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https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/12/16/a-bionic-leg-controlled-by-the-brain>
"Hugh Herr, the director of an M.I.T. laboratory that pursues the “merging of
body and machine,” grew up in a Mennonite family outside Lancaster,
Pennsylvania. He and his brothers—he was the youngest of five children—often
helped their father, a builder, lay shingles, install drywall, and strip wires.
During the summer, the family visited places like Alaska and the Yukon in their
camper van, and the kids frequently set out alone to hike and rock climb. “When
I was eleven, I was this climbing prodigy, climbing things most adults couldn’t
do,” Herr told me. “When I was fifteen and sixteen, I started climbing things
that no adults had ever done. And then, when I was seventeen, the accident
happened.”"
Via
What Could Go Right? The Year Ahead
https://theprogressnetwork.org/potential-progress-2025/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
