{"id":13986,"date":"2024-04-05T15:10:33","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T13:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.only-distrib.com\/?post_type=program&#038;p=13986"},"modified":"2025-04-24T14:55:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T12:55:39","slug":"cybathlon-a-victory-within-reach","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"https:\/\/www.only-distrib.com\/en\/program\/cybathlon-a-victory-within-reach\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybathlon, a victory within reach"},"featured_media":13989,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[],"acf":{"description":"<span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Grabbing a piece of fruit, punching in your credit card code or pouring yourself a cup of coffee everyday, gestures applied mechanically by everyone are the ultimate tests in the Cybathlon competition. This international tournament is held in Zurich every four years, and challenges disabled athletes, assisted by bionic technology, in events inspired by everyday life. This year, the French team from My Human Kit fablab set themselves the challenge of creating an <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">open-source hand prosthesis<\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"> capable of overcoming the 8 Cybathlon events. Faced with the giants of the bionics industry, they are confident: <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">\"The great scientific inventions for the disabled are often unusable, because they are not made by disabled people and are far too expensive. We offer simpler solutions, so that we can live with our disability better and be more independent\"<\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"> explains Nicolas Huchet, founder of the fablab and designer of his own robotic hand, an invention that has taken him all over the world and to TV studios. He now has just one goal: to create the best possible hand prosthesis to share with as many people as possible, and promote the inclusion of people with disabilities in society. The Cybathlon has all the light it needs to make this <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">low-budget<\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"> prosthesis visible, <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">in the service of a great battle.<\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"> Will the solidarity-based, artisanal association of cyber-scientific geniuses be able to stand up to the big companies in the prosthesis industry? 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This year, the French team from My Human Kit fablab set themselves the challenge of creating an <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">open-source hand prosthesis<\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"> capable of overcoming the 8 Cybathlon events. Faced with the giants of the bionics industry, they are confident: <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">\"The great scientific inventions for the disabled are often unusable, because they are not made by disabled people and are far too expensive. We offer simpler solutions, so that we can live with our disability better and be more independent\"<\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"> explains Nicolas Huchet, founder of the fablab and designer of his own robotic hand, an invention that has taken him all over the world and to TV studios. He now has just one goal: to create the best possible hand prosthesis to share with as many people as possible, and promote the inclusion of people with disabilities in society. The Cybathlon has all the light it needs to make this <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">low-budget<\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"> prosthesis visible, <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">in the service of a great battle.<\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"> Will the solidarity-based, artisanal association of cyber-scientific geniuses be able to stand up to the big companies in the prosthesis industry? 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