A new bionic leg can be controlled by the brain alone

A new bionic leg can be controlled by the brain alone Those using the prosthetic can walk as fast as those with intact lower limbs BEFORE HUGH Herr became a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he was a promising rock climber. But after being trapped in a blizzard during a climb at age 17, he lost both his legs below the knee to frostbite. Since then he has worked on creating prosthetic legs that would work and …