The former soldier's life changed irrevocably when an explosive detonated near him in Afghanistan.

Currently, most powered prosthetic limbs are controlled by electrodes in the user's residual stump. An experimental new MIT system, however, is claimed to work better by replacing those electrodes ...

In leg prosthetics, they always start with the shortest length of a tube, so the patient in fact gets a foot for their stumps (amputated limbs). The first task is to restore balance and re-engage the ...