Tuesday, June 9, 2009

DailyTech - Powered Exoskeleton Enables the Disabled to Walk Again

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DailyTech - Powered Exoskeleton Enables the Disabled to Walk Again: "A new powered exoskeleton is enabled the disabled to walk again. Created by a small Israeli start up, the Iron Man-like 'ReWalk' suit is already making converts among those who have worn it. Former Israeli paratrooper Radi Kaiof, paralyzed in 1988, wears the suit walking around the streets of Haifa. 'I never dreamed I would walk again', he says.

'Only when standing up can I feel how tall I really am and speak to people eye to eye, not from below'."
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