/technologies/robotics/b/blog/posts/paralympics-adds-competition-for-bionic-assisted-athletesIllustration of powered exoskeleton race (Image courtesy of Cybathlon ) Disabled persons have been able to compete in the Paralympics for years, but technology is about to take Olympic competitions for disabled persons to a whole new level – welc...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/robotics/b/blog/posts/paralympics-adds-competition-for-bionic-assisted-athletesTue, 15 Apr 2014 05:18:39 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:b246906a-e970-4723-bd89-f1676fe7134asandeepdwivedi0<p>great</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=17496&AppID=36&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/technologies/robotics/b/blog/posts/paralympics-adds-competition-for-bionic-assisted-athletesWed, 09 Apr 2014 19:05:22 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:b246906a-e970-4723-bd89-f1676fe7134aDAB0<p>I understand what they are trying to do, but I am afraid that we are no longer dealing with sport so much as technology.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I think we need to concentrate on the goals of the activity to normalize the technology to bring the contest back to the capability of each contestant.</p><p>Otherwise you are not really doing anything that qualifies as a sport.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=17496&AppID=36&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">