Face To Face — Season 1, Episode 4: Ken Endo: Legs to Stand On
Documentary, Talk • 28 min • 12 seasons, 101 episodes
Episode synopsis
In 2020, when Tokyo hosts the Olympic Games, it will also host the Paralympic Games. Japan has traditionally lagged behind in the development of artificial limbs - one man trying to change that is prosthetic leg engineer Ken Endo. He has done very promising work on robotic limbs at the MIT Media Lab, with a particular focus on artificial legs for athletes. Endo's conviction is that "disabilities lie not in humans but in technology". We speak with this visionary engineer.
About Face To Face
In conversation with... Japan expert Robert Campbell sits down with individuals from all walks of life whose drive and perspectives are changing Japan.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1Naoki Matayoshi: Creativity Inspired by Human Observation
- E2Tetsuko Kuroyanagi: The Enduring Power of Television
- E3Seiji Fujishiro: Expressing the Joy of Life through Light and Shadow
- E5Eiji Mitooka: Trains of Thought
- E6Kashiwa Sato: Communication Design
- E7Kundo Koyama: Shedding Old Skin
- E8Marie Kondo: A Clean Bill of Life