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Exoskeleton Allows Paraplegics to Walk, (1250L)

Instructions: COMPLETE ALL QUESTIONS AND MARGIN NOTES

Read the following article carefully and make notes in the margin as you read.

Your notes should include:

o Comments that show that you understand the article. (A summary or statement of the main

idea of important sections may serve this purpose.)

o Questions you have that show what you are wondering about as you read.

o Notes that differentiate between fact and opinion.

o Observations about how the writer’s strategies (organization, word choice, perspective,

support) and choices affect the article.

Your margin notes are part of your score for this assessment.

Answer the questions carefully in complete sentences unless otherwise instructed.

Student ____________________________Class Period__________________

Notes on my thoughts,

Exoskeleton Allows Paraplegics to Walk

reactions and questions as I

read:

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Ekso is a wearable robot consisting of a motorized frame and computer

Bionic device gives paraplegics upright mobility and enhances strength in others

The Ekso is available in rehab centers and hospitals; a personal version is planned

(CNN) -- The idea of "wearable robots" may seem like something out of a movie,

but this technology is already being used in real life. Started as a project for the

military, the exoskeleton has transformed from a device designed to allow soldiers

to lift heavy loads and walk further to one that enables people with disabilities to

step out of wheelchairs and stand upright.

The "Ekso" is a bionic exoskeleton developed by Ekso Bionics that gives

paraplegics upright mobility. While the commercial version of the Ekso has recently

been made available to hospitals and rehabilitation centers, the company hopes to

make the technology more accessible so that people can use it at home and in their

everyday lives, with a personal version releasing in 2014.

CEO Eythor Bender sat down with CNN to talk about Ekso, the bionic exoskeleton

he helped develop.

CNN: How many years have you been working on exoskeletons?

Bender: We have been working on exoskeletons for the last 10 years. It started as a

project with the military and it was funded by DARPA, the same people who funded

the Internet and GPS systems. So it was groundbreaking technology, and in the year

Gannon, M., Exoskeleton allows paraplegics to walk, CNN News, March 13, 2013.

Exoskeleton Allows Paraplegics To Walk, (1250l) - Middle School Reading Article Worksheet