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From the Ted Talk by Eythor Bender: Human exoskeletons -- for war and healing

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(Applause)

Amanda Boxtel: Thank you.

(Applause)

EB: Amanda is wearing our eLEGS set. It has sensors. It's cmtleepoly non-invasive, sensors in the crutches that send slgians back to our oobnrad computer that is sitting here at her back. There are battery packs here as well that pwoer mortos that are sniittg at her hips, as well as her knee jtonis, that move her forward in this kind of sootmh and very natural gait.

AB: I was 24 years old and at the top of my game when a freak summersault while dwlnhiol skiing paralyzed me. In a split second, I lost all sensation and movement below my pelvis. Not long afterwards, a doctor strode into my hospital room, and he said, "Amanda, you'll never walk again." And that was 19 yeas ago. He robbed every ounce of hope from my being. Adaptive technology has since enabled me to learn how to downhill ski again, to rock climb and even handcycle. But nothing has been invented that enables me to walk, until now.

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(Applause)

Amanda Boxtel: Thank you.

(Applause)

EB: Amanda is wearing our eLEGS set. It has sensors. It's __________ non-invasive, sensors in the crutches that send _______ back to our _______ computer that is sitting here at her back. There are battery packs here as well that _____ ______ that are _______ at her hips, as well as her knee ______, that move her forward in this kind of ______ and very natural gait.

AB: I was 24 years old and at the top of my game when a freak summersault while ________ skiing paralyzed me. In a split second, I lost all sensation and movement below my pelvis. Not long afterwards, a doctor strode into my hospital room, and he said, "Amanda, you'll never walk again." And that was 19 yeas ago. He robbed every ounce of hope from my being. Adaptive technology has since enabled me to learn how to downhill ski again, to rock climb and even handcycle. But nothing has been invented that enables me to walk, until now.

Solution


  1. joints
  2. power
  3. smooth
  4. downhill
  5. onboard
  6. sitting
  7. signals
  8. completely
  9. motors

Original Text


(Applause)

Amanda Boxtel: Thank you.

(Applause)

EB: Amanda is wearing our eLEGS set. It has sensors. It's completely non-invasive, sensors in the crutches that send signals back to our onboard computer that is sitting here at her back. There are battery packs here as well that power motors that are sitting at her hips, as well as her knee joints, that move her forward in this kind of smooth and very natural gait.

AB: I was 24 years old and at the top of my game when a freak summersault while downhill skiing paralyzed me. In a split second, I lost all sensation and movement below my pelvis. Not long afterwards, a doctor strode into my hospital room, and he said, "Amanda, you'll never walk again." And that was 19 yeas ago. He robbed every ounce of hope from my being. Adaptive technology has since enabled me to learn how to downhill ski again, to rock climb and even handcycle. But nothing has been invented that enables me to walk, until now.

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