First steps on the journey

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Tim Rushby-Smith
on July 15, 2010 4:58 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Now we're talking...
When people ask me about the future, the question is often, "Do you think you will ever walk again?"

This usually means,
"What about stems cells?"
or,
 "Do you think they will ever be able to cure you?"

As I have often said in the past, the severity of my injury (90% severed cord, vertebra fused out of position obstructing the spinal canal where the cord would have to be rejoined) means that I am way down any list of people for whom stem cells may offer a solution to spinal cord damage.

Indeed, I usually follow this explanation with a reference to Wallace and Grommit at this point (See previous entry).

But perhaps my kind of future is closer than many have previously assumed. While the following technology is still a bit on the clumsy and cumbersome side, it does offer the first step (bad pun) towards some kind of external solution to internal damage.
 



If you compare Rex with this previous development in Israel:



And just so you know that this will definitely happen, here's proof of interest from the most influential section of society when it comes to technological innovation. Yes, the Military are getting involved, too.

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