The fight for womenâs suffrage began long before the turn of the 20th century but decades of lobbying and petitioning had brought only limited success. Many MPs professed sympathy to the cause but suffrage bills were consistently rejected in the House of Commons.
The mind controlled robot fingers you can strap on to do everything from hold a pad to help lift heavy objects. Device can be positioned on all areas of lower arm to do perform functions. Sophisticated hand gestures perform different task, a fist puts it in idle. Can be used as a wrist-worn gripper, a second palm or extra fingers. Controlled electromyography signals from arms and muscles.
Expand the design challenge to have teams make a functional prosthetic arm. For an artificial arm, the primary purpose shifts from being structural to enabling movement. Have students brainstorm ways to make the prosthetic arm move. A bonus challenge is to create a prosthetic arm and/or hand that can pick up an object.