“Why shouldn’t a firm like Ekso make a suit to aid paraplegics? Or a suit for office workers to commute in? Or indeed, a suit for soldiers, runners, and anyone else who has the means and ambition to augment their body? With every passing month, in the field of bionics, the ‘why not?’ question is getting harder to answer.” [Under normal circumstances, the market would answer such questions.]
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