The prosthetic-enhanced athlete will be able to run faster, jump
higher, and pitch harder than mere mortals&this brave new world
is just around the corner and the cover story for an April issue of
ESPN The Magazine, which hit newsstands April 23. From an
idea lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to a
prosthetic design company in Iceland to amputees who see no limits
to what their bodies can attain with prosthetics, ESPN The
Magazine’s Eric Adelson, in “Let ’em Play”, takes readers into
the lives of athletes who represent the future of sports and
prosthetics, and demonstrates that new ideas and technology will
change the way we think about what is possible for the human body
to achieve.
