Innovation or invention? Who decides? Hear one expert’s definition, and then come explore our exhibit to form your own opinion.
What does it take to be an innovator? A genius IQ, encyclopedic knowledge, and the ability to never, ever make a mistake? Most simply, innovators are united by a single trait: when faced with a challenge, they keep searching until they forge a way—any way: up, out, or over.
Prosthetics
Out on a Limb introduces avatars of the innovative spirit — leaders carrying their fields to new heights. Otto Bock redefined the prosthetics industry when he introduced component standardization in 1919. Today, Otto Bock HealthCare identifies problems ranging from the faintest click on a carbon-fiber foot joint to the best way to alleviate a debilitating injury. Study the human stories that drive innovation, the passions that determine the product, and experience the creative process that improves the human condition.
Come out on a limb with the engineers of Otto Bock HealthCare to explore prostheses that come ever closer to the elegant intricacy and powerful versatility of human limbs.
