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Engineering's Dustin Tyler discussed his work with advanced prosthetics

MEDIA | June 8, 2022
STORY BY: EDITORIAL STAFF

Restoring a lost sense of touch

Headshot of Dustin Tyler

National Geographic (subscription required): Dustin Tyler, the Kent H. Smith Professor II of Engineering and director of the Human Fusions Institute, spoke about his work in advanced prosthetics with people like Brandon Prestwood, a North Carolina worker who lost part of his arm in an industrial accident in 2012. The prosthetic hand that Tyler and his team developed gives him a  sense of touch and pressure.