Technical Notes on Video:

Video length is 1:31:47.

Chairman and President of the MIT Enterprise Forum, Joseph Hadzima, Jr., opens the session. He introduces the moderator, John Hockenberry.

At 3:27, Hockenberry begins. He introduces the speakers and poses his first question to Hugh Herr, involving his start in designing prosthetic devices.

At 18:00, Herr begins.

At 24:25, Herr shows a video of a powered foot-ankle prosthesis.

At 25:02, Herr demonstrates this device himself.

At 30:08, Dean Kamen discusses how he came to be interested in designing technology for the disabled.

At 50:23, and 51:36, and 52:01, Kamen shows a video of a prosthetic arm his company is developing for the U.S. government.

At 53:00, Hockenberry asks the panelists about possibilities for developing markets for these tools.

At 1:05:15, Q&A begins. Topics include:
ethical issues around augmentation; how an aging population will affect interest in new technology for the disabled; whether payer systems fail to adopt new technologies; and marketing new technologies.