Boston Startup iWalk Lands Funding for Robotic Prosthetics
From: IEEE Spectrum - 09/01/2009
By: Mikell Taylor

It's been a good couple of weeks for Boston-area robotics startups: two young
companies have recently closed on significant venture rounds. One of them,
iWalk, is commercializing prosthetic limb technology developed at MIT's Media
Lab under Dr. Hugh Herr, himself a double amputee. 

Read the entire article at:
http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/robotics/robotics-software/automaton/boston-startup-iwalk-lands-funding-for-robotic-prosthetics

Links:
iWalk
http://www.iwalkpro.com/

Hugh Herr
http://biomech.media.mit.edu/people/herr.htm

PowerFoot One
http://www.iwalkpro.com/products.html

Short video of a National Geographic feature on Hugh Herr
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkw_OJ2nto4