You too can become Ironman.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/10/08/exoskeleton-paralyzed-repairs-michael-straight/
{{ So he contacted local TV station WTLV, which published an article about Straight’s struggles. Lifeward responded quickly after that.
Jasinski said that even though Straight’s exoskeleton is working again, he encouraged him to buy one of Lifeward’s newer models. Patients no longer have to foot the entire bill like they did when Straight got his machine, he noted. Earlier this year, Medicare said it would start paying for 80 percent of exoskeletons, which at Lifeward cost about $100,000. }}
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Today, visiting old neighborhood friends on the island of Mallorca, I saw a USAian double knees and lower legs amputee seemingly effortlessly striding down a stony street, his metallic structures proudly exposed by his choice of tight fitting shorts.
Women and a few men watched him, a few with an almost swooning interest. Husband and I spoke to him, and yes, he was a retired Iraq War vet enjoying a vacation.
No exo-skeleton, although the mechanical knees clearly had some kind of spring loading, but the world POV about “cripples” is clearly rapidly changing. Good for all of those pushing the old limits.
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