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What the Fourth Industrial Revolution will do for people with disabilities

Zac Vawter, a 31-year-old software engineer from Seattle, Washington, prepares to climb to the 103rd story of the Willis Tower using the world's first neural-controlled Bionic leg in Chicago, November 4, 2012.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution brings with it a new era of possibilities. We have to use the innovations they lead to. Image: REUTERS/John Gress

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