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IEEE Spectrum
November 2005
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Born to Run Could an 18-year-old double amputee perched on a pair of carbon-fiber springs have an edge over able-bodied athletes? Leading experts were surveyed, and the answers are as different as they are surprising.   |
Wired
March 2007
Josh McHugh |
Blade Runner His legs were amputated when he was a year old. Now Oscar Pistorius is on track to make the South African Olympic team. Is he an engineering marvel or just one hell of a sprinter? |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
Oscar Pistorius Double-leg amputee Oscar Pistorius lives by the motto "you're not disabled by the disabilities you have; you are able by the abilities you have." |
AskMen.com
June 24, 2012
Jake Rossen |
Oscar Pistorius' Advantage As the 25-year-old "Blade Runner" prepares to make one last run at qualifying for the 2012 South African Olympic sprint team, there is no consensus on whether he's the feel-good story of the season or an ominous sign of things to come. |
Fast Company
February 2010
Paul Hochman |
Bionic Legs, i-Limbs, and Other Super Human Prosheses You'll Envy Save your tears for Tiny Tim. A boom in sophisticated prostheses has created a most unlikely by-product: envy. |
AskMen.com
Ryan Murphy |
Talking Points: Canseco's Boxing & More The Chicago Bulls' unlikely postseason victory... Jose Canseco's fledging boxing career... Oscar Pistorius' pursuit of Olympic gold... |
Wired
July 2001
Evan Ratliff |
Born to Run Microchips promise to make artificial legs as good as new. Fast-forward amputees are remaking life and limb on their own. The race is on... |
Wired
September 2000
Andrew Tilin |
Ready, Set, Mutate! International jock police should forget about controlling technology's impact on sports. It's the 21st century - let the augmentations begin. We've compiled a cutting-edge athlete's duffel of techno-enhanced clothing, equipment, and drugs that will help the world's athletes mine gold... |
CRM
January 2010
Christopher Musico |
Superhuman CRM This month's special report on innovation may have a bit of an emphasis on the inhuman machine, but we still know the single-most important part of technology is the user interface. What happens when the user becomes the interface? |
AskMen.com
February 15, 2013
Michael McKenna |
Oscar Pistorius Murder Right now, it doesn't look very good for Oscar Pistorius. He was found at a crime scene, and -- perhaps unfairly, but all-too-humanly -- he seems capable of the crime. |
Outside
August 2008 |
The Guide: Beijing Olympics 2008 The 15 things you must know about this year's Olympics in Beijing. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2009
Sally Adee |
Winner: The Revolution Will Be Prosthetized Darpa's prosthetic arm gives amputees new hope |
Sports Illustrated
December 5, 2000
Rick Reilly |
Paralympic Paradox You thought there was a boatload of cheaters at the Sydney Olympics? You should've seen what happened when the Games were over. That's when the worst cheaters of all arrived -- the paralympians... |
