Bionic Leg (IMAGE)

University of Utah

Bionic Leg

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Utahn Kerry Finn, left, confers with University of Utah mechanical engineering assistant professor Tommaso Lenzi. Lenzi and his team are developing one of the world's first truly bionic legs, a self-powered prosthetic limb with a computer processor and motorized joints in the ankle and knee that enable an amputee to walk with more power, vigor and better balance.

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Mark Helzen Draper/University of Utah College of Engineering

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