Exoskeleton Technology Helps Paraplegic Student Walk Again
From: Geektech - 05/15/2011
By: Elizabeth Fish

Exoskeleton legs were developed by Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Homayoon Kazerooni and a team of students at the University of California,
Berkeley. What made the project even more important was a desire to help
fellow student Austin Whitney - who lost the use of his legs after an
accident in 2007 - walk at his own graduation. It also inspired the name of
the first prototype of the project.  

Read the entire article and view a video at:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/227919/exoskeleton_technology_helps_paraplegic_student_walk_again.html

Links:
Engineers to help paraplegic student walk at graduation
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/05/12/paraplegic-student-exoskeleton-graduation-walk/

Exoskeleton lets paralyzed walk again
http://www.clicker.com/tv/cbs-evening-news/exoskeleton-lets-paralyzed-walk-again-1775738/

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First Steps of a Cyborg
From: Popular Science - 09/2011 - page 56
By: James Vlahos

Austin Whitney didn't want to graduate from college in a wheelchair. So he
and the student engineers at UC Berkeley's "Kaz Lab" built a machine that
allowed him to stand up and walk across the commencement stage 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-08/first-steps-cyborg

Links:
Video: Robotic Exoskeleton Helps Paralyzed College Student Walk across the
  Stage at Graduation 
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-05/video-robotic-exoskeleton-helps-paralyzed-college-student-walk-across-stage-graduation

Related:
Building the Real Iron Man
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2008-04/building-real-iron-man

Video: DIY Human-Powered Exoskeleton Makes You Bigger, Stronger, Funnier
http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2011-03/video-diy-human-powered-exoskeleton-makes-you-bigger-stronger-funnier