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The first affordable, mass-produced robotic exoskeleton will be on sale next year from Panasonic. For 500,000 yen, or slightly under $ 5,000, this full-body power garment will let you hoist 100-kilo (220-pound) objects and move at speeds up to 8 kph (5 mph). While this device would make a nice addition to any wardrobe, will it have immediate practical value, ...

Jeanne Noonan for New York Daily News A gentrifying block of Franklin Ave. in Brooklyn How should Mayor de Blasio take on the affordable housing crisis? In 1986, New York made a huge commitment to an intractable problem of the 80s – our falling-apart neighborhoods. Then-Mayor Koch made an unprecedented investment of city capital and also managed to get investors ...