First mind-controlled bionic leg a 'groundbreaking' advance
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 17:00
in Health & Medicine
After losing his lower right leg in a motorcycle accident four-and-a-half years ago, 32-year-old Zac Vawter has been fitted with an artificial limb that uses neurosignals from his upper leg muscles to control the prosthetic knee and ankle.