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New fast-fit prosthetic limbs are helping Kenyan amputees

Dr Giulia Barbareschi, disability researcher at University College London, explains how using a special heat gun allows artificial limbs to be moulded to personalised sockets in a fraction of the time of traditional methods.

Image: A woman tries her prosthetic limb. Credit: Giulia Barbareschi (GDI Hub)

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2 minutes