• Question: How does it feel when you make someone a leg they really want ?

    Asked by Jonesy to Shruti on 4 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: Shruti Turner

      Shruti Turner answered on 4 Mar 2019:


      Unfortunately, I haven’t got to the point of making someone a leg that they really want, but I’m working on a project to help that. My research is about how to make prosthetic legs more comfortable and so they can be designed to prevent medical issues people get because they wear a prosthetic leg.
      I have done lots of research talking to amputees who are so hopeful for a technology that I’m researching. They struggle every day because of something they can’t control and that motivates me so much to get the job done well. When I have a bad day, they are the reason I keep going on my work. I’m sure it will feel amazing when I achieve my goal of creating a technology to make the legs more comfortable!

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