In the “The Lows of High Tech”, the author discusses the topic of prosthetics for humans that do not have limbs. A lot of the times, humans may lose limbs at birth, but most of the time it may be due to events such as war conflicts or accidents. When this happens, design of prosthetics would need to come into play to help the user experience again the feeling of reality and normalcy. However, this often comes at a high expense as such technology is catered towards the individuals personal needs. The individuals would need to pay high amounts of money in order to receive a product that helps them experience life with all limbs.
One thing that was notable about the podcast was when the topic of “average” was discussed. I feel that normally, average is considered a one-size fits all or general formula for creating such products, however, when we consider disabilities, especially prosthetics as a solution there is no one-size fits all. There is no concept of being average in terms of physical handicaps of not having a limb. Therefore, whenever average is considered to be a solution for such disability, it should be clearly reflected upon in terms of general applicability for design.
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