MAKE Volume 29: DIY Superhuman

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:09:00 +0000

We have the technology (to quote The Six Million Dollar Man), but commercial tools for exploring, assisting, and augmenting our bodies really can approach a price tag of $6 million. Medical and assistive tech manufacturers must pay not just for R&D, but for expensive clinical trials, regulatory compliance, and liability -- and doesn't help with low pricing that these devices are typically paid for through insurance, rather than purchased directly. But many gadgets that restore people's abilities or enable new "superpowers" are surprisingly easy to make, and for tiny fractions of the costs of off-the-shelf equivalents. MAKE 29, the "DIY Superhuman" issue, explains how. Buy or Subscribe to MAKE: http://www.makershed.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=25

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MAKE Volume 29: DIY Superhuman