Flexible Processor $1

 

From: Chuck Darling

Oct 1, 2024

Re: Application for Flexible Processor

 

Above is an invention I drew up back in 2008, from my pencil sketch ~2005.

 

When I was homeless in DC, I saw many

Veterans with war injuries and prosthetics.

 

I asked them how they felt about their

Hand or Foot devices, and they said they

we're good, but with no sensation...

 

I thought about the myriad types and sizes

of prosthetics, and I realized that a glove

with sensors could be pulled over

any artificial hand, or Foot.

 

The idea is to provide sensors on the

fingers and palms, and to translate

the sensor data to Bluetooth signals,

which would be received by a pad

located somewhere convenient

on the body. 

 

The receiver pad would translate

the signals into physical touch to

the healthy skin, in a pattern that

would replicate the shape of the hand, or Foot.

 

With training, the patient would learn to

associate the sensations to his

artificial limb.

 

Real Nerve Sensation, no Surgery required !

 

This could help nerve damaged people

use their hands effectively, and it would

aid the elderly in walking and keeping balance, if their feet were numb.

 

Potentially, this could be used in

robotics, also, allowing parallel

development paths of different devices

to benefit from the same sensation technology.

 

This new processor technology is flexible, and inexpensive.

 

Bluetooth chips, used in every Smartphone,

are very inexpensive as well.

 

The low cost of the glove design

would make replacement gloves

very affordable !

 

 

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