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Oscar Pistorius Will Be the First Amputee to Compete in the Olympic Games
Oscar Pistorius is a sprinter, sure, but he’s also basically a professional world’s-firster. Last year he became the world’s first...
Video: FlexLeg Pseudo-Prosthesis Lets You Run When Your Leg Is Broken
A project from a couple of Masters students in mechanical engineering at Brigham Young University, FlexLegs is sort of like...
Double-Amputee Sprinter Oscar Pistorius Will Be First Amputee to Compete in the World Championships
Oscar Pistorius of South Africa just qualified for the 400-meter and the 4×400-meter relay races at this year’s World Championships,...
So Do Prosthetic Limbs Give Sprinters an Advantage Or Not?
After a year-long study of the case of Oscar Pistorius, two starkly opposing scientific camps emerge on each side of the debate
In Defense of Cyborg Athletes
Much of the debate on the place of advanced prostheses for the disabled in competitive sports often downplays arguably the...
Double Amputee Sprinter Cleared For Olympic Competition
Oscar Pistorius, whose prostheses were previously considered an unfair advantage, has been given the thumbs up to compete