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HAL Exoskeleton Assisted Mountain Climbing
OzPeter writes "The Age is reporting that two experienced mountain climbers will wear Japanese HAL exoskeletons to assist in carrying a quadriplegic and a muscular dystrophy sufferer to the summit of a Swiss mountain. Although they will be starting only 280 meters below the summit, it will still be an impressive feat." Slashdot covered the HAL exoskeleton late last year.
Let's hope that the HAL suits don't consider the quadriplegic a threat to the mission. Might see the suit eject the body in an effort to achieve success and reach the top.
My work here is dung.
I hope they remember to bring a spare AE-35 unit.
If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else.
This seems like a great test and demonstration of this kind of technology in a relatively extreme environment. I know several people on SlashDot have argued that the machinery wouldn't be able to handle the kinds of conditions you might confront when needing to rescue someone or in a war. This is exactly the kind of demonstration they need to do to push this kind of project forward.
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Man, those Japanese are way behind. Stephen Hawking already did this back in 1997!
Taking guns away from the 99% gives the 1% 100% of the power.
From the FAQ:
Q. Can we go to the bathroom or take a bath with HAL ?
A. We are researching it now.
For the love of god, please hurry up!
No, Pamela Anderson is an overhyped wench... this would be an overhyped winch!
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