Notes

Bionic Bodies: Why the Future for Quadriplegics Looks So Bright - Alice G. Walton - Life - The Atlantic

Though this all sounds a little futuristic, the end-date for this project is oddly close. “We are working with the Brazilian government, who is helping fund the project,” Nicolelis says. “At the 2014 soccer World Cup celebration we hope to have a Brazilian teenager with quadriplegia walk out and make the opening kick.”