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Exoskeletons are often assimilated with futuristic scenarios and one if the big issue for any such use if battery life. Shown previously as a concept, ReWalk is an exoskeleton built by Argo Medical Technologies that doesn’t turn one into a superhuman, but can restore basic motility to the lower body. They have shot this interesting demo, which shows how ReWalk helps Radi Kioff, a war veteran who lost the usage of his legs during the first Lebanon war. (Israel21c)

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