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Aimee Mullins: Two legs good, 24 legs better

By Jessica Griggs

30 September 2009

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Aimee Mullins, in a photo taken by visual artist Matthew Barney for his film Cremaster 3

(Image: Matthew Barney, courtesy of the Gladstone Gallery)

In New Scientist we often write about the future technological enhancement of humans, but some enhancements are already with us. Jessica Griggs talks to actress, model, athlete and double amputee Aimee Mullins and discovers how technology is changing the way society views people with physical impairments

Gallery: Prosthetics with aesthetics

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