- ReWalk Robotics Exoskeleton — first exoskeleton for the paralyzed to receive regulatory approval; 66 bought so far, 11 with reimbursement from insurance. The software upgrades for the ReWalk 6.0 provide a smoother walking gait (with less of a soldier-like marching step), an easier stopping mechanism, and a much-improved mode for ascending and descending stairs. The user wears a wristwatch-like controller to switch the suit between sit, stand, walk, and stair modes. How long until a cheaper version hits the market, but you don’t always get to control where it takes you if there’s a sale on featuring brands you love? (via IEEE)
- Bitcoin Trends in First Half of 2015 — 94% increase in monthly transactions over the past year. 47% of Coinbase wallet holders are now from countries outside the U.S.
- Socket.io p2p — an easy and reliable way to set up a WebRTC connection between peers and communicate using the socket.io-protocol.
- 18F Content Guide — communications guide for government content writers that bears in mind the frustrations citizens have with gov-speak websites.
Four short links: 16 July 2015
Consumer Exoskeleton, Bitcoin Trends, p2p Sockets, and Plain Government Comms
tags: bitcoin, gov2, hardware, medical devices, numbers, open source, p2p, peer to peer, robotics, web, writing