Part 3 of the TED Radio Hour Friction.
Decades ago, a civil war in Sierra Leone left thousands as amputees. Researcher and current Education Minister David Moinina Sengeh set out to help them with a more comfortable socket for prostheses.
About David Moinina Sengeh
David Moinina Sengeh is a biomechatronics engineer and the current Minister of Education and Chief Innovation Officer in his home country of Sierra Leone.
He pioneered a new system for creating prosthetic sockets, which fit a prosthetic leg onto a patient’s residual limb. Using multiple technologies, Sengeh created sockets that are far more comfortable than traditional
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