Prosthetic socket measuring device - GIF

**Altair** · May 17, 2020, 04:42 PM

MIT's FitSocket prosthetic socket measuring device.

Previously:

1500s iron prosthetic hand - photos
1929 one-armed blacksmith prosthetic arm - photo
Elephant prosthetic limb - GIF

**McDesign** · May 18, 2020, 07:18 PM

I could see that going wrong with no load feedback on the ball screws . . .

Forrest in Atlanta

**Karl_H** · May 18, 2020, 07:46 PM

When I first saw the picture in the email, I thought,"now there is a poor soul who is going to need a prosthetic!"

**IAMSatisfied** · May 19, 2020, 09:54 AM

My first thought upon seeing the picture was "Why don't they just use a 3D imaging camera like they have for 3D printers?" But what this machine is doing is taking a measurement of the stump under specific compression, as well as the shape. Pretty nifty.