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Bionic Olympics to be Hosted in 2016

posted by LaminatorX on Thursday March 27 2014, @01:17PM   Printer-friendly
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.

 
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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by mhajicek on Thursday March 27 2014, @02:53PM

    by mhajicek (51) on Thursday March 27 2014, @02:53PM (#22164)

    Looking forward to the weaponized class of the exoskeleton race!

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