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View full screenProsthetic arm, EMAS (Edinburgh Modular Arm System), the world's first bionic arm, designed as a modular system so the joints could be fitted to patients with a range of different prosthetic needs, metal and plastic, this arm was fitted to Robert Campbell Aird, part of the research and education collections of the Southeast Mobility and Rehabilitation Technology (SMART) Centre, Edinburgh, resulting from the research of David Gow, Edinburgh, 1998
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Gow, David James, 1957 (b.), Researcher
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe
1990s
Southeast Mobility and Rehabilitation Technology (SMART) Centre
Aird, Robert Campbell, 1951 - 2008
Technology by Design (08 Jul 2016)
National Museum of Scotland
Scotland Creates: National Museum of Scotland
National Museum of Scotland
Shaping Our World (29 Jul 2011 - 03 Aug 2014)
National Museum of Scotland
NHS Lothian Archives accession number 10/001 (related paper and film material)
Film of interview with David Gow of the SMART Centre, NHS Lothian (see DVD in object file)
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