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Nesta is an innovation foundation. For us, innovation means turning bold ideas into reality and changing lives for the better. We use our expertise, skills and funding in areas where there are big challenges facing society.

Watch the interview with Dr David James, Sports engineer at Sheffield Hallam University, who discusses the extent to which human enhancement is already a part of everyday life.

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.