27. How do Advanced Prosthetic Hands Lead to an Exciting Future as Cyborgs? with Dima Gazda

2022-11-10 · 1:38:24
bionics
cyborg
prostetics

In this episode, Audrow Nash talks to Dima Gazda, the CEO and Co-founder of Esper Bionics. Esper Bionics makes an award-winning prosthetic hand and has an exciting vision of how we can improve human health and function through bionic devices.


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  • 0:00:00 - Start
  • 0:00:52 - Introducing Dima and Esper Bionics
  • 0:08:54 - How a person uses a prosthetic device
  • 0:14:24 - Connecting to the human body with electrodes
  • 0:27:14 - Building in additional capacity for future growth
  • 0:44:25 - Learning what grips the user wants
  • 0:53:52 - Connecting the hand to a server + updates
  • 0:57:41 - Why not have a camera on the hand?
  • 1:05:03 - Haptic feedback
  • 1:07:16 - Comparing to similar companies
  • 1:11:09 - Company funding
  • 1:15:23 - Next 2 to 5 years
  • 1:17:06 - Bionics in the next century
  • 1:30:57 - Progression of bionic devices
  • 1:33:37 - Digital passports
  • 1:35:30 - Advice for those interested in bionics
  • 1:37:29 - Links