All articles tagged with #prosthetics
Jayne Hardman, who lost her nose to granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) after a dog accident, now uses magnetic, titanium-anchored prosthetic noses—more than ten versions for different skin tones and occasions—and shares her journey online to normalise facial prosthetics and raise awareness of GPA and vasculitis, while advocating early diagnosis and support for others with facial differences.
Jayne Hardman’s nose collapsed due to a rare vasculitis and was surgically removed; she now wears a rotating collection of magnetic prosthetic noses, including a pink-tinted “drunk nose,” and says she carries on with strength and joy while managing remission and chemotherapy every six months.
Penn State researchers created a washable, paint-on electronic tattoo using conductive ink that dries on the skin to form an electrode for ECG/EMG/EEG signals. The tattoo connects to a Bluetooth module via a porous silver textile and can control a robotic hand in tests. It can be customized with colors and is designed to stay attached during movement, offering a more comfortable alternative to traditional patches. Future work could include monitoring biomarkers like glucose or cortisol and even plant health, but the technology is not yet ready for consumer use or clinical diagnosis, and it has not been tested on heart-attack patients.
Former Paralympic sprinter and amputee John McFall may become the first disabled person to live and work in orbit, with UK funding via Vast for Haven-1 or a private ISS mission. The mission would use his body and prosthetic socket as a medical instrument to study fluid shifts, spinal loading, heat transfer, and prosthetic fit in microgravity, creating the first real datapoints in space medicine for an already limb-different body. While a two-week flight won’t yield broad statistics, it would establish a baseline for inclusive, physiology-informed spaceflight research and could influence future prosthetic design on Earth.
British Paralympian and surgeon John McFall, an ESA astronaut reserve, could become the first person with a physical disability to live in orbit aboard Vast’s Haven-1 in a 2027 mission, studying how space affects the body and prosthetics; UK Space Agency support would back sponsorships for his flight on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, with a private ISS option as well, potentially making him the first Briton in space since Tim Peake and challenging perceptions of what people with disabilities can achieve in space.
Veteran SFX makeup artist Mike Marino crafted Bad Bunny’s hyperreal old-age Met Gala look with 3D scans, silicone prosthetics, and hand-painted details, aided by a 40-person team; he’s known for transforming stars like Heidi Klum and The Weeknd, and notes live-event makeup challenges differ from film, while dreaming of reviving icons like Sinatra or Elvis.
Dwayne Johnson’s Maui in Disney’s Moana live-action remake wears about 40 pounds of prosthetics and a seven‑pound wig to achieve lift and a wet look on water; director Thomas Kail and Johnson discuss the demanding design and heat-heavy conditions, underscoring the cultural responsibility behind the July 10 release.
A deep dive into how The Pitt recruits and trains patient-actors to convincingly portray hospital emergencies, employing heavy makeup, prosthetics, and on-set medical guidance to create authentic, real-time trauma across Season 2.
Manjit Sangha, a 56-year-old Punjabi-origin woman from the West Midlands, fell critically ill last July after her family’s dog licked a minor wound; within 48 hours she was in a coma and doctors believe sepsis entered her bloodstream. She underwent quadruple amputations (both legs below the knee and both hands), lost her spleen, and battled pneumonia and gallstones. After 32 weeks in hospital she has returned home and is fundraising for advanced prosthetics, with over £22,000 raised so far. Medical experts say such infections are rare but can escalate rapidly.
The piece explains how Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights uses Margot Robbie’s Cathy and Jacob Elordi’s Heathcliff to tell the story via transformative hair, makeup and prosthetics—Robbie with 35+ Cathy looks, freckles and era-specific wigs; Elordi shifts from a dirty, bearded “Jesus Elordi” to a slick, Darcy-inspired Heathcliff with a hand-laid beard and a gold-tooth prosthetic—plus ‘vagina plaits’ and other motifs. The look development, including tests against wind/rain, spanned a 51‑day shoot and was designed to convey jealousy, longing and tragedy, with Robbie even keeping her hair unwashed for a key scene.
A British woman who lost her right arm and leg after an accident now uses a mind-reading bionic arm that learns her movements via AI-powered sensors, allowing more natural control; she jokes that she is 80% human and 20% robot and notes she can charge the arm overnight, highlighting AI-driven prosthetics’ growing role in recovery and daily life.
Ser Arlan of Pennytree’s oversized 10-inch prosthetic—complete with a urination tube—took center stage in the latest A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode; prosthetics designer Waldo Mason shared the mold and praised the team, while showrunner Ira Parker said the look was meant to give the hedge knight ‘his one special thing’ after a gritty life. The bold reveal adds to the series’ pattern of shocking bodily-function moments as viewers anticipate episode three.
EPFL researchers have built a self-contained, detachable crawling robotic hand that can grip multiple objects (up to four), move to retrieve items from tight or hazardous spaces, and reattach to its arm using a snap-and-lock system. With bidirectional fingers and magnets guiding reattachment, the device combines manipulation and locomotion and could inform future prosthetics and specialized environments.
Makeup artist Mike Hill applied full body prosthetics to Jacob Elordi around 20 times for Guillermo del Toro's 'Frankenstein' adaptation, emphasizing practical effects to create a humanized creature with subtle enhancements to evoke the classic monster without overdoing the horror elements.
Jacob Elordi wore full body prosthetics about 20 times for his role as the Creature in Guillermo del Toro's 'Frankenstein' on Netflix, with the makeup artist emphasizing practical effects to maintain realism and emotional depth, and Elordi showing professionalism by never complaining during the process.