Putting prosthetics on our injured troops
We can agree that the war in Iraq has been tragic and many lives have been taken for not much progress, but what about the troops that have been injured. There are many troops that have lost limbs in the war and are now trying to live with a missing arm or leg. This is a bigger challenge for them than fighting in the war was. Luckily for them, DARPA, or the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has created a prototype mind-controlled prosthetic arm. Yes, I said mind controlled. They have made great strides this summer and have created something that can mimic 25 joint motions. This is such an achievement because the human body’s arm can only make 30 motions. This is by far the closest scientists have been in creating a prosthetic that will match the human body movements.
According to PAGASA(Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration), there will be a total lunar eclipse today, August 28, 2007 which will be visible in eastern Asia, the Pacific, Australasia, America but except the eastern part of South America and the north-eastern parts of North America, and Antarctica according to a press release by PAGASA.
