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August 3 is the 215
th day of the year (216
th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 150 days remaining until the end of the year.
- 1976 - The 5th Paralympic Games is opened in Toronto, Canada. This was the first Paralympics to be held in Canada and the first to have a corresponding Winter Paralympic Games. In addition, these Games were the first to include blind and amputee athletes. [1]
- 2006 - Ossur officially releases the PROPRIO FOOT, the world's first motor-powered and artificially intelligent prosthesis] for transtibial amputees.[2]
- 2006 - Ossur introduces the Power Knee for official release in September 2006. The Power Knee was the "world's first and only motor-powered, artificially intelligent prosthesis for above-knee amputees that restores lost muscle function and enables amputees to perform normal daily functions never before possible."[3]
Births
1811 - Elisha Graves Otis, inventor of the first elevator with safety brake and first passenger elevator -- an important architectural access feature.
References
- ↑ History of Sport for Persons with a Disability. International Paralympic Committee.
- ↑ Ossur hf. "PROPRIO FOOT(tm) Stands and Delivers for Amputees." Press Release. August 3, 2006. Accessed on March 8, 2008.
- ↑ Ossur hf. "[Ossur's Power Knee(tm) Widely Available in September]." Press Release. August 4, 2006. Accessed on March 9, 2008.
