This Prosthetic Limb Actually Attaches to the Wearer's Nerves

In addition to the Olympics and Paralympics, there's another epic celebration of human fortitude: The Cybathlon, otherwise known as the Cyborg Olympics. According to Max Ortiz-Catalan, a bionics engineer at the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, it's "the Olympics for cyborgs, where technologies are used to overcome disabilities." Unlike the other events, the Cybathlon commemorates new prosthetic technologies and runs timed competitions ranging from biking to hanging laundry. Hanging up T-shirts while wearing an arm prosthesis is notably difficult. These prostheses can be bulky and hard to maneuver, with a limited range of motion.