Telescopic foothold
Hugh Herr heads the biomechanics group at the Media Lab of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a professional climber until he had an accident that led to both of his legs being amputated.
Herr continued to climb, though, and started making his own prosthetics to improve his climbing abilities.
This photograph shows his telescopic legs, which can be made longer or shorter as circumstances demand.
Hugh Herr heads the biomechanics group at the Media Lab of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a professional climber until he had an accident that led to both of his legs being amputated.
Herr continued to climb, though, and started making his own prosthetics to improve his climbing abilities.
This photograph shows his telescopic legs, which can be made longer or shorter as circumstances demand.
One of Herr's prosthetics designed for ice climbing.
At MIT Herr designs state-of-the-art prostheses, merging the boundaries between man and machine.
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