Meet Ben Hogan, former bike mechanic turning discarded bicycles into prosthetic legs; shares free instructions online to help others recreate the design locally
- A Michigan man has been turning discarded bicycles into prosthetic legs while also teaching others how to make them, all for free.
- Ben Hogan, a former bike mechanic and prosthetist at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, founded Project Bike Leg, an initiative that makes prosthetics sourced almost entirely from repurposed bike parts.
- He hopes his low-cost design can eventually help millions of amputees around the world, according to a report by PEOPLE's Toria Sheffield.
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- A Michigan man has been turning discarded bicycles into prosthetic legs while also teaching others how to make them, all for free.
- Ben Hogan, a former bike mechanic and prosthetist at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, founded Project Bike Leg, an initiative that makes prosthetics sourced almost entirely from repurposed bike parts.
- He hopes his low-cost design can eventually help millions of amputees around the world, according to a report by PEOPLE's Toria Sheffield.
Sources: Times of India