Exoskeltons are one of the staples of science fiction. Jump into it, flip the switches, and now you're kicking alien butt, punching through steel, hurling massive concrete blocks.
The realities of real-world exoskeletons are considerably more modest. You make sure that your center of gravity stays where it ought to be. You move slowly, carefully. You keep focused. And, oh yeah.
You walk by yourself for the first time in four years.
2 comments:
http://www.ted.com/talks/eythor_bender_demos_human_exoskeletons.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/aimee_mullins_prosthetic_aesthetics.html
That's pretty amazing. You see people like those building artificial legs and exoskeletons, and - after you get past thinking about Iron Man -- you really feel like anything is possible. Trailed shortly thereafter by wondering why anyone would want to do anything else.
Especially the jackals of the financial industry.
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