Tag: Hugh Herr

Last week Forbes released its inaugural Accessibility 100. The list included about a dozen people and organizations that focus primarily ...

Agonist-antagonist myoneural interface (AMI) surgery—which restores broken nerve circuits in the residual limb—gives amputees unprecedented ability to control prosthetic legs ...

At his new clinic, Bionic Skins, Hugh Herr wants to transform fabrication of prosethtic liners and sockets for amputees from ...

A new control system for bionic limbs uses magnetic implants to help amputees use prosthetic limbs intuitively. Here's how it ...

In "Augmented," Hugh Herr argues that future prosthetics won't merely help people adapt to loss of capacity; they'll augment the ...

Lots of amputees made a big impact in 2021, but these five went above and beyond in making a positive ...

Only about 20 amputees have had AMI surgery. Lexie Bader has had it done on each leg, so there’s nobody ...

You might have heard about AMI surgery, the new amputation procedure that’s been making news lately. Here’s a chance to ...

Amputation surgery that preserves agonist-antagonist myoneural interfaces (AMIs) can increase amputees’ ability to control prosthetic devices while decreasing their phantom ...

In a March 2014 TED Talk, Hugh Herr, PhD, associate professor of media arts and sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and ...