Robot Body Suit To Be Marketed In Japan

destinyland writes "A Japanese company is preparing limited mass production of a cybernetic bodysuit which dramatically increases user strength up to ten times. The "Hybrid Assistive Limb" suit synchronizes movements of a mechanical exoskeleton to biological nerve signals detected by biopads on the body. (Originally envisioned for people with disabilities, the suit also has industrial applications, and the company is planning annual production of 400 units at $4,200 apiece.) Its battery life is five hours, according to the company's web site, which promises they're also opening an EU branch to begin sales outside of Japan."

Comments

Cyberdyne?

[Lurker]

Look at the name of the company . . . Cyberdyne. Fuck them and their goddamn pre-Terminator bullshit. I shouldn't worry, they'll probably be bought out by Weyland-Yutani anyway.

Re:Cyberdyne?

[TheKidWho]

Even worse... Cyberdyne is working on HAL... HAL is Skynet... God help us all!

Re:Cyberdyne?

[Schemat1c]

Wake me up when they make an electric car called the USS Enterprise.

Wake up.

Strength != carrying capacity or lifting power

[Opportunist]

Before someone goes and dreams of a Steve Austin experience: You can't carry more. You can't lift a car, unless that "wearable robot" also comes with an exoskelet that can carry that weight.

Lifting power is not only muscle power. It is also required that you are able to endure the stress that additional weight puts on your system.

Re:Strength != carrying capacity or lifting power

[Anonymous Coward]

The point would be to let someone lift objects they can normally handle with less fatigue on the muscles. So an activity that someone used to be able to do for only say 15mins they can now do for hours without feeling tired.

Re:Strength != carrying capacity or lifting power

[blind biker]

From the picture in the linked article, it's pretty obvious that this is indeed an exoskeleton - it has bottom support (from underneath the feet) all the way up to the arms.

Re:"limited mass production"

[BadAnalogyGuy]

I want one with a fleshlight installed for my penis and massage rollers for my legs and back.

Why do I have to give up comfort to gain the benefits of the suit?

Re:Velcro?

[loutr]

FTFA. There's a demonstration at about 3:40.

Re:aesthetics: Anime? Try Hentai . . .

[$RANDOMLUSER]

Also, they failed to mention that while you're wearing one of these, it causes your mouth to move out-of-sync with the words you're saying.

American Renaissance News

[$RANDOMLUSER]

And why exactly are we throwing millions of page views at these racist fucks???

Re:American Renaissance News

[caffeinemessiah]

And why exactly are we throwing millions of page views at these racist fucks???

Sigh...the dangers of news aggregation, which is probably how the submitter stumbled upon this piece of bigoted tripe. Somewhere, a thousand page ranking algorithms just went mad seeing these two ostensibly different areas of the Net link to each other.

Can we please be careful not to link this sort of website to slashdot? Somebