Slightly off-topic, but as this technology becomes more practical in terms of day-to-day use (ie: it actually helps a physically disabled person significantly, and is well beyond the proof-of-concept and various stages of cost analysis and FCC regulations), would it be possible that people could find these solutions being awarded in court cases?
I've noted a number of car accidents in North America over the years as they pop up in small-time newspapers, and a few months later the defendant is lucky to get $200,000 in compensation for a drunk driver killing the victim's kid and putting the victim in a wheelchair or worse for life. But wait, $200k, isn't that a lot? Not when your friend who just died was a chemical engineer pulling in almost the same per year for his family, who now has no income.
What if this technology can repair the physical damage to one's own body, but it costs, say $1,500,000. Is it possible for the judge to say "repair the damage you did". For loss of life, this is a very messy issue that pulls in ethics, epistemological debates, legal debates, limitations of liability, etc. But let's just consider the case of a drunk driver who can't claim the "alcoholism made me do it" defense. Would it be right, ethical, legal, or even possible to garnish their wages until they die of old age or kill themselves (and have first dibs at life insurance) so they can repair the damage done from one person being too cheap to call a cab when plastered? I think it would be very fitting.
"The defendant claims that the stress and guilt of this incident will affect him for the rest of his/her life". Well, here's a way to be sure of it while letting them retain their personal freedom to go about their day without being behind bars. Even better if the drunk is a sociopath or just selfish and reckless.