On hold, but for better reasons.

 I'm working on a tech startup that will be unfortunately placing this project on hold. However, if things go to plan, I will eventually have a means in which to fund this fully. I'm not giving up on this plan, as it is my life goal, but I will be using this opportunity as a means of officially setting up an arm of the company in future years to help fund high end prosthetics.

Now that I'm a proficient programmer, I'm going to look more into myo-electrics and how to find ways to filter out noise generated by non-activated muscle groups (idle noise). I have a few ideas but currently no means of applying them. 

Will have an inventory of stuff I'm using to make the first prototype with soon.

Progress

 Progress is coming along. Will have some exciting stuff to post here shortly.

2021

 This year is going to be a good one.

Alongside another project that I'm working on (in the realm of financial technology), this is hopefully going to really take place now. 

I know it's been almost a year since starting this idea, and I am still adamant about my goal, but of course Covid throws a spanner into the works, and then everything gets thrown around until eventually something resembling development emerges. 

Once I've done my initial sketches, and got my financial sourcing for this endeavour underway, I can assure you development will intensify and actual development pictures will start appearing a lot more.

Covid-19

Unfortunately, Covid-19 has sort of roadblocked all my progress, coupled with University, I really have struggled to muster the motivation to continue work on this.

However, this is a temporary roadblock, and I'll keep progressing once things really return to normal, which will allow me to keep working on this project.

Currently I've done roughly 3-4 designs of what I believe a first iteration would be, and then eventually progress onto getting a 3D model made using Blender or 3DS Max. Using some AutoCAD software would be preferable, and I'll probably end up switching over to that, so whatever happens, happens.

Anyway, I thought I'd provide a basic update, considering I've been off this blog for a few months now. Uni is starting back up in a week or so, so that means I'll have to again postpone work until the summer, when I can fully work on this. This means that my time will be split down the middle, as I'm currently working on another project with a team of developers to produce some piece of software, so when that's complete (which shouldn't be too long), then I'll be on the home stretch working on my cybernetics project.

So yeah, see ya in a bit.

The Plan for 2020

Hi, so here is the plan for 2020:

1. Get a 3D printer and learn how to use CAD software (will do some test prints and stuff to make sure I know what I'm doing).
2. Make a rudimentary 3D model of my hand in CAD (or Blender, depending on whatever is easier), and then get some actual dimensions, proportions and ratios for my hand to gauge what a proper bionic hand should be sized at.
3. Purchase some motors that can work with an Arduino microprocessor, something that can actuate accordingly to simulate hand movement.
4. Print out the components required to make my hand operational.
5. Assemble it, complete the wiring and run some basic tests and debugging on my code.
6. Hopefully that should be nice and complete.

This is the first step in achieving my dreams, so hopefully it should take this whole year to accomplish this, and then eventually it's on to improving the hand, and hopefully acquiring a bigger funding pool to pursue this project to make both better hands, but one that can replicate human movement precisely with Myo-electric stimulus.

Free Cybernetics

This is a project of mine starting 6th April 2020. I've always been fascinated with the concept of interfacing machines with Mankind.

Essentially, I'm trying to learn how to program/engineer, and produce cybernetic parts for the human that meet, and or supercede the function of the human body.

The plan (right now) is to try attain a 3D printer, some electronics like an Arduino Microprocessor, servos/motors to produce a prototype hand that responds to myo-electric input. That's my goal for 2020.

Long term, the goal is to try make a hand that is equal to human function in terms of speed, accuracy, responsiveness to input and similar weight.

I will keep this blog updated weekly (or monthly depending on how long certain things take), and take photos of the project that I'm undertaking/books/texts that I'm reading to trying to achieve this.

In a week or two, I'll hopefully have my first prototype design completed (both paper, and Blender with textures), and will post them on here