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Powered Exoskeletons In The Near Future?

Posted by Hemos on from the zeon-here-i-come dept.

PhReaKyDMoNKeY writes "Discover Magazine's latest issue has a story about powered exoskeletons and how they aren't terribly far off. Sounds pretty damn cool, except maybe for the centaur flatbed model. Screw a Segway, gimme one of these babies."

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  1. Now all we need are the ant creatures to fight. by Rothfuss · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    Armor baby!

    I will become the machine.

    -Rothfuss

  2. and by 2006... by Hooya · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    they will have a penis!! my god!! think of the possibilities... 80% of the world is accessible with something with legs... but with one of those penises.. a 100% will be accessible...

  3. Beowulf? by Spackler · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    How about a beowulf cluster of these... stomping a hole in Ossama bin Laden!

  4. Re:Sounds Like Heinlein's Startroopers by slugfro · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Hey that's an incredibly brilliant and indepth insight considering that it was stated in the article. You did read the article right???

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