MIT and Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health launch specialized program to train future clinicians on the fabrication of artificial limbs and braces for people with disabilities.
For students in 2.788 (Mechanical Engineering and Design of Living Systems), newly discovered phenomena present opportunities for exploration and discovery.
Interdisciplinary research center funded by philanthropist Lisa Yang aims to mitigate disability through technologies that marry human physiology with electromechanics.
An improved method for magnet tracking enables high-speed wireless tracking through various materials.
Bionics pioneer Hugh Herr’s prosthetic ankle mimics the power and control of its biological counterpart.