Uploaded September 2021 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
The K. Lisa Yang Center for Bionics was founded at the McGovern Institute in 2021 through a $24M gift from Lisa Yang, a former investment banker committed to advocacy for individuals with visible and invisible disabilities. The center unites scientists, clinicians, and engineers across MIT to create, test, and disseminate bionic technologies that marry human physiology with electromechanics. Learn more at http://mcgovern.mit.edu/bionics
Video: Jimmy Day, MIT Media Lab
Images: STAT, McGovern Institute, MIT Media Lab
The K. Lisa Yang Center for Bionics was founded at the McGovern Institute in 2021 through a $24M gift from Lisa Yang, a former investment banker committed to advocacy for individuals with visible and invisible disabilities. The center unites scientists, clinicians, and engineers across MIT to create, test, and disseminate bionic technologies that marry human physiology with electromechanics. Learn more at http://mcgovern.mit.edu/bionics
Video: Jimmy Day, MIT Media Lab
Images: STAT, McGovern Institute, MIT Media Lab
