The Cybathlon pushes the limits of bionic technology - Quartz

The Cybathlon pushes the limits of bionic technology  QuartzTechnology designed to help people with disabilities has come a long way in the last decade. There are now bionic arms and legs, powered wheelchairs and even exoskeletons that give people who are paralyzed the ability to walk again. But we still have a long way to go—and that’s where the Cybathlon comes in. The global, olympic-style competition was the brainchild of Robert Reiner, a professor from ETH Zurich, who w