This man was the first in the world to take home his own robotic exoskeleton (as far as I am aware) : http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/02/new-zealand-paralympian-buys-first-rex-bionics-exoskeleton-take
And this man was the second : http://www.londoncommunitynews.com/2012/04/meet-robobrogan-londons-bionic-man/
"Uncle Tungsten" by Oliver Sacks is a very readable and enjoyable account of the author's early fascination with chemistry. Sacks later became a neurologist and is better known as the author of "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" and "Awakenings", which are also pretty good reads.
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This man was the first in the world to take home his own robotic exoskeleton (as far as I am aware) :
http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/02/new-zealand-paralympian-buys-first-rex-bionics-exoskeleton-take
And this man was the second :
http://www.londoncommunitynews.com/2012/04/meet-robobrogan-londons-bionic-man/
>> From what I hear it is next to impossible to emingrate to New Zealand
I didn't find it difficult - but judge for yourself : http://www.immigration.govt.nz/
"Uncle Tungsten" by Oliver Sacks is a very readable and enjoyable account of the author's early fascination with chemistry. Sacks later became a neurologist and is better known as the author of "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" and "Awakenings", which are also pretty good reads.