Dr David James

In this interview, Dr David James, Sports engineer at Sheffield Hallam University talks about technology already having reached the point where it can transcend the limitations of the human body. He also talks about the extent to which human enhancement is already a part of everyday life and offers his predictions for what the field will look like in 50 years' time.

For more information on the subject of prosthetics and bionics, recap on our Hot Topics event on the subject which features David speaking alongside Simon Schultz, Bioengineer, Director of the Neural Coding Laboratory, Imperial College London, Richard Hirons, Clinical expert in Ossur Prosthetics and maker of Jonnie Peacock's prosthetic leg and Sarah Chan, Deputy Director of ISEI & Research Fellow in Bioethics, University of Manchester.