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One Small Step

September 15, 2015

Ty Wilson’s day begins when he straps on his $50,000 left leg.

It’s an Ottobock C-Leg, one of the most advanced prosthetics available. A carbon fiber leg socket fashioned after a human thigh, it tapers down into a microprocessor-controlled knee, which is Bluetooth-calibrated to the length, speed and frequency of Wilson’s footsteps.