The paralyzed man walks again using a mind - controlled ecoskee

The patient, trained for months, used his brain to signal to check his computer simulations to perform basic movements before using his robotic instruction to walk.

Scientists have described this, and these results as an age - old discovery, writes The Guardian, following Periscope.

Doctors have said that even though testing the device showed that it was years away from being accessible to the public, there was great potential to improve the quality of life and autonomy of patients.

The patient, identified only as Tibo [Thibault], 28, from Lyon, said technology had given him a new lease of life.

Four years earlier, his life changed dramatically after falling from a 12 - foot [12 m] balcony, leaving him paralyzed by the downward wings.

He was trained through a video camera that used the avatar system to achieve the necessary skills to operate the exoskeleton and had to restore some of the natural movements. /Periscope