Week 4: Medicine, Technology and Art

I have not had much personal experience with medical technology but one thing that I instantly thought of when thinking about medicine and art is the creation of prosthetic body parts. This is a form of art in it own because each part is crafted very carefully to look as realistic as possible, but while also being comfortable for the user.

This is a combination of medicine and art because to make the prosthetic body parts look realistic you have to use art. People have the ability to choose what they want for their body part when being made. Prosthetic body parts give people a chance to do things they were not able to do before.

To help me better understand this weeks material I reviewed the topic from week 2 of math and art. That topic helped me better understand this weeks material because it helped me make a connection between two things that I had previously thought were not connected. 

Sources 

“The Arts and Medicine.” The Arts and Medicine | Harvard Medical School, hms.harvard.edu/news/arts-and-medicine.

Hajar, Rachel. “What Has Art to Do with Medicine?” Heart Views : the Official Journal of the Gulf Heart Association, Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd, 2018, 

Possibilities, B. (2016, February 25). 5 Inspirational Athletes with Prosthetic Devices.

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Seck, H. (n.d.). Military Amputees Are Using AI to Teach Their Prosthetics How to Move.