[IEE EC3 News] IEE EC3 Lecture Reminder

[Bill Pechey]

Dear Colleague,

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I have appended the details of our next lecture and hope to see you there.

Details of our other lectures may be found at - 
http://www.cyber.rdg.ac.uk/people/R.Mitchell/ec3/lectures.htm

Best wishes,

Bill Pechey
Vice-chairman, EC3

IEE Specialised Section for Electronics, Control, Computing & Communications, 
Thames Valley Region	

>From Captain Hook to Robocop - The progress of prosthetics

Dr Peter Kyberd

Department of Cybernetics, The University of Reading
Thursday April 25th 2002 at 19:30

Gordon Lecture Theatre, Department of Engineering, 
Whiteknights Campus, The University of Reading

Light refreshments available from 19:00-19:30

Synopsis
We are all familiar of the image of the hook and peg leg of the seafarers of old as 
well as the gleaming titanium and chrome image of the prosthetic supermen of 
modern fiction. For as long as some humans have been loosing parts of their limbs 
there have been others who have tried to replace them. Until recently the standard 
provision of artificial limbs has owed more to Captain Hook then Sergeant Murphy. 
The pace of change has been limited by the severe constraints that the application 
has placed on the design (weight, power and most importantly, cost). Over the past 
ten years, with the rise of more compact electronics, batteries and motors, it is 
finally becoming possible to imagine a time when the technology will be routinely 
applied to this field. 

The talk will look at the history of prosthetics, discuss the requirements as to what 
is possible today and look forward to the future of this field. 

If you want to know more, come along. Everyone is welcome and no ticket is 
required. Simply turn up on the night.

Contact for more information: rjmitchell@iee.org
Directions: Enter Whiteknights Campus via the Pepper Lane entrance, turn right at 
the roundabout, pass Cybernetics and park in the car park on the left. The lecture 
will be held in building numbered 33 on the map at 
http://www.reading.ac.uk/Maps/central.htm