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Nikon's new D90 in full, gory detail {Engadget}
Aug 27th 2008 7:49AM Not only no stereo mic but no autofocus in movie mode! Unless they've changed the way the image stabilisation works, that won't come close to a Camcorder either. Then there's the matrix metering only. This is no competition for a decent camcorder imho.
Ask Engadget: What's the best entry-level DSLR? {Engadget}
May 30th 2008 4:47AM Canon 450D without a doubt.
Border Patrol's virtual fence canceled for not being as good as a fence {Engadget}
Apr 24th 2008 7:35AM You're suggesting there's corruption in America? Noooo, that only happens in Africa.
Prosthetic-limbed runner disqualified from Olympics {Engadget}
Jan 18th 2008 6:36AM @seoultrain
The human leg does have elastic properties! The human leg is 3 times more efficient at storing energy than the Cheetahs are.
Prosthetic-limbed runner disqualified from Olympics {Engadget}
Jan 17th 2008 12:55PM And more information:
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/sports/20070514_RUNNER_GRAPHIC.html
Prosthetic-limbed runner disqualified from Olympics {Engadget}
Jan 17th 2008 12:50PM Tavis, I think you are missing the point. The IAAF has tested the prosthesis separately as a single component; not as an integral part of Pistorius' body. Their analysis does not take into account any of the negative factors involved in having your legs chopped off such as the fact that Pistorius has no calf muscles.
The fact is that these prostheses have existed for a decade and Pistorius is the first to achieve these kinds of performances with them. That is because of his extraordinary athletic ability not because strapping a piece of carbon to your knees is better than having legs!
Experts in the field, such as the manufacturers of the Cheetahs say that it is bio-mechanically impossible for the Cheetahs (which are just curved pieces of carbon) to give Pistorius an advantage. Pistorius is getting this performance out of the blades DESPITE his handicap not because of it.
Prosthetic-limbed runner disqualified from Olympics {Engadget}
Jan 17th 2008 12:42PM More from Ossur here:
http://www.ossur.com/?PageID=6743
"The breadth of the testing commissioned by the IAAF was incomplete and inconclusive insofar as determining with any certainty whether Mr. Pistorius’ prostheses are giving him an unfair advantage. We hold Professor Bruggemann’s clinical expertise with Olympic athletes in high regard. However, upon review of his findings, we have determined that there are aspects of his results that demand further investigation and require consensus among experts familiar with athletics and the amputee sprinter."
"To test a prosthesis separately as a component, and not as a completely integrated part of the amputee’s body, generates data that is technically incomplete and flawed."
Prosthetic-limbed runner disqualified from Olympics {Engadget}
Jan 17th 2008 12:38PM From the letter I quoted:
"The technology used in Oscar’s Cheetah Flex-Foot prosthetic feet has existed since 1997. Scores of amputee athletes have used the very same product to compete at an international level of sport over the years. Some have come close to able-bodied world record times, but what we have in Oscar is an extraordinary athlete: one who has taken technology that has existed for a decade and pushed it to its very limit."
Prosthetic-limbed runner disqualified from Olympics {Engadget}
Jan 17th 2008 12:36PM "The argument can be made like this: Pistorius wasn't a Runner/Sprinter prior to the loss of his limbs."
Oh for God's sake. How many people do you know who were sprinters before they were 6 months old! Read up on the guy's history before you comment. He was BORN with just skin below his knees!
Prosthetic-limbed runner disqualified from Olympics {Engadget}
Jan 17th 2008 12:34PM Here's the letter to the IAAF from the CEO of the company that makes the Cheetahs. Worth reading.
http://www.ossur.com/?PageID=631&NewsID=1802
