bionic cyborg hands. Hands of Xaffords people with limb difference the possibility of co-creating simple and understated prosthetic hands. In appearance these hands are not “super-realistic” or “super-human” they are “super-normal” (Pullin 2018). The project has received academic and design recognition, it featured in the exhibition Access+ Ability at the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York; was showcased by the V&A Dundee; and received an award for public engagement in research.

UR - https://www.britsoc.co.uk/groups/medical-sociology-groups/medical-sociology-medsoc-study-group/events/event-archive/

M3 - Poster

T2 - 50th Anniversary Annual Conference 2018, Celebrating the Legacy - Medical Sociology

Y2 - 12 September 2018 through 14 September 2018

ER -