The World Cup opening ceremony next month in Brazil in and of itself will be enough to make June 12 a standout for athletes and their fans but yet another eye-opener may make the Sao Paulo stadium opener long remembered globally. This is when a mind-controlled exoskeleton designed to enable a paralyzed person to walk is to make its debut. Wednesday’s BBC report provided the latest developments in the robotic suit. “If all goes as planned,” wrote Alejandra Martins, “the robotic suit will spring to life in front of almost 70,000 spectators and a global audience of billions of people.”

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