{"id":15215,"date":"2012-08-06T18:00:23","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T18:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/?p=15215"},"modified":"2012-08-06T18:00:24","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T18:00:24","slug":"biological-legs-are-a-disadvantage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/biological-legs-are-a-disadvantage\/","title":{"rendered":"Biological Legs are a Disadvantage?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sad For You With Your Old Legs<\/h1>\n

\"Amputee<\/a>Hugh Herr<\/a> rock climbs with his prosthetic legs and believes that,\u00a0‘It’s really sad to have biological limbs, you’re constrained by nature and you can upgrade. The artificial parts of our body are immortal.’ \u00a0Herr isn’t just a double amputee, he’s also an MIT Professor specializing in Prosthetics. \u00a0He uses different prosthetics for climbing than for hiking or running. \u00a0So can prosthetic legs be an advantage?<\/p>\n

Fake Better Than Real?<\/h2>\n

There are some pretty interesting conversations going on out there about an unfair competitive advantage for those that have artificial limbs. \u00a0It’s actually quite impressive that technology has come so far that a double amputee can make it to the Olympics using artificial running prosthetics (blades) called “Cheetahs”. \u00a0 South African Oscar Pistorius ran in the 400m \u00a0Olympic Finals yesterday as the first double amputee to compete in the Olympic games.<\/p>\n

Artificial Limbs, Unfair Advantage<\/h2>\n

Oscar was kept out of the 2008 Olympics because his artificial limbs were considered an unfair technological advantage. \u00a0For the 2012 Olympics, however, Pistorius was able to compete. \u00a0His Olympic debut was a 7th place finish in his 400 meter heat.<\/p>\n

Check out the video below for why this isn’t an advantage:<\/p>\n