BBC News reporter Jane Wakefield features Professor Hugh Herr’s work developing bionic limbs. Herr recently unveiled a bionic leg he designed for Boston Marathon bombing survivor and dancer Adrianne Haslet-Davis, who performed on stage for the first time since the Marathon at the TED 2014 conference.
“Professional dancer Adrianne Haslet-Davis, who lost her lower left leg in the Boston Marathon bombings, took to the stage Wednesday afternoon to do a short rhumba wearing a prosthetic leg made for her at the MIT Media Lab,” writes Boston Globe reporter Bella English.
WBUR’s Andrea Shea reports on Professor Hugh Herr’s work to develop a bionic leg for Boston Marathon bombing survivor Adrianne Haslet-Davis. Herr and his colleagues designed a prosthetic leg that Haslet-Davis, a dancer, will premiere during a performance at the 2014 TED conference.