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Jockey Can't Walk After Manufacturer Refuses to Fix Battery in $100k Exoskeleton
Michael Straight learned to walk again with the help of an exoskeleton. After an accessory to the device broke, the company refused to fix it.
After a horseback riding accident left him paralyzed from the waist down in 2009, former jockey Michael Straight learned to walk again with the help of a $100,000 ReWalk Personal exoskeleton. At the time, I reported that independent repair techs had resorted to creating DIY dongles loaded with jailbroken Ukrainian firmware to fix ventilators without manufacturer permission. Even better if they allow 3D printing of parts, remove copyright restrictions to share manuals, diagnostics, schematics and post firmware on some public repository.
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