As described in the article How Shepherd Center Works, life as a paraplegic often starts suddenly (e.g. in a car accident) and lasts a lifetime. Life changes forever in an instant.

Now there is an exoskeleton system that helps a paraplegic regain some semblance of normal life by giving him or her the ability to walk again:

From the video description:

After being paralyzed for the past 20 years, Radi Kaiof began to walk down a street in Israel to the sound of a dim mechanical hum. That was the sound of an electronic exoskeleton, developed by a small Israeli high-tech company, propelling the 41 year old paraplegic down the street with a proud expression on his face. The device, called ReWalk, is the brain child of engineer Amit Goffer, founder of Argo Medical Technologies. While ReWalk helps paraplegics, people paralyzed below the waist, to walk, stand and climb stairs, for Goffer, the device has a much more important impact on the user.

See also: Exoskeleton Suit

More info: Argomedtec.com

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