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Wheelchair No More? Video of bionic legs’ first steps at launch in NZ



A New Zealand company has invented a unique pair of bionic legs that is allowing a paraplegic to walk again, New Zealand television reported. The design is known as Rex, an abbreviation for ‘robotic exoskeleton’, and has been unveiled with the help of a test pilot Hayden Allen, paralysed from the chest down following a motorcycle accident five years ago. The first pair sold is expected to go for around 150000 US dollars, about the same price as 20 standard wheelchairs.

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25 Responses to “Wheelchair No More? Video of bionic legs’ first steps at launch in NZ”

  1. irkutsk2mailru says:

    круто!!

  2. Nan0Tubes says:

    For all the people bashing this, it’s a good first step. The first prosthetic limbs were not so practical either, but now people can live without most people even noticing them.

  3. dazies1 says:

    i think they coulded have got it better……

  4. maxfenable says:

    Stem cells only work when a nerve needs to be repaired. If its a genetic problem stem cells are no good. I’d like one. But a faster one!

  5. a7green says:

    ……. I going to buy one, just to crush cans with it.

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