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Bionic Leg for the Commercial Market

Posted by timothy on from the less-than-6-million-dollars dept.

Jay writes "I thought you may be interested in this crazy-cool fully powered bionic knee called the Power Knee. It's made by Victhom, a French-Canadian company and will be marketed by Ossur, an Icelandic prosthetics company and one of the biggest prosthetics companies in the world. You may have seen them in the news lately with their Rheo Knee or rheomagnetic computer controlled knee. This new Power Knee takes it to the next level with full active power. Supposedly it will allow people to walk up stairs and the like. Here's the link to Ossur's Power Knee website with photos and video, and to Victhom's website. Cool video, amazing device."

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  1. Naming? by Grayden · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is it by coincidence or by design that the name of the company that makes the replacement limbs is more or less a homonym for "victim"?

    When I see "Victhom" I see it being pronounced "VIC-tum".

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    Shades of Grayden
  2. Steve Austin, Astronaut - A man barely alive . . . by craXORjack · · Score: 2, Funny

    Gentlemen, we can rebuild him... We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world's first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before... Stronger... Faster...

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    Liberals call everyone Nazis yet they are the closest thing to it.
  3. Biggest prosthetics company eh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    ...biggest prosthetics companies in the world...takes it to the next level with full active power.
    Bah! This isn't news! I get offers every day offering me a bigger prosthetic that will give me fuller more active power.