David "Bullet" Smith

David has been a human cannonball for over 11 years. He has performed more than 5000 cannon shots around the world.

He is the highest flying Human Cannonball in the world today with his world record braking human cannonball shots and his dynamic personality.

Fire in Microgravity

On Earth, gravity determines how the flame burns. All the hot gases in the flame are much hotter (and less dense) than the surrounding air, so they move upward toward lower pressure. This is why fire typically spreads upward, and it's also why flames are always "pointed" at the top. If you were to light a fire in a microgravity environment, say onboard the space shuttle, it would form a sphere!

Antal Lakner's Training in Moving Spaces

Earth’s gravitational map

via Discovery

Body Master

One of the first "Correcting Devices" by ZBIGNIEW LIBERA. Two body-building devices and an advertising poster, adjusted to the body size of 7-9 years old boys. Fully functional, modeled on authentic devices, the only difference being very light weights here made from paper. This toy replicates an actual body-building machine, but the only thing that can be trained here is the child's psyche.

C-Leg

Powered prosthesis is about to become a new specialty of vehicle design or maybe rather fashion design?

Manufacturer & Newscientist:

Sensors Provide Real-Time Gait Information
Data is taken 50 times a second by a joint angle sensor. While a force-sensing strain gauge pylon is used to determine phase of gait and walking speed of the user.

Unique Software Analyzes the Gait Information
We've designed our software to determine the best resistance and setting. The software considers the real-time sensor data to establish which phase of gait the user is in...and
algorithms based on thousands of gait cycles are built into our software.

Microprocessor-Controlled Hydraulics
Gives optimal response during swing phase. Not a step early, not a step late. Flexion and extension motors are continuously adjusted to create optimal stability during stance phase.

Resulting in:

• greater freedom of movement
• changing speed
• reacting to uneven terrain
• tackling slopes
• descending stairs step-over-step