I work out of our office on One Market Street in San Francisco. My standup-desk is right across from our Gallery at One Market. One of our newer exhibits is called Powers of Design. It was first featured at the Technology Entertainment & Design (TED) conference last year. Powers of Design depicts the size of everything from the inconceivably small to the mind-blowingly large. I thought I'd cover the exhibit elements, one at a time, over the next few months. I started small and am working my way up.
Image courtesy of Bespoke Innovations.
10-1 MAGNITUDE
0.1 m
1 Decimeter
Prosthetic Fairing
6 Decimeters
We’re well into the “human” scale (micrometers through kilometers), and in this case, we’re being quite literal. Bespoke Innovations of San Francisco crafts prosthetic limbs unique to each individual, offering amputees a replacement limb as physically close to the original as possible.
Using 3D software, combined with scanning and printing technology, Bespoke designs and prints individual, aesthetically appropriate prosthetic fairings. These fairings are specialized coverings designed to surround an existing, custom prosthetic limb. By performing a 3D scan of the individual’s remaining limb, or of a physically similar model if the individual has lost both limbs, Bespoke can precisely restore the unique contours of the lost limb.
Long ago companies made prosthetic limbs with the intention of having them look real. No one was fooled. Parents would have to tell their children to stop staring at the limb wearer. Bespoke Innovations has gone the other direction. They customize the look based on each wearer's desires and tastes. Now people approach limb wearers and say for example "That is a cool looking leg." What was once a source of embarrassment is now a source of pride.
Thanks to Global Content Manager, Matt Tierney, for the images and text that comprise the exhibit element. This is just one of the many exhibits in the gallery at One Market in San Francisco. The gallery is open to the public on Wednesdays from 12 pm to 5 pm, and admission is free. Visit us.
Previous posts on this topic include:
- 10-15 Protons and Neutrons
- 10-14 Atomic Nucleus of a Uranium Atom
- 10-13 Nada, Zilch, Zero, Zip
- 10-12 Gamma Rays
- 10-11 Fluorine Ion
- 10-10 Wavelength of Hard X-Rays
- 10-9 Carbon Nanotubes
- 10-8 Molecular Transport Nano Robot
- 10-7 HIV Virus
- 10-6 Red Blood Cells
- 10-5 Sand
- 10-4 Microelectromechanical Systems
- 10-3 Sonata Silicium Watch Components
- 10-2 Lego
Future blog posts will cover:
- 100 Biome Concept Car
- 101 Ma'erkang Housing Reconstruction
- 102 Shanghai Tower
- 103 Bay Bridge
- 104 Masdar City
- 105 Palm Islands
- 106 The Moon
- 107 Earth
- 108 Jupiter
- 109 The Sun
- 1010 Distance Light Travels in 34 Seconds
- 1011 Distance from Jupiter to the Sun
- 1012 Distance from Pluto to the Sun
- 1013 Voyager 2
- 1014 The Solar System
- 1015 Cat's Eye Nebula
- 1016 Pillars of Creation
- 1017 Great Orion Nebula
- 1018 M15 Globular Cluster
- 1019 Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy
- 1020 Triangulum Galaxy
- 1021 The Milky Way
- 1022 IC 1101
- 1023 Local Group of Galaxies
- 1024 The Local Supercluster
- 1025 3C 273
- 1026 Outer Limit of the Universe
Measurement is alive in the lab.
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