Popular Mechanics South Africa

Hybrid Humans

arry Parker (pictured right) joined the British Army at the age of 23. Three years later, while serving in Afghanistan, he lost both his legs in an explosion. Ten weeks after that, he stood in prosthetics for the first time, attributes that now make him 12 per cent machine. Parker spoke to POPULAR MECHANICS about what it means to be partially machine, the innovations that come with his disability, as well as his new book, .

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