Robotic Air Powered Hand with Elastic Ligaments.

And then for that unstable ligament, we put in a human donor ligament to stabilize the knee.

But what happens for your ligament when I need an intact ligament?

He was hospitalized with bruises of the face, abrasions of both wrists and damaged knee ligaments.

Then I went on to tear my ACL, the ligament in my knee, and then developed an arthritic knee.

What you see here on this toughness graph is the higher the black dot is on the graph, the higher the toughness.

But I know toughness when I see it.

Leathery chest pads that beat the heat.

Resilient Pakistan?

I got over the difficulty with my characteristic tenacity.

Her body was so flexible!

There were flexible, clear blood vessels.

He can now cut through tough animal hide.

But this is the face of resilience.

But please put your money away. Tonight's on me. But that's not...

I'm glad you're showing such fortitude.

Yet, their draglines are not the toughest.

It's light, flexible, strong, perfectly balanced.

The tough hide is difficult to cut, even with a knife.

Mastering a foreign language involves a lot of patience.

I'm supposed to be the roughty toughty explorer type.

Tenacity is how I kept at it against all odds.

This is the comparison of the toughness of the dragline spilk spun by 21 species of spiders.

I use natural reed, because natural reed has a lot of tension in it that I cannot fully control.

It's the lingo of the streetwise The battle cry of real tough guys

(D09 barks) Ronnie, did you write this?

And what you can see is that nearly all the spider draglines surpass them.

And I think we know that love is resilient enough for us to get out there and try.

We all have full confidence in the determination and resilience of the stricken nations to rebuild their countries as soon as possible.

That's an old fashioned, hard, gritty, physical stunt.

I use natural reed, because natural reed has a lot of tension in it that I cannot fully control.

Now, the counterlungs aren't high tech, they're just simply flexible bags.

I mean, this is literally human beings with super human strength and abilities.

This topic of resilience is very personal to me and in many ways has shaped my life.

Emergency preparedness is a big deal in disaster recovery because it makes towns safer and more resilient.

So I replaced the metal armature with a soft, fine mesh of a fiber 15 times stronger than steel.

My fate cries out and makes each petty artery in this body as hardy as the Nemean lion's nerve.

The protagonists of my books are strong and passionate women like Rose Mapendo.

It is that very dedication and tenacity that makes them uniquely vulnerable to acts of violence and persecution.

And if you want an example of perseverance, grit and strength in a beautiful, little package, it is her.

The Committee is also appreciative of the resilient efforts with which a number of world leaders contributed to the task of restarting the peace process.

If you look right here at the two red arrows, they point to the toughness values for the draglines of nephila clavipes and araneus diadematus.

The Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network is restoring vital ecosystems like forest mangroves.

I would also like to pay tribute to the Secretary General, Mr. Kofi Annan, who has pursued those noble objectives with tenacity and farsightedness.

Your success will be determined by your own fortitude, your own confidence, your own individual hard work.