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Japan Displays Prototype Robot Suit

anaesthetica writes "A project at Tsukuba University has produced a battery-powered robot suit designed to aid the wearer in strength-related tasks, like lifting heavy objects. The suit also has the capability of propelling itself, which is potentially useful for helping the handicapped or elderly walk. The optimistic professor who lead the project stated, 'Humans may be able to mutate into supermen in the near future.'"

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  1. Alien by thorgil · · Score: 0, Redundant


    Bah... wake me when they have something like the exoskeleton Ripley uses to throw out the big bitch in space.

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