Thoughts???

Sep 14, 2006 07:08

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/09/14/bionic.arm.ap/index.html

Here we come age of super soilders...... WOOOOOO

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carnifex72 September 14 2006, 14:19:47 UTC
Its amazing how much technological advancement is driven by the need to kill our fellow man or as a consequence of violent confrontation.

I guess its true that neccessity is the mother of invention.

On a lighter note, how far off can the power loader from Aliens be?

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tons0phun September 14 2006, 18:13:49 UTC
I'll assure you personally it won't be far off. =p
Berkely has actually been working on stuff like that for a while.
http://bleex.me.berkeley.edu/bleex.htm
Granted right now it's a little cumbersome, I'm sure it'll be refined in time.

And one thing I talked with the guys about on this note was how the most technologically advanced countries are the ones that regularly faced war/battle.

It's like large-scale evolution of a sorts eh?

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buburubu September 15 2006, 00:07:07 UTC
Oh, if I was in the military and got my arms shot off I would SOOOO not be looking for an artificial hand. I would want a pair of giant ass two-points-of-articulation arms with a gatling gun instead instead of a hand. The "close hand" motion would be "fire". I would of course combine this with the power loader legs Daniel's linking to to help carry the thousands of bullets that would feed into it, and of course to help support the weight of the quadruple-thickness body armor I would wear. I would also have a helmet with a megaphone in it.

*projected across neighborhood* "COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP." *points two M61 Vulcans at front door*

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teddifunken September 15 2006, 20:42:49 UTC
I wanna be a cyborg when I grow up!

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