Nigerian inventor’s bionic arm named among TIME’s best inventions of 2026

Premium Times18 October 2026, 18:54 UTCNigeria

A Nigerian inventor whose struggle to find a prosthetic matching his skin tone inspired a functional bionic arm earned a place on TIME magazine’s Best Inventions of 2026 list. The post Nigerian inventor’s bionic arm named among TIME’s best inventions of 2026 appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

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