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Videos like this make me smile, this is what humanity should be focused on.

"We don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents.”

Something similar to this helped my son born with Spina Bifida to walk without crutches. We used Theraputic Electric Stimulation (TES) when he was 5 years old. This was mild electric pulses delivered using patches on his hips and upper and lower legs. He wore these every night, alternating sides. This strengthened his muscles, and created calf muscle he never had before. From there, he could learn to walk. Music helps the brain coordinate movements more smoothly. This took about 4 years.

Very interesting, I hope a lot comes from this! This proves that the spinal cord isn't just a transmitter of brain signals, but a true extension of the brain itself

imagine being in a argument with your wife and she just turns you off

Neurologist: You won't be able to walk again.

I literally went to tears when he stood up at the wedding... I'm crying, literally

If these types of fields like science, research, NASA had the budget that the military has.... the world would be a different place

I appreciate that I can walk a lot more now!

The end brought a tear to my eye, I hope he and everyone else suffering from paralysis get the opportunity to walk again one day in our lifetime. These scientists are angels amongst us.

I had my left side paralysed due to a stroke for a few weeks. But then I recovered so the doctors were perplexed as it's a small chance one might recover. Also due to my age my doctors speculated the spontaneous recovery. Had two strokes at 17.

Technology like these is where funding should go

2020: Connect your nervous system to your phone and run the 'walk program'

In 2003 i did my Bsc project for a stimulation device and took part in a project like this. It was a motion stimulator that imitates the leg force load from a human gait, so that the locomotion center could be reverse trained, so the nerve path is kept alive and later stimulation with electrodes could be done. Now 17 years later this is starting to take place, feels so cool to have been able to take part in something, that interesting.

"Accidental"

This technology combined with stem cell research could one day cure paralysis forever

This discovery mixed up with an exoskeletal leg cover will revolutionize everything!

This is why i’m studying engineering. Helping another human being is way better than be rich.

This video proves that science is the strongest form of magic. I cant wait to see more solutions like this become accessible to the world. Maybe one day we'll have implants that'll do PE for me xD