{"id":113090,"date":"2020-09-16T15:25:11","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T22:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/new-bionics-let-us-run-climb-and-dance-hugh-herr"},"modified":"2020-09-16T15:25:11","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T22:25:11","slug":"new-bionics-let-us-run-climb-and-dance-hugh-herr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/new-bionics-let-us-run-climb-and-dance-hugh-herr","title":{"rendered":"New bionics let us run, climb and dance | Hugh Herr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CDsNZJTWw0w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/TED.com\">http:\/\/TED.com<\/a> to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more.<\/p>\n<p>Hugh Herr is building the next generation of bionic limbs, robotic prosthetics inspired by nature\u2019s own designs. Herr lost both legs in a climbing accident 30 years ago; now, as the head of the MIT Media Lab\u2019s Biomechatronics group, he shows his incredible technology in a talk that\u2019s both technical and deeply personal \u2014 with the help of ballroom dancer Adrianne Haslet-Davis, who lost her left leg in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, and performs again for the first time on the TED stage.<\/p>\n<p>The TED Talks channel features the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world\u2019s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design \u2014 plus science, business, global issues, the arts and more. You\u2019re welcome to link to or embed these videos, forward them to others and share these ideas with people you know. For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), submit a Media Request here: <a href=\"http:\/\/media-requests.TED.com\">http:\/\/media-requests.TED.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow TED on Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/TEDTalks\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/TEDTalks<\/a><br \/> Like TED on Facebook: <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/TED\">http:\/\/facebook.com\/TED<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visit http:\/\/TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. Hugh Herr is building the next generation of bionic limbs, robotic prosthetics inspired by nature\u2019s own designs. Herr lost both legs in a climbing accident 30 years ago; now, as the head of the MIT Media Lab\u2019s Biomechatronics [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,43,1499,6,1501],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-business","category-cyborgs","category-robotics-ai","category-transhumanism-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113090\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}