Handicap International estimates a high-end prosthetic foot costs around $5,000. Dr. Robert Gabourie, innovative founder of Niagara Prosthetics & Orthotics, teamed with researchers at Queens University in Kingston, Canada, and DuPont to create a more affordable and durable prosthetic foot. They used DuPont™ Hytrel®, a flexible, sturdy polymer proven to withstand three million cycles of use. This prosthetic will be available to amputees in developing countries for less than $100 and can provide better work and living opportunities for amputees. This video follows Jesus Carlos, a market trader and amputee who uses the Niagara Foot. http://www2.dupont.com/Plastics/en_US/Products/Hytrel/Hytrel.html
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Washington State Patrol Sergeant Freddy Williams gives us practical tips in this video to drive safely in winter conditions.
For a recall to happen, a product needs to be found to be unsafe. But exactly what does that mean? In this December 2011 video, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission gives you an inside view. Meet the scientists. See some of the tests. Think about these tests when you buy and use consumer products.
Carl Holcomb, a Senior Captain with the Pontiac Fire Department in Pontiac, Mich., explains how he located and saved a victim by using his new MSA EVOLUTION® 5800 Thermal Imaging Camera at a house fire on Nov. 2, 2010 in this January 2012 MSA video.
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Highlights are shown of what Coast Guard 5th District personnel accomplished in 2011. The 5th District is made up of 10,300 people through its 156,000-square-mile area of responsibility. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Weydert.
Paul Dunphy, electrical inspector/compliance coordinator in the Engineering and Utilities Division of Harvard University, discusses the NFPA 70E standard and his work with departments of the cities of Boston and Cambridge. More than 40 electricians work on the Harvard campus, and 70E is very important to how they work and work safely, he says, as he discusses recordkeeping, training, and the introduction of new technologies.
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This video from the Port of Long Beach shows how employees from the port, Pacific Harbor Line, and Union Pacific quickly cleared three crucial rail tracks that had been blocked by the October 2011 derailment of eight rail cars on Pier B, affecting the connection to the Alameda Corridor.
Employees of Arizona DOT's Flagstaff District who are involved in snow plowing operations -– including Chuck Gillick, the district's maintenance engineer -- discuss their work in this November 2011 video from ADOT's Keeping Arizona Moving series. The district, one of 10 statewide, is among the leaders in terms of annual snowfall, so its trucks stay busy.
Is it safe to use worn or old holiday lights? How fast can a tree catch on fire? Kermit, Bunsen and Beaker find out! http://safetyathome.com/commitaminute