Word: assistive
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...shiny metal friends as forces for good. Last week Seiji Uchida, who has been paralyzed from the neck down since 1983, came within 150 m of summiting the 4,164-m Breithorn, in the Swiss Alps, with the help of a robotic power suit named HAL (for Hybrid Assistive Limb, not to be confused with the homicidal HAL 9000 computer in 2001). Starting at 3,800 m, he hitched a ride up the mountain on the back of his friend, climber Takeshi Matsumoto, who wore the computerized exoskeleton built by Japanese tech firm Cyberdyne (not to be confused with...
Masters does, however, provide a variety of angles to assist them, first allowing Spitzer to define himself—he says his model is Theodore Roosevelt, Class of 1876—and then letting others have a try. Former Goldman Sachs chief John C. Whitehead ’68 calls Spitzer “scary,” for example, after allegedly being threatened...
...Increasingly, it seems that we rely on technology to mediate socially uncomfortable conversations. Whether it's our shyness at meeting new people, or our queasiness when having to deliver the honest truth, we've figured out that having a tech assist is easier than having a straight spine...
...education," says Narain. "While we need to arm guards and build fences, we also need to find ways to improve the lives of tribals and other poor people." But any gain for people can be a loss for the tiger, and conservationists argue that the tribal communities sometimes assist poaching. "Every tiger that walks into the forest is a cash register," says Wright. "He represents years of funds for every poor person that lives near his habitat." A bill up for debate in parliament this month would allow tribal communities expanded land and building rights in wildlife reserves, which threatens...
...cells from the blood of cardiac patients, grown the cells in a lab and reinjected them into patients' hearts, where they set about repairing damage. Two UCLA researchers last week published a study demonstrating that they could transform adult stem cells from fat tissue into smooth-muscle cells, which assist in the function of numerous organs. Welcome as the advances are, the subject of adult stem cells is highly political and invites a conflation of real hopes and false ones. "There are papers that have claimed broad uses for certain adult stem cells, and some people say that is sufficient...