Technology

  • November 11, 20086:47 am PST
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Robots are assisting soldiers both on the battlefield and off. Some 30,000 men and women have lost limbs over the course of the conflict in Iraq, and the latest in prosthetic technology is helping them readjust to normal life. These cutting edge prostheses are equipped with robotic joints and computer chips that more accurately simulate actual limbs.

Continued in Part 6, "A God's Eye View."

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Walter Reed Army Hospital