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Man with bionic leg to climb Chicago skyscraper
Posted: 10.31.2012 at 8:15 AM
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Zac Vawter, fitted with an experimental "bionic" leg, looks down from the Ledge at the Willis Tower in Chicago.  / AP photo
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The 31-year-old software engineer signed up to become a research subject, helping to test a trailblazing prosthetic leg that's controlled by his thoughts.

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