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Monthly Archives: February 2010

sleep suit for urban power nappers
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sleep suit for urban power nappers

Posted on February 27, 2010 by sarahendren • 1 Comment

The adaptable, take-anywhere sleep cocoon by Forrest Jessee—via Dornob. Continue reading »

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BigDog: a robotic tank mule for the future

Posted on February 22, 2010 by sarahendren • 2 Comments

This blew me away—genuine all-terrain robotics from Boston Dynamics. My collaborator Brian Glenney wondered aloud whether this kind of technology might, in another form, supercede the wheelchair model in the future? Worth watching all the way through, as this sentient-ish creature rights itself on ice, etc. Continue reading »

USB drive in your finger
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USB drive in your finger

Posted on February 12, 2010 by sarahendren • Leave a comment

This hacker lost his finger in a motorcycle accident, so the doctor implanted a USB drive into his prosthetic finger. Thanks, Zach, for pointing me to this! Continue reading »

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Abler is run by Sara Hendren. I'm tracking and commenting on art, adaptive technologies and prosthetics, the future of human bodies in the built environment, and related ideas. At my personal site, I document my own artworks and experiments in collaborative research.

If you’re looking for the big ideas animating this site, start here or read my recent interview with Rhizome, "Inside the Prosthetic Imaginary."

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