Cook would, with less than two weeks training, begin to make artificial limbs for soldiers that had lost an arm or a leg.
He saw artificial limbs as the tools to a certain freedom.
He explains how new technology can make some products, like artificial limbs, lighter.
He had lost $400,000 on a plan to market a material to cover artificial limbs.
In the future, artificial limbs could be built with sensors on fingertips or other important areas.
Evidently there was war and pain, for why else would the doctor be so interested in making artificial limbs?
Every $300 raised is used to purchase an artificial limb for refugees.
"Today, 6 of every 10 patients have artificial limbs that use composite materials."
They have thought he might work at a factory that makes artificial limbs.
When you're well again, and fitted with artificial limbs, take a look around.