Richard Hirons

In this interview, Richard Hirons, Clinical expert in Ossur Prosthetics and maker of Jonnie Peacock's prosthetic leg, talks about the impact of the 2012's Paralympics on public awareness of his work. He also comments on the debate around human enhancement in sport and reveals the technologies he's most excited about.

For more information on the subject of prosthetics and bionics, recap on our Hot Topics event on the subject which features Richard speaking alongside Simon Schultz, Bioengineer, Director of the Neural Coding Laboratory, Imperial College London, David James, Sports engineer at Sheffield Hallam University and Sarah Chan, Deputy Director of ISEI & Research Fellow in Bioethics, University of Manchester.