Bluetooth prosthetic legs are artificial limbs that use Bluetooth technology to help double-amputees to walk. As profiled in a January 2008 CNN report, the first pairs were given to Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua Bleill, and Army Lt. Col. Gregory Gadsonan, both Iraq War veterans and above-the-kneee double-amputees.
How They Work
Motorized prosthetics had been used before, but presented a problem for double-amputees, when they would get out of sync. Bluetooth transmitters allow the legs to send signals to one another, in order to coordinate stride. The user can control speed by exerting pressure with the thigh muscles.
