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Prosthetics

World Wise Web by BBC

Mar 13, 202010:02Technology

Eighteen-old-entrepreneur Leander, from Greece, discovers how sci-fi became reality, through the work of leading orthopaedic surgeon Professor Munjed Al Muderis. He has developed a new generation of implants for amputees...

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Prosthetics is an episode from World Wise Web by BBC. Eighteen-old-entrepreneur Leander, from Greece, discovers how sci-fi became reality, through the work of leading orthopaedic surgeon Professor Munjed Al Muderis. He has developed a new g...

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Published Mar 13, 2020, 10:02 long, audio available.

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What is Prosthetics about?

Eighteen-old-entrepreneur Leander, from Greece, discovers how sci-fi became reality, through the work of leading orthopaedic surgeon Professor Munjed Al Muderis. He has developed a new generation of implants for amputees which replaces the traditional socket based technology with a robotic prosthetic limb. We also hear about Professor Al Muderis’s life, and the journey he made as a refugee from Iraq to Australia. Made by BBC World Service and BBC Rewind. Produced by Tamsin Barber.

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