September 29, 200619 yr http://www.livescience.com/technology/060928_power_suit.html Thought this was an interesting story; particularly since this and the story of the "feeling" artificial limb seem so akin to science fiction. Now where's flying cars or practical jet packs...? I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
September 29, 200619 yr I can see that working, but there are other methods to move somebody... It reminds me of Heinlein's gorilla-like powered-suit in Starship Troopers (the book you fools, not the movie).
September 29, 200619 yr Author I think that the idea - while they could move patients in a number of ways now (burly male nurses or two-three nurses working together) that allowing a single nurse to use a suit might make better use of existing personell resources. Its an interesting idea, but I think it'll be some time before they work the kinks out of it. I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
September 29, 200619 yr also it looks quite intimidating .. with wires and cordes all over the place! don't they know we want our power-suits streamlined like a pimpmobile? Fortune favors the bald.
September 29, 200619 yr I think this is moving entirely the wrong way. I want my granny in one of those babies, tossing chavs left and right like bowling pins. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
September 30, 200619 yr I can't wait for the nanotech version ... OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
September 30, 200619 yr I know what I want for Christmas. But seriously this is a great scientific endeavor. I can't wait to see where they take this.
September 30, 200619 yr Power armor. They need to develop cybernetics like the Borg. But without looking that ugly. Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed.
October 1, 200619 yr Scientific fiction gradually becomes scientific fact... I had thought that some of nature's journeymen had made men and not made them well, for they imitated humanity so abominably. - Book of Counted Sorrows 'Cause I won't know the man that kills me and I don't know these men I kill but we all wind up on the same side 'cause ain't none of us doin' god's will. - Everlast
October 1, 200619 yr Power armor. They need to develop cybernetics like the Borg. But without looking that ugly. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well if they did that, Even then it wouldn't cure my uglyness........
October 1, 200619 yr My mother could've used one of those. Funky as it looks, at least it seems like it could eventually be something functional, rather than just a novelty. Still gaming with my 9900k/2080ti/32 ram. One day I suppose a game may inspire me to finally upgrade. Maybe.
October 1, 200619 yr Power suits, invisibility cloaks...those crazy Japanese are going to take over the world. "Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger." - Herman Goering at the Nuremberg trials "I have also been slowly coming to the realisation that knowledge and happiness are not necessarily coincident, and quite often mutually exclusive" - meta
October 1, 200619 yr My mother could've used one of those.Funky as it looks, at least it seems like it could eventually be something functional, rather than just a novelty. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> True, both my father's father and my father could have used such a suit near the end of their lives. OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
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