Walking around on your own two feet is something most of us don’t even think about. But for the thousands of Australians with spinal cord injuries, this “simple” act feels a world away.

The frustrating part is that for many of these people, the rest of their body is healthy, but the brain can’t get its messages through the spine where the damage is—like a phone line that’s been cut.

So, what if we could reconnect that signal? What if we could relay the messages and bridge the gap caused by spinal injuries, reconnecting the communication between the brain and the rest of the body?