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- smaisch, on 08/26/2008, -1/+24Crysis anyone? MAXIMUM STRENGTH.
- diggJMiller, on 08/25/2008, -2/+21Actually coming to market in 2010. I'm used to hearing news of what-ifs that never become available. Great work!
- zyklon, on 08/26/2008, -1/+13But does it run Cr... Ooops.
- serramagk, on 08/26/2008, -0/+12Having a recent spinal cord injury and being a paraplegic this article gives me so much hope. I'm in my 15th month of rehab and while I improve a little all the time, it's still there in the back of your mind "what if this is as good as it gets for me? What then?" My alternatives up until reading this article were to accept the condition and make the best of life looking at every ones asses all day, or save/fund raise and try to get to China/India/Portugal for stem cell ($40K+ and travel lodging expenses) and even then results are not guaranteed.
To see that this may available as soon as 2010 is... well it gives me another viable alternative and with that comes hope for a higher quality of life. I'm glad they touched on the dignity part, there are just no words to describe the world from my POV, Thanks submitter, no really.. thank you! I'm going to get in touch with the center and see if they are still taking applications for the clinical. I kinda doubt it, but wouldn't that be amazing! - inactive, on 08/26/2008, -0/+7Adolescent comments referring to video games and comic book heroes aside, this is an amazing example of the direction technology can and should be taking us to improve the human condition. Article (and invention) is deserving of a digg count in the thousands.
- chillypacman, on 08/26/2008, -1/+8So this is also going to be available 2010? Like all the other cool gadgetry?
- RonnieW, on 08/26/2008, -2/+9Any1 remember Dark Angel?
(that one looked way cooler :P ) - Xevallah, on 08/26/2008, -0/+5The correct pop-culture reference is M.A.N.T.I.S.
Look it up. - rpgguy1o1, on 08/26/2008, -0/+5I'd find a nice lady robot
- PatrickFlorida, on 08/26/2008, -0/+5Ironically, it says the inventor of this miraculous device is himself paralyzed, but cannot use his own invention because it requires full use of one's arms (it requires crutches).
- DreadPirate, on 08/26/2008, -0/+5Do you really think Universal healthcare will pay for these? This is the same system that denies people chemo if the chance it will help you is low enough, and the cost of the treatment is high enough. Something like this will not be cheap.
- DeviantDragon, on 08/26/2008, -0/+5Psh, Robocop did it.
- TonyTheTerrible, on 08/26/2008, -4/+8Too late for Superman :(
- FLarsen, on 08/26/2008, -0/+3That's true for almost everything ... at first.
- dudefaceguyman, on 08/26/2008, -0/+3This is amazing! I'm loving this type of exoskeleton tech is rapidly improving. I remember seeing something similar being developed in Japan for older people who have trouble walking and need assistance.
I have a brittle bone disease called Osteogenesis Imperfecta. I'm 19 right now and physically fine (As long as I don't play contact sports. Heh.) But in 20-30 years my joints are going to get so bad won't be able to walk very far at all. When I'm about 60 my spine isn't gonna be doing too great either. So my hope is this technology is going to really advanced by the then.
Technology rules. =] - inactive, on 08/26/2008, -1/+4All I want to see is men in gundam robot suits battling in a giant arena. Will my dream finally come true?
- flarn2006, on 08/26/2008, -0/+3NEUROTOXIN DETECTED
ADMINISTERING ANTIDOTE - serramagk, on 08/26/2008, -0/+3In some ways.. but is that how you'd like to spend your life? Lying in bed all day is also easier than all that rolling around in a wheelchair, but we don't ask people if that's easier. Fortunately there are alternatives, this is the next generation alternative for some. Seriously I'm insulted. Being in a wheelchair presently at the age of 43, let me tell you pal, it's NOT easier. Try getting into a crowded elevator, or maybe through a doorway of a building that has those beautiful heavy glass doors. Hell most of my interior doors had to be removed because there's just not enough room to get through a standard doorway. I wont even get into the topic of visiting friends or going places outside my home, it usually requires a phone call to see if I can even make it past the front door. Yeah that's a lot easier!
There are also health reasons. They touched on the lung capacity issue a bit in the article, but there's also the issues of pressure sores, decreased circulation in the legs and all of the implications of that. Geez man.. think before you ask. Would it be easier for you.. uhh no. If you still wonder, go spend a little time at your local rehab center and just observe. You may learn something. - caseycoold, on 08/26/2008, -0/+3But hey, it's one Step closer.
