The Most Incredible Applications Of Bionics In Sports
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These days limbs can be bionic, almost seamlessly blending in with their wearer in form and function. Limbs can incorporate electronic components that allow the limb to respond to their wearers similar to a biological limb. They can be shaped for different purposes or customized to their wearers specifications.
It is task enough to make artificial legs that can walk naturally or arms that can grasp, but what happens when their wearer wants those limbs to be able to swim, climb, dance, or surf?
We sought out some of today's most amazing athletes who are pushing the idea of what it means to mix the biological with the technological and push their sports to new limits.
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