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...disabled walk and even lift heavy objects like the jug of water above. It's called the Hybrid Assistive Limb, or HAL. (The inventor has obviously never seen 2001: A Space Odyssey.) Its brain is a computer (housed in a backpack) that learns to mimic the wearer's gait and posture; bioelectric sensors pick up signals transmitted from the brain to the muscles, so it can anticipate movements the moment the wearer thinks of them. A commercial version is in the works. Just don't let it near the pod-bay doors. Next Product: Sporting Life...
...also served in the pacific theater during the Second World War. The marine made his way up to the platform slowly. Everything about him suggested that it would not be very long until he too would be the subject of a eulogy: his slow gait, his strained voice, and his palpable age all gave the impression that this was a friend who knew he would be saying goodbye for only a short time.His began by noting that “Everything we have heard here today is true. John was a good man, a good lawyer, and a good father...
...those who would have poor outcomes without tPA use. While this study did not find any significant predictors, Smith said it “suggest[s] that more attention be paid to patients’ ability to walk—something that often is not evaluated—since gait disturbance was a reason why several could not go home,” according to an MGH press release. “We really need a multi-centered approach so that further studies can be carried out with a larger pool of patients,” Smith said. While advances...
...suspend our disbelief through the charisma of the flamboyant Maggie and the more somber Rose. Collette masterfully brings Rose’s internal transformation to the surface—in her struggle to open up emotionally, she reveals herself to the audience, with brighter smiles, a more confident gait, and a simple abandonment of camera-consciousness. The result is a maturely developed character, deserving of our empathy (who doesn’t relate to bouts of ice cream-filled self-deprecation...
...TRENDS Trainers analyze your body structure and gait to develop a strength regimen...