The Bionic Human: Making Fantasy a Reality

Dr. Helen Huang along with two members of her lab, Stephanie Huang, research scientist and Andy Brandt, graduate student presented the current state-of-the-art bionic technologies for lower limb amputees and highlighted their approach to making the bionic amputee a reality. Dr. He (Helen) Huang, Professor in the UNC/NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, Director of the Closed Loop Engineering for Advanced Rehabilitation (CLEAR) and Director of the Neuromuscular Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory (NREL).

The Science Cafe at North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences hosts weekly talks on various scientific topics, broadcasted from the Daily Planet Cafe Thursdays at 7pm. Full length video available here.