As the head of the MIT Media Lab Biomechatronics group, Hugh Herr is building the next generation of bionic limbs, including ones that will help... Hugh Herr: Will Humans Become Cyborgs In The Future?

Forty years ago this year a fierce storm and a great tragedy merged high on the slopes of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. In the Nova PBS documentary “Augmented,” airing this month, you can see the ...

A new surgery maintains the sensation of limb control after an amputation. When paired with a bionic leg designed by MIT's Hugh Herr, amputees can... Bionic limbs can now feel 'real' thanks to new ...

Hugh Herr directs the Biomechatronics group at The MIT Media Lab. His research program seeks to advance technologies that promise to accelerate the merging of body and machine, including device ...

Hugh Herr, a Lancaster native and biophysicist specializing in innovative brain-controlled robot limbs, was featured in “Augmented," a Nova PBS documentary special that premiered on Feb. 23. The ...

‘I would love to become a cyborg,” says the MIT biophysicist Hugh Herr, whose state-of-the-art prosthetic legs—and agile use of them—prompt glib suggestions that he’s a “bionic man.” What’s revealed ...

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts ‒ Leg amputations haven't changed much in a very long time. Civil War-era textbooks describing them look pretty similar to contemporary ones, said Dr. Matthew Carty, a staff ...

Hugh Herr's legs were amputated below his knees in 1982 after a climbing accident. From his knees down to the floor, he's completely artificial. "I'm titanium, carbon, silicon, a bunch of nuts and ...

Hugh Herr is Associate Professor and leads the Biomechatronics research group at MIT's Media Lab. The focus of Hugh's work is on developing bionic limbs for amputees. Two of those bionic limbs are ...

If you think this vision sounds ambitious, perhaps unrealistic, then bear in mind that Herr has proved people wrong before. At the age of 17, he lost both of his legs to frostbite in a climbing ...

As the head of the MIT Media Lab Biomechatronics group, Hugh Herr is building the next generation of bionic limbs, including ones that will help end disability and also extend our physical potential.