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Nature 450, 318 (8 November 2007) | doi:10.1038/450318a; Published online 7 November 2007

A hand and honour

Brenda Cooper1

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Keeping pace with the human race.

John Justice stretched up, fingers scraping at cool morning air, then bent down, cupping his calves, the nanskin registering his fingertips as data points: pressure, heat, sweat, angle.The hum of the crowd, the band's drums and wind instruments, and even the race announcer seemed far, far away.