Sorry, couldn't help it. - gvetterick, on 08/26/2008, -0/+3fitting since he vetoed non-embryonic stem cell research funding that could help people actually walk again...
- OmegaWolf, on 08/26/2008, -0/+2I thought immediately of Dark Angel when I saw this article.
Anyone remember Mantis? - inactive, on 08/26/2008, -0/+2mantis was a comic book for YEARS before it was a TV show.
- SteveLRowe, on 08/26/2008, -0/+2Wow, that show was almost as good as VIPER or Team Knight Rider + Neo-Blaxploitation. Hang your head in shame
- buryyourhead, on 08/26/2008, -0/+2Charlie: You know he's not going to go down easy, dude.
Dennis: Oh, no way, dude. He's fueled by vengeance, and reinforced with space-age technology. - inactive, on 08/26/2008, -1/+3Where do you mount the grenade launchers? lasers?
- GoNowhere, on 08/26/2008, -1/+3Mama said they was my magic shoes. They'd take me anywhere!
On a side note, that's an awesome invention. - loopyloopy, on 08/26/2008, -0/+2well done. my first thought too.
i couldnt believe it took 8 comments before we got there. - OmegaWolf, on 08/26/2008, -0/+2I watched the show for its brief run. I never knew it was a comic book.
- MrFurious2k, on 08/26/2008, -0/+1As we wait for technology to rewire and fix the condition that prompted the paralyzation in the first place, this type of thing bridges that gap and gives hope to people. I can see exoskeletons being used in a variety of ways, but I bet this is one of the most rewarding.
- Kewjoe, on 08/26/2008, -0/+1Any reason you have a protester against Bush as your thumbnail? What exactly does that have to do with the article?
- inactive, on 08/26/2008, -0/+1I think that was the original purpose for the technology's original development. I had seen it in an American military demonstration on television three or four years ago.
- PatrickFlorida, on 08/26/2008, -0/+1The Reuters page where this article is has another article with that picture.
- adstretch, on 08/26/2008, -0/+1yeah, really, what's with everyone and crysis and dark angel. didn't people watch those crappy scifi show in the mid 90s? Also reminds me of the first episode of Earth 2.
- Zippo, on 08/26/2008, -0/+1This brings us one step closer to mechs and Gundams, right?
- blast_flame, on 08/26/2008, -0/+1As in you can build them, yes. As in the military starts using them, no. They are fundimentally flawed compared to a tank; they cost more, they're unstable and you have to worry more about recoil.
- skidzilla, on 08/26/2008, -0/+1Like Bjork-bot?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjAoBKagWQA - andyb747, on 08/26/2008, -0/+1I never meant for the question to be insulting. I understand that for someone in a wheel chair life is hard. All the small things that I take for granted such as walking through doors and up a few steps can be a challenge for someone in a wheel chair.......but my question was in regards to the practicality of the wheel chair versus the mechanized suit. All I wanted to know was would it be "less trouble" to get into a chair and go as opposed to having someone help you strap into the mechanized suit and still have to use a crutch to use it. I cant possibly see how getting on a crowded elevator using the suit would somehow be easier then using a chair not to mention the risk of falling. The true break through would be to discover a way to repair damage to the spine allow someone to walk again even if it was on a limited basis. That would be something. Not creating a walking wheel chair.
- inactive, on 08/26/2008, -0/+1Once this is on the market I could see it getting mixed with tech from the Segway so that the person can lose the crutches. Too cool.
- Damionlecroix, on 08/26/2008, -0/+1Give this and Bio engineering a few more years and we will be able to see Ripley really battle the alien from Aliens two...
- Andrwmorph, on 08/26/2008, -0/+1RICKETY CRICKET!
- mindlessknight, on 08/26/2008, -0/+1this is awesome.... i want an exoskeleton ! !!
QUICK! Someone crush my femurs with a sledgehammer !!! - rpgguy1o1, on 08/26/2008, -0/+1I was going to make some sort of skynet reference, but you sir have bested me
- CarryOrchid, on 08/26/2008, -0/+1Nevermind being paralysed, I want one for myself.
- beatski, on 08/26/2008, -1/+1here's some footage of the prototype suit in action
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haJvYx8sjNY - Suriyawong, on 08/26/2008, -0/+0So how long do you think until humans act like humans and actually do adapt this for military use?
- ikayto, on 08/26/2008, -0/+0nice automail
- ErikHK, on 08/26/2008, -0/+0Yeah, it's pretty insane that we are more easily thinking "wow, we could kill thousands of people with this thing!" rather than "wow, we could help thousands of people with this thing!"
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