[AMP-L] Utah Bionic Leg is Closer to Easing Life for Amputees

[Wayne Renardson]

via The Salt Lake Tribune:

U. of U. and German firm Ottobock will partner to bring the 
prosthesis to market quickly.  

Alec McMorris walked quickly up and down a short staircase in the 
University of Utah´s Bionic Engineering lab in front of a rapt 
audience on Wednesday.  

Then, McMorris, an above-knee amputee, demonstrated the capabilities 
of the sleek black and red bionic leg by walking across a small patch 
of turf and cobblestone as part of an announcement of a partnership  
between Ottobock, a Germany-based prosthetics company, and the U.  

The rest of the story, with photos, here:

https://tinyurl.com/2mg2ga39

Wayne R.