Robocop-style exoskeleton helps Paralysed man to walk again

robocop-style_exoskeleton_1.jpg Radi Kaiof, 41 had been paralysed for the past 20 years is now able to walk again with the assistance electronic exoskeleton. Radi had lost all hopes of walking after he was while serving in the Israeli military in 1988. But this revolutionary device made it possible for him to walk again. He can now walk down the street with a dim mechanical hum as the system moves his legs and propels him forwards. Rafi happily says that now I feel how tall I really am and speak to people eye to eye, not from below. robocop-style_exoskeleton_2.jpg

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August 27, 2008 - 5:43 AM | Posted in - Gadgets
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