{"id":110686,"date":"2009-12-29T04:58:06","date_gmt":"2009-12-29T09:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecofriend.org\/entry\/eco-tech-kcf-to-develop-self-powered-prosthetic-limb-technology\/"},"modified":"2009-12-29T04:58:06","modified_gmt":"2009-12-29T09:58:06","slug":"eco-tech-kcf-to-develop-self-powered-prosthetic-limb-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/110686","title":{"rendered":"Eco Tech: KCF to develop self-powered prosthetic limb technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2009\/12\/29\/prosthetic-limb_1_Vo6xS_69.jpg\" alt=\"prosthetic limb_1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eco Factor:<\/strong> Self-powered prosthetic limbs to harvest kinetic energy. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kcftech.com\/prosthetic.shtml\">KCF Technologies<\/a> will be receiving a $2 million grant to develop and commercialize self-powered prosthetic limb technology that will improve the quality of life for amputees and improve their ability to return to active military duty.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Prosthetic technology has improved considerably with the invention of computer controlled knee joints. However, limited battery life of these prostheses is a major drawback for military use. The $2 million funding will help KCF develop an energy harvesting device that can be integrated into the lower extremity prosthetic limb. <\/p>\n<p>The energy harvesting system will generate energy from motion during walking and running activity to recharge the onboard batteries on the move. <\/p>\n<p>Image Courtesy: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Army_prosthetic.jpg\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyharvestingjournal.com\/articles\/funds-to-develop-self-powered-prosthetic-limb-technology-00001940.asp?sessionid=1\">Energy Harvesting Journal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eco Factor: Self-powered prosthetic limbs to harvest kinetic energy. KCF Technologies will be receiving a $2 million grant to develop and commercialize self-powered prosthetic limb technology that will improve the quality of life for amputees and improve their ability to return to active military duty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110686\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}