<p>At the opening of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil,&nbsp;1&nbsp;billion viewers watched as a paraplegic young man walked on to the field&nbsp;with the assistance of a futuristic exoskeleton&nbsp;and, against all odds, was able to kick a ball using only his mind.&nbsp;Miguel Nicolelis, the colorful Brazilian co-director of&nbsp;the Duke University Center for&nbsp;Neuroengineering,&nbsp;explains that&nbsp;this kick was the culmination of decades of research – and&nbsp;offers an&nbsp;intriguing glimpse into the ways&nbsp;that&nbsp;science will help us heal ourselves.&nbsp;</p>

22: Miguel Nicolelis’s Nokia Bell Labs Shannon Luminary Lecture

Welcome to Future Human, where we explore the human potential of technology. Much of the technology we take for granted was conceived over decades, forged by an ongoing collaboration between researchers, artists and the keenest engineering minds in the world. As the science fiction of days past becomes everyday reality, where will the next great ideas come from? Listen in as today’s most adventurous and creative thinkers unleash their ideas for a more connected, productive and humane world.Future Human is a presentation of Nokia Bell Labs, produced by audiation.fm.