Canadian inventors recognized by James Dyson Award
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A Canadian-invented prosthetic arm controlled by brain signals has been recognized in the top 4 by the 2011 James Dyson Award.
The AMO Arm and its two Ryerson Biomedical Engineering student inventors, Michal Prywata and Thiago Caires, are finalists in the international engineering award competition. They have launched Toronto-based Bionik Laboratories Inc., and are currently securing its first round of investor funding to refine the device for amputees.
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