i like it a lot when old classmates or coworkers message me asking mechanical-related questions about additive/subtractive manufacturing or how to handle certain machinery and tools. i like being reliable in my area.
i love to see ankle prosthetics with vertical shock pylons/coils that function like a macpherson strut and a pneumatic cylinder acting as the damper, they’ve got such a cool design.
considering that the prosthetic compresses linearly to absorb the shock and then rebounds to return energy i wonder if a piezoelectric generator could be applied here, albeit it would replace the pneumatic for harvesting.
