Many futurists believe that the great strides in prosthetic devices signal an inflection point an evolutionary transition of the human species to intelligent machine.

On a more immediate playing field, an international court ruled on Friday that South African Oscar Pistorius can once again return to the track. A sprinter, hoping to even make the Beijing Olympics, Pistorius has had to fight through more than your average athlete though. Miles and miles of red tape, bad scientific reporting, and, oh yeah, he’s an amputee.