Adventure Lab: Testing "Prosthetic Advantage"

Outside Magazine 2 weeks ago

Adventure Lab: Testing "Prosthetic Advantage"

A couple of years ago, Wired magazine put out a forward-looking article addressing whether paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius's artificial legs (called Cheetahs) gave him an advantage over able-bodied sprinters. Full Article at Outside Magazine

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