Boston Herald reporters Gayle Fee and Joe Dwinell report on dancer Adrianne Haslet-Davis’s return to the stage after losing part of her left leg during the Boston Marathon bombings. Haslet-Davis danced at the 2014 TED Conference thanks to a bionic leg specially designed for her by Professor Hugh Herr.
The Associated Press highlights Boston Marathon bombing survivor Adrianne Haslet-Davis’ performance on a bionic leg designed by MIT researchers at the 2014 TED Conference. The AP reports that, “MIT professor Hugh Herr started designing the bionic leg specifically for dancing after visiting Haslet-Davis in the hospital.”
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.