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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. No way! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I've seen sci-fi movies and every time they open up one of these exo-skeletons they find a scrawny, blue alien.

    I don't want humans to evolve into that.

    No to Exoskeletons!