Aimee Mullins’ legs have ‘Super-powers’.
March 15, 2009 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Exposed!, Fitness, Video, disability
Ever wonder what it’s like to have prosthetic legs?
Aimee Mullins – athlete, model, and actress – lets us into her world with this interesting talk at TED.
Born without fibular bones, Aimee had both legs amputated below the knee when she was an infant and learned to walk and then run on prosthetics. The running led to competing as a sprinter and resulted in her becoming a world record breaking runner at the 1996 Paralympics in Atlanta.
The Sunday Sidebar.
June 8, 2008 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Animals, Exposed!, The Sunday Sidebar
It’s all about animals this week…
Prothestics are not just for humans. Seems that even the animal kingdom needs a little help every so often. Here’s a fascinating collection of animals that have benefited from science. There’s a dolphin with a rubber tail, an American Bald Eagle with a nylon-composite beak, a Belgian Shepard with a carbon paw, and a kangaroo, a parrot, a kiwi, and an elephant with a prosthetic leg.
What’s on your cat’s mind? If you don’t know and are worried about their behavoir help is at hand in the form of animal communicators, aka ‘Pet Whisperers’. …read more
