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World Service,14 Mar 2020,10 mins

Prosthetics

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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鈥檚 life, and the journey he made as a refugee from Iraq to Australia. Made by 麻豆社 World Service and 麻豆社 Rewind. Produced by Tamsin Barber.

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