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The television show "the bionic man and woman," "$6 million man" and when i hear the motors going -- it's hysterical. >> one of the first designs -- adjustable legs. so he could do things on the mountain that used to be impossible. at m.i.t. this is how he and his team like to work. first, they break down a real human movement. then find a way to copy it with better and better machinery. his latest creation is a bionic ankle. >> the human ankle is a turbo charged. it gives so much energy as you're walking and running and conventional prosthesis lack that. i wanted an invention to propel the am...

>> years ago at m.i.t. i had written a grant i submitted to the veterans administration, the veterans affairs, and that grant was funded, and we used those monies at m.i.t. to develop really science of how the human ankle behaves and mapping that to how you build a synthetic device that emulate that is functionality. >> my name is ed lesowski. in 1967 i joined the army, and i was medically retired in 1984 after having a motorcycle accident on the 7th of august, 1981, where i took off most of my thigh, broke my femur, severed the artery in my right arm. >> i wanted to focus my walk on the ankle...

just 38% of americans like this new health care law. while 56% oppose it. it's a central issue for the republican presidential candidates including mitt romney, who took a jab at president obama while speaking in rockford, illinois, last weekend. >> you know his views on health care. his view is the heavy hand of the government can do better than you can in picking your type of insurance, the kind of coverage you'll have. ultimately, i believe, the kind of procedures you will be entitled to will be decided by government under his plan. if i'm the next president of the united states, ...

protection and affordable care ak. y act. according to our latest poll, 38% of americans like this new health care law. 56% oppose it. it's a central issue for the republican candidates including mitt romney, who took a jab at president obama while speaking in rockford, illinois last weekend. >> you know his views on health care, his view is the heavy hand of the government can do better than you can in picking your type of insurance, the kind of coverage you'll have. the kind of procedures you will be entitled to will be decided by government under his plan. if i'm the next presiden...