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Others? >> oh, well, there are other exoskeletons around. what makes our device special is we're hoping to be the first mechanical exoskeleton that will be affordable to people, something that's accessible to people in wheelchairs. hopefully like the model-t of mechanical exoskeletons, something you'll be able to see in the world and hopefully a platform to be built on. one day years from now hopefully technology will be around that can replace the wheelchair with mechanical legs or something related. >> well austin, congratulations to you on getting your diploma and thanks again for coming on...

Somethingfy saw on television i know would give me hope. this whole experience has certainly given me so much hope about the future, about technology, about the world we live in. it is very exciting. >> help us understand how briefly how these mechanical legs have helped you walk. >> oh, sure. it is a project i've been involved with for about five months ago. it is a mechanical exoskeleton and a team of mechanical engineers at berkeley. there are two leg braces and a computer is in the back brace and you basically talk with that computer with a controller in the crutches or walker. i was using...

And this today really culminated in giving meaning to i think hundreds of thousands of people around the world. >> could you see your parents smiling at you as you went to get your diploma? >> oh, yeah. oh, yeah. that was probably the best part of everything, looking over at them, seeing their faces, seeing my mom cry. it was -- it was truly remarkable in every way. everything though, this whole -- sorry. >> no, finish what you were saying. >> oh. you know, through everything though, it's just important to remember that while it was a great moment for myself, it was truly the heroes of the sto...

new york city. dominique strauss-khan was arrested saturday for allegedly chasing a housekeeper through his luxury hotel suite naked and trying to force himself on her. let's go straight to richard roth who's been following today's developments. richard, bring us up to date. >> reporter: randi, the proceedings have just concluded and basically, dominique strauss-khan, the leader of the international monetary fund, has been charged with sexual assault on a maid in a new york hotel in times square on saturday. we're just now seeing and we just heard the formal charges so it is importan...

Because of new bionic technology. alison morrow of tampa has her story. >> reporter: ask 8-year-old josalyn kaldenberg how she is doing today and you'd get a much different answer if you had asked her a few weeks ago. >> i feel good. >> reporter: recently diagnosed with a cancer called osteosarcoma. she faced one option, losing her entire right arm. >> that was the most devastating part when we thought she was going to lose her arm and you think through your mind of all of the thing that she won't be able to do. like tying your shoes or anything. >> reporter: but mom heidi did some research an...