prosthetics
Science
5:00AM Aimee Mullins | Last year I met a beautiful five-year-old child, who had been born with neurofibramatosis (NF), causing her left leg to have extremely brittle bones. More »
Normal Was Never Cool: Inception Of Perception
5:00AM Aimee Mullins | Last year I met a beautiful five-year-old child, who had been born with neurofibramatosis (NF), causing her left leg to have extremely brittle bones. More » 
Science
6:40AM Aimee Mullins | One Olympic swimmer has a D-cup breast size. From a physiological standpoint, she’s at a disadvantage to a swimmer who’s an A-cup. If she amputated her breasts to become more streamlined, would we consider her crazy, or worse, a cheater? More »
Racing On Carbon Fibre Legs: How Abled Should We Be?
6:40AM Aimee Mullins | One Olympic swimmer has a D-cup breast size. From a physiological standpoint, she’s at a disadvantage to a swimmer who’s an A-cup. If she amputated her breasts to become more streamlined, would we consider her crazy, or worse, a cheater? More »
Gadgets
4:00AM Aimee Mullins | I think technology has evolved enough to let us be earnest about the fact that a consumer of a prosthetic is the same consumer buying an iPod or glasses or a couch for their house. You want options. More »
Is Choosing A Prosthesis Different To Picking A Pair Of Glasses?
4:00AM Aimee Mullins | I think technology has evolved enough to let us be earnest about the fact that a consumer of a prosthetic is the same consumer buying an iPod or glasses or a couch for their house. You want options. More »
Design
Freedom Leg Looks About A Million Times Better Than Crutches
12:59AM Mark Wilson | Crutches. In a thousand years their design hasn’t fundamentally changed. And for something as minor as a sprained ankle or broken foot, the Freedom Leg looks like a welcome alternative. More »
Random Stuff
Calf Gets Prosthetic Limbs And More Time To Get More Delicious
10:40AM Adam Frucci | Nancy Dickenson and her stepdaughter Martha found a calf with severe frostbite on its hind legs. So of course, they spent thousands of dollars getting it outfitted with prosthetic legs. More »
Science
2:15AM Jack Loftus | Motola, like so many who must share their lives with former war zones and forgotten minefields, lost a limb in 1999. Thankfully, she walked again today courtesy modern medicine and an artificial limb. The thing is, she’s an elephant. More »
Amputee Elephant Walks Again Thanks To Incredibly Strong Artificial Limb
2:15AM Jack Loftus | Motola, like so many who must share their lives with former war zones and forgotten minefields, lost a limb in 1999. Thankfully, she walked again today courtesy modern medicine and an artificial limb. The thing is, she’s an elephant. More »
Design
Bionic Animal Legs Are Built For Theatre and/or Enchanted Woodlands
11:40PM Mark Wilson | Human legs are just so bourgeois. You’ll never catch me wearing the last millennium’s leg fashions again. More »
Science
5-Year-Old Amputee Fitted with High Performance Carbon Fibre Legs
1:50AM Mark Wilson | In 2005, Ellie May Challis lost all of her limbs to meningitis. In 2009, she’s become the youngest person ever fitted with carbon fibre legs. More »
Science
Elderly Man Sees For First Time in 30 Years With Bionic Eye
3:45PM Elaine Chow | A 73-year-old man was recently given vision again after being outfitted with a “bionic eye.” After 30 years of darkness, he now can see enough to follow white lines on the road and sort socks. More »
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