Palestra interessante do MIT acerca da utilização de próteses ou de outro tipo de dispositivos e tecnologias que melhorem o desempenho das pessoas na realização de tarefas essenciais à sua sobrevivência ou outro tipo de actividades:actividades de lazer, desporto, por exemplo.
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Video length is 1:14:08.
John Durant, Director, MIT Museum, introduces the topic, and the two speakers.
At 2:25, John Hockenberry begins.
At 8:14, Hugh Herr begins.
At 23:09, Durant invites the audience to organize in groups and formulate questions.
At 24:20, Durant reads and takes audience questions.
Questions include:
-How the development of the Segway figures into the story of innovative technologies for disabled people;
-How adequate battery technology is for prostheses;
-Has work been done on decentralized power sources;
-Is the technology adapting to humans or vice versa;
-How economics fits into making new technologies available widely;
-What work is being done to regenerate spinal cord nerves;
-What kinds of ethical issues come up around augmentation.
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