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Hong Gi Kim of South Korea competes during the Brain-Computer Interface Race (BCI) at the Cybathlon Championships in Kloten, Switzerland October 8, 2016. On Saturday, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich organised the world’s first Cybathlon Championship for Athletes with Disabilities, which sees participants compete against each other using the latest assistive technologies. Seventy-two teams from 25 countries participated in the sold-out event, which was held at the SWISS Arena in Kloten, canton Zurich. Unlike the Paralympics, which focus on athletic performance, the Cybathlon events were designed to identify and showcase the best assistive technologies – such as arm and leg prostheses, robotic exoskeletons, powered wheelchairs, and even brain-machine interfaces – in terms of their ability to help users navigate the tasks and challenges of daily life. (Photo by Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters)
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