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Bluetooth Prosthetics Help US Marine To Walk Again
Like2Byte writes "CNN is reporting that a US Marine who lost both his legs in Iraq is now able to walk again by using bluetooth technology to coordinate his leg movement. The two legs communicate to keep the man in motion. ' [...] Computer chips in each leg send signals to motors in the artificial joints so the knees and ankles move in a coordinated fashion. Bleill's set of prosthetics [legs] have Bluetooth receivers strapped to the ankle area. The Bluetooth device on each leg tells the other leg what it's doing, how it's moving, whether walking, standing or climbing steps, for example.'"
Will he reflex-kick me in the head?
Just disrupt the deflector shield with a tachyon burst.
Maybe. All I know is that when he heats up his lunch in the microwave he starts dancing.
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Just imagine - no need for cellphone shoot-em-up games when you can use this direction stick on the keyboard to control a real Marine with Bluetooth!
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I don't have bluetooth limbs and yet get the impulse to kick people who use bluetooth headsets in the head....
Monstar L
"I only speak the truth"
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I'd only wear a bluetooth headset if it came with a "Locutus Laser".
Just disrupt the deflector shield with a tachyon burst.
I wouldn't be going to any black hat conventions if I was him.
So... can we expect Nintendo to make a Wii soccer game for him?
Must've been taking design cues from the packaging engineers that work at Apple. You can't replace the battery in their iPod or iPhone, either.
Enjoy your new "restless leg" syndrome!
Chas - The one, the only.
THANK GOD!!!
...people who use bluetooth headsets in the head....
Yeah, I get creeped out when I hear people talking to themselves in the john, too.
This guy's the limit!
*walk* *walk* *walk*
"Brain -> Legs: Bluetooth connection lost. Re-pairing"
*trip*
Vincent J. Murphy
Spandex Justice
Sorry officer, but every time you zap me with your radar gun, my leg floors the gas pedal..
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. - Mark Twain
We need this technology where I work - the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing.
You can't talk about Wikipedia's flaws on Wikipedia
The only downside is when his new legs are burning, it's because they used sony batteries.
The chips send signals to the artificial joints via bluetooth?
To FORWARD WALK, press 1.
To FORWARD RUN, press 2.
To BACKWARD WALK, press 3.
To BACKWARD RUN, press 4.
To KICK LEFT, press 5.
To KICK RIGHT, press 6.
To move SIDEWAYS LEFT, press 7
To move SIDEWAYS RIGHT, press 8
If you have fallen and can't get up, press 9. An Operator will be with you shortly. Please hold, your call is important to us. Calls will be answered in the order they are recieved. (plays "Runnin' With The Devil" as hold music).
If controls fail to respond, press CTRL+ALT+DEL.
Knowing Google's lust for data collection, the Soviet Union is still alive and well inside the psyche of Sergey Brin....
Shiver me timbers! I betcha Captain Bluetooth will be wantin' one of these to replace his peg leg!
Yomigaeru Aiyan Geek!!!
He couldn't get to a machine with Firefox.
It's the wrong trousers, and they've gone wrong! Help!