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Video: New Military-Inspired Robotic Exoskeleton Unveiled, Could Help...
eLEGS Testing the new eLEGS exoskeleton system, designed to help paraplegics walk again. via Flickr/ Berkeley BionicsA new robotic exoskeleton based on a military design will help paraplegics walk...
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Emirati Man Undertakes 200-Mile Desert Journey in Solar-Powered Wheelchair
Haidar Taleb in His Record-Breaking Chair Courtesy Masdar Anything is possible with determination and a little help from modern technology. That's the message of Haidar Taleb's inspirational 200-mile...
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Some Japanese Patients Shun Robot Helpers, Throwing High-Tech Future of Elder...
A Forklift for Humans John B. Carnett In Japan, robot-led weddings, robot factory workers and even squeaky robot pets are all fine and good. But in-home helper bots, which are the main goal of many...
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Smarter Wheelchairs Follow Your Commands, Unless You Do Something Foolish
Smart Wheelchairs at Case Western Reserve There's no escaping age, but a team of researchers are trying to help an aging population escape the restrictions often placed on the more senior among us by...
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Video: Robotic Exoskeleton Helps Paralyzed College Student Walk Across the...
Walk On Graduating senior Austin Whitney, a paraplegic since 2007, walks toward Chancellor Robert Birgeneau (in blue) and Professor Homayoon Kazerooni at UC Berkeley's graduation ceremonies on May 14....
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Here at PopSci, we love Kinect hacks, be they applicable for future technology or just for fun. This new hack might just be the one most likely to improve someone's day-to-day life, though. Luis de...
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Paraplegic College Grad Lands His First Job: A Bionic Leg Tester
Walk On Graduating senior Austin Whitney, a paraplegic since 2007, walks toward Chancellor Robert Birgeneau (in blue) and Professor Homayoon Kazerooni at UC Berkeley's graduation ceremonies on May 14....
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First Steps of a Cyborg
Austin Whitney and the Austin Exoskeleton Dmitri Alexander Seven steps. A short, straight walk across a stage backed by blue and gold balloons, lit by camera flashes, and ringing with the cheers of...
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Video: Face-Controlled Wheelchair Moves With the Clench of a Jaw
Face-Controlled Wheelchair DigInfo For those paralyzed from the neck down, controlling a wheelchair even with a joystick is impossible. Researchers at Japan's Miyazaki University have created a...
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Video: WHILL Turns Ordinary Wheelchairs Into Electric Superchairs
WHILL via PhysOrgJapanese company WHILL's eponymous product is one of those things that's so smart that it's almost annoying that no one has done this before. WHILL, which debuted recently at the 2011...
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Argo Med Tech/ReWalk
Argo Med Tech/ReWalk Courtesy Argo The ReWalk could help some of the five million wheelchair users worldwide plagued by lost bone mass and decreased blood flow by allowing them to walk, even up and...
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Steer Your Wheelchair With Your Computerized Tongue Piercing
Tongue Drive Georgia Tech Today in non-cosmetic body piercings: A group of engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created a way to control, well, just about anything (but most likely,...
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Robo-Wheelchair Climbs Stairs! [Video]
Wheels Up DigInfo TV Wheels are the most efficient way to get around, but they can't take you everywhere. This new robotic wheelchair designed in Japan can go almost anywhere, however--it can swivel...
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Could Google Glass Allow Us To Drive Our Wheelchairs With Our Eyes?
Google Wheels Steve McHugh When Google launched their #ifihadglass campaign asking users to apply for early access to the augmented reality device, tech aficionados and cutting-edge eyewear...
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Meet The NASA Scientist Who's Reinventing The Wheel
Rowheels Salim Nasser's invention could dramatically reduce how much energy a wheelchair user expends moving his or her chair forward. Rowheels Tech Transfers Popular ScienceSalim Nasser never thought...
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Exoskeletons are valuable for several reasons — they can help military personnel carry a heavier load, and they can be used all in the name of fun. But this one might be the…
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View ArticleParaplegic College Grad Lands His First Job: A Bionic Leg Tester
After walking across the stage at his graduation with the help of exoskeletal legs, Austin Whitney strolled straight into a new career: bionic leg tester.
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Seven steps. A short, straight walk across a stage backed by blue and gold balloons, lit by camera flashes, and ringing with the cheers of 15,000 people in the track stadium…
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For those paralyzed from the neck down, controlling a wheelchair even with a joystick is impossible. Researchers at Japan's Miyazaki University have created a wheelchair that…
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