Wearable bot said to make the weak stronger

http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/hardware/0,39042972,62053124,00.htm

<p>By Leslie Katz, CNET News.com<br /> Tuesday, April 14, 2009 08:59 AM<br /> This is about the closest thing to a Superman suit we’ve seen. Put it on, say its creators, and the motorized Hybrid Assistive Limb can &quot;expand and improve physical capability&quot; up to tenfold in activities such as walking, standing, and climbing stairs.</p> <p>Through a sensor attached to the skin, &quot;HAL&quot; captures faint biosignals on the skin’s surface that result from messages sent from the brain to muscles when a person attempts to move. A computer analyzes …</p>