MedTech-IQ member, John Wilbanks ... Named one of "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World,"

Colleagues,

Congratulations to John Wilbanks!

John, executive director of Science Commons, has just been honored by the Utne Reader as one of the "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World." (The list also honors the Dalai Lama, so he's in good company.)

Utne describes Johns' work at Science Commons as an effort "to spur innovation and discovery by making scientific research and resources easier to share." As Johns says, “We have a network of knowledge. ... We need to liberate it enough that it can actually take off.”

Read on at: http://www.utne.com/Politics/50-Visionaries-Changing-Your-World-Hop...

ENJOY!

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Comment by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on November 1, 2009 at 10:25am: Colleagues,

I have been informed that we have a second MedTech-IQ member that has been selected by UTNE as on of "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World" ... Jonathan Kuniholm: Prosthetics Engineer.

As related in the UTNE article ... After losing an arm while serving as a Marine in Iraq in 2005, Jon needed a replacement. He tried several prostheses but found the best available option to be a body-powered arm with a split hook—patented in 1912...

... Jon has since focused on turning research into reality, using novel approaches like open-source design to push improvements all the way to consumers. As a researcher at Duke University, he’s one of more than 300 engineers working on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Revolutionizing Prosthetics program...

.. Jon hopes to advance the prosthetic arm market, which is relatively small, by tapping into a larger one. Through the Open Prosthetics Project he’s developing a video game controller that could be instrumental in bridging the gap between the niche and the mass market...

... For more on Jon’s other projects, check out his design firm, Tackle Design Inc., which launched the Open Prosthetics Project. You can also hear him talk about open source prosthetic design on NPR’s Marketplace...

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