About The Bionic Perspective

The Bionic Perspective began as a place to capture the small, often overlooked moments that come with living with an upper-limb prosthetic.

Most conversations about prosthetic technology focus on specifications, features, and engineering breakthroughs. Those things matter, but they do not always capture what it feels like to rely on this technology in everyday life. A prosthesis is not simply a device. It becomes part of how someone works, adapts, solves problems, builds confidence, and moves through the world.

Over time, The Bionic Perspective has grown into something broader: a platform for honest conversations about limb loss, prosthetic care and technology, and the people whose experiences shape them.

Through personal essays, practical observations, and the Voices of Limb Loss interview series, I explore perspectives from across the limb loss community. That includes prosthesis users, clinicians, researchers, engineers, advocates, educators, and industry leaders. Each brings a different kind of knowledge, and meaningful progress depends on listening to all of them.

My Perspective

I’m Todd Gerundo, an upper-limb amputee, cancer survivor, writer, and knowledge management professional.

I lost my left hand to synovial sarcoma in 2011. Since then, I have experienced the realities of limb loss and prosthetic use firsthand, from learning how to approach familiar tasks differently to navigating repairs, changing technology, clinical care, and the emotional side of adaptation.

My professional background in knowledge management has also shaped how I see these experiences. Clear information, thoughtful communication, and genuine listening can make complicated systems easier to navigate. When knowledge is incomplete, outdated, or disconnected from real life, the people relying on it feel the consequences.

The Bionic Perspective brings those personal and professional perspectives together.

Why These Stories Matter

There is no single limb loss experience. A technology that works well for one person may not meet another person’s needs. Clinical expertise, engineering knowledge, and lived experience can also reveal different parts of the same story.

By creating space for those perspectives to meet, I hope The Bionic Perspective can help people feel less alone, encourage better questions, and contribute to more human-centered conversations about prosthetic care and technology.

Because prosthetics are not only about what technology can do. They are about the people who use it, the people who support them, and the everyday lives that technology is meant to serve.