Kenyan innovators turn e-waste to bio-robotic prosthetic
David Gathu (L) and Moses Kiuna (R), both self-taught innovators, demonstrate on January 31,2023 the operation of a bio-robotic prosthesis using brain-signals created using salvaged electrical components in Nairobi Kenya. PHOTO | TONY KARUMBA | AFP
Twoportraits of Albert Einstein hang on the walls of a makeshift laboratory on Nairobi's outskirts, inspiring a pair of self-taught Kenyan innovators who have built a bio-robotic prosthetic arm out of electronic scrap.
Cousins Moses Kiuna, 29, and David Gathu, 30, created their first prosthetic arm in 2012, after their neighbour lost a limb in an industrial accident.
