Aimee Mullins: Changing my legs and my mindset

In this TED archive video from 1998, paralympic sprinter Aimee Mullins talks about her recordsetting career as a runner, and about the amazing carbonfiber prosthetic legs (then a prototype) that helped her cross the finish line. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, and Lost producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on at