we need to rapidly enter the age where tech can address issues like this to make...

toomuchtodo · on Sept 25, 2015

We are in that age.

melling · on Sept 25, 2015

I'm not sure why you believe that. There's an incredible amount of work that remains and innovation happens over decades. There's certainly a lot of room for improvement.

meric · on Sept 25, 2015

We are entering that age because tech is addressing issues like this and has made life easier for the paraplegic man.

jlees · on Sept 25, 2015

I'm not sure it's made life easier for him yet. He walked 3.5 metres, but how frustrating would it be to lose the use of your legs and then be tantalized by something sort-of-like walking again, but within very controlled situations? But the promise of what's to come is fantastic - my dad's a lifelong paraplegic due to polio and although this tech is too late for him, it's wonderful to think others may have a chance.

anonmeow · on Sept 25, 2015

This age won't come anytime soon in a world where hundreds of billions $ of capital are thrown into social-media-mobile-app economy.

noonespecial · on Sept 25, 2015

So, umm, how is it exactly that you found out this exciting news about this and other medical breakthroughs? We could be doing a lot more medical research and a lot less social networking. We could also be doing a lot less medical research and a lot more other things. Those statements are always true and almost never useful.

saryant · on Sept 25, 2015

Last I checked healthcare R&D outspends VC by about 3:1 in the US.

roflchoppa · on Sept 26, 2015

i feel the cynical post amigo. i feel it.