Why prosthetic limbs need not look like real ones
Why prosthetic limbs need not look like real ones
Designers are experimenting with tentacles, spikes and third thumbsPhotograph: Suede BabyIn a photoshoot Kelly Knox—a British model and disability-rights advocate—poses with a prosthetic limb unlike any other. Ms Knox was born with her left arm missing from the elbow down. From the point her arm terminates, dozens of vertebrae-like structures extend to form a long, sinuous tentacle.This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline “Weird and wonderful”From the February 3rd 2024 editionDiscover stories from this section and more in the list of contentsExplore the edition