Sparked Into Life

Seventeen year old Cassidy Mitchell was a strong and healthy young man. His mother, Stacy, was a 4th Grade School teacher, and his Australian-born dad was a Robotic’s Engineer at Robotic Prosthetics Research and Development. When Cassidy was thirteen years of age, he was struck by a car as he was moving through an intersection. The woman sped through the red light at hit him; causing him to become paralyzed from the waist down. So it was no wonder that Cassidy would be the Guinea Pig to wear the first Robotic Exoskeleton. The Tobius Unit was designed to fit conformably beneath the pants, and the small computer inside controlled the stride and the balance of the wearer. Tobius had all the benefits of a smart phone Personal Assistant in that it could speak, give directions, find information on the Global Net, and manage his personal schedule. However, what Tobius could not do was be a mobile phone. This story takes the reader on a journey of self-exploration for Cassidy and his exoskeleton.