Prosthetics: Upgrade available
Mar 15, 2022•26 min•Season 2Ep. 7
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Episode description
Athletes at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics had prosthetics perfectly designed to help them run, jump, or swim as the events required. Now the technology behind those prosthetics is coming to everyday people who need it—and, possibly, to people who don’t. Augmenting able bodies for super-human functions: What could go wrong?
Sponsored by Alumni Ventures
Photo by Eric Helgas; styling by Alex Citrin-Safadi
Transcript: https://qz.com/2141719
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