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Bionic Olympics to be Hosted in 2016

posted by LaminatorX on Thursday March 27 2014, @05:17PM   
from the We-have-the-technology. dept.

dotdotdot writes:

The Swiss National Competence Center of Research will host the first Cybathlon in Switzerland in October 2016. This 'Olympics for bionic athletes' will include races where competitors who are paralysed from the neck down control an avatar via a brain interface. There will also be races for those wearing arm or leg prosthetics, an exoskeleton race and a wheelchair race.

There will be two medals for each competition, one for the pilot and one for company that developed the device.

• Oscar Pistorius Oscar Pistorius (Score: 4, Funny) by zocalo on Thursday March 27 2014, @05:37PM

  by zocalo (302) on Thursday March 27 2014, @05:37PM (#22132)

  So... will he be competing on the track, or the firing range? /rimshot
  
  Yeah, yeah, bad taste...

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• Re:Oscar Pistorius (Score: 2) by nitehawk214 on Thursday March 27 2014, @08:14PM

  by nitehawk214 (1304) on Thursday March 27 2014, @08:14PM (#22213)

  Bionic Biathlon

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• Re:Oscar Pistorius (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 27 2014, @10:24PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 27 2014, @10:24PM (#22270)

  For those who have missed the story, the "Blade Runner" is currently on trial in South Africa for the handgun murder of his live-in girlfriend.

  Alternet has been covering the story. [google.com]

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