Prosthetics
Prosthetics for people and pets
Kathryn speaks with the co-founders of a young Kiwi company working on 3-D printed prosthetic limbs for people and pets.An engineering student at Auckland University, Connor Talbot is developing… Audio, Gallery
US prosthetics doctor using expertise to save animals
A miniature pony might not be alive today if it weren't for Derrick Campana, who swapped from making prosthetics for people, to making them for animals Video, Audio
Emily Rapp Black - Paralympic Blues
Writer Emily Rapp Black was born with a congenital defect which led to the amputation of her left foot at age four. She tells Wallace Chapman that in reality people with disabilities are more ordinary… Audio
Recycling prosthetics
Janette Searle runs Take My Hands, a charity recycling prosthetic limbs and other medical equipment and sending them to the Pacific and Asia. Audio
Running Jump to Rio
Eighteen-year-old Jono Brownjohn is on the Pathway to Podium programme – a nationwide talent development programme for young athletes. A sprinter and jumper, Jono’s aiming for selection for the 2016… Audio
Bionic olympics
Professor Robert Riener from the University of Zurich is organising Cybathlon, a bionic olympics taking place in Switzerland in October 2016. Audio
Artificial limbs
Max lost his leg in a motorbike accident and he's about to have an artificial leg fitted. Plus the future of prosthetics with Professor Mark Miodownik, author of 'Stuff Matters'. Audio