Exoskeleton Suits

Second Skin “Bio-Suit” for Cerebral Palsy?

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Dava Newman is professor of aeronautics and astronautics and engineering systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She has been working to develop a new type of space suit.  Currently space suits are like balloons.  They are filled with pressurized gas to provide the astronaut with both oxygen and also positive pressure to counter … Read more

Exoskeleton Suits for Cerebral Palsy – The Idea

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The Iron Man movies have made Exoskeleton Suits a popular idea.   However, Exoskeleton Suits are not only for Marvel Super-Heroes and the military.   With the use of computer assistance or even Artificial Intelligence, an Exoskeleton Suit can serve the purpose of a physical therapists’ that works 24×7. Here is my Hypothesis: 1.) Brain plasticity is possible … Read more