"In hindsight, losing my foot was one of the better things that happened to me. It turned out to provide me with a weird, hidden opportunity." "Within minutes of putting BiOM on and walking down the ...

BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--iWalk, the personal bionics company advancing technology to restore natural movement for lower-limb amputees, today announced the availability of its BiOM bionic lower ...

BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--iWalk, the bionics company advancing technology to restore natural movement for lower-limb amputees, today announced the publication of positive findings from ...

BEDFORD — Burlington resident Mike Welsch, who lost his leg just below the knee after a 1978 motorcycle wreck, has never let his disability keep him from competing in marathons and triathlons. So when ...

Someday soon, amputees will have more powerful limbs than those with their natural bodies. iWalk, a prosthetics company formed in 2006, is gearing up to provide the world's first actively powered foot ...

iWalk snagged $17 million in Series D funding, money the company will use to market its bionic ankle and develop new devices with its proprietary BiOM technology. Gilde Healthcare Partners led the ...

Hugh Herr, who is the director of the Biomechatronics group at MIT’s Media Lab and the founder of iWalk. He invents bionic limbs that move like flesh and bone. Herr lost both of his limbs in a tragic ...

A glimpse of the future? Hugh Herr, founder of iWalk, has highly advanced bionic legs In a job market that is tougher than it has been for a generation, millions are struggling to find - and keep - ...