All Mark Pollock Blogs
Mark addresses Graduates At Queens University Belfast
As the recipient of a Queens University honorary doctorate for his services to the community, Mark spoke to the School Of Biomedical Sciences and Nursing and Midwifery about being brave, different and ambitious as they begin their careers. Norma Sinte, director of Development and Alumni Relations at Queen’s, who delivered Mark’s citation said: “Mark Pollock is […]
Your Ambition Creates The Future
750 people gathered in Queens University. Half of them were there to receive their degrees and half were there in proud support. Queens asked me to speak to the graduating class of the School of Biomedical Sciences, Nursing and Midwifery prior to the conferment of their degrees, after which I would receive a Queens honorary doctorate. Graduation day […]
A Healthy Disregard For The Impossible At Wired 2012
During Wired Magazine’s 2012 conference in London, Mark spoke about the impact of his catastrophic spinal cord injury and the scientists and technologists that he is working with to challenge the conventional wisdom that recovery is impossible.
A Growing Desire For Adventure
No traffic, no meetings and no rush. It is a place where the wild rainy weather we are having is described as a ‘soft day’. There is time out here. Time to think. And it seems, time to get excited about life’s incredible possibilities. Since my accident, and the paralysis, I’ve been busy trying to […]
External Robotics & Internal Biology
I stood, I walked and I did it in a robotic exoskeleton. This is no miracle and it is not the end of the story. But it is the first iteration of a device that some day very soon might offer an alternative to a wheelchair. My experience is that Ekso can’t go up stairs […]