With a mechanical wheeze, Eugene Alford stepped into the future, a mix of science fiction and high-tech research that promises a freedom once unimaginable for the millions with spinal cord injuries or other disabilities.”Im not going to sneak up on anybody,” joked Alford, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon who was paralyzed 4½ years ago by a falling tree.But his halting and noisy steps, made with a robotic exoskeleton in a project led by a University of Houston engineering professor, illustrate new possibilities opening up for people with disabilities.
via Research offers the promise of more independence, along with the wow factor – Houston Chronicle.
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