03/26/2023: Experimental Artificial Limbs, eBay Scandal, Charles Barkley

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🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Experimental artificial limbs allow amputees a sense of touch. Scott Pelley shows the advanced technology. Why were live spiders, cockroaches and a funeral wreath sent to the home of a Massachusetts couple that published a newsletter about eBay? Sharyn Alfonsi reports. Witty, blunt, and provocative: Charles Barkley’s unique style as a basketball commentator seems cancel-proof. Jon Wertheim asks Barkley about his candid style.

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0:00.0	Prime members, you can listen to 60 minutes ad-free on Amazon Music.
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0:14.8	17 years ago, the Defense Department launched a $100 million project to revolutionize prosthetic limbs.
0:24.0	The robotics that investment inspired is amazing, but even more remarkable is how the feeling of feeling.
0:32.8	So if I hold this right here is returning to people's lives.
0:36.8	I can feel it. I feel it here and here.
0:42.8	You called it psychological warfare.
0:45.0	It felt like corporate terrorism because we were terrorized and it was very calculated.
0:52.7	It was very vicious.
0:54.3	Why would senior management at eBay, the popular Silicon Valley e-commerce giant,
0:59.9	want to quote, terrorize a couple from a tiny town in Massachusetts who ran a website out of their home?
1:06.6	That's our story tonight.
1:10.8	Charles Barkley is an NBA Hall of Famer who in retirement,
1:14.5	Yeah, I only think that could they suck.
1:16.3	Ended up rebounding into a job that has made him one of the most successful and colorful sports analysts ever.
1:23.1	Yes, ever.
1:24.7	Why do you suppose people want to listen to you?
1:27.2	I think they know that I'm going to be honest.
1:30.6	I'm going to be fair.
1:32.9	I don't have a hidden agenda.
1:35.7	Not many people on TV that you can set out about.
1:41.0	I'm Leslie Stahl.
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