A new prosthetic foot captures the energy created from a person's walk to help propel the human body forward. The assistance created by the device could help amputees walk faster and easier.

About the Professor: Art Kuo (http://www-personal.umich.edu/~artkuo/) is a professor of Mechanical Engineering (http://me.engin.umich.edu/) and Biomedical Engineering (http://www.bme.umich.edu/) at the University of Michigan College of Engineering (http://www.engin.umich.edu/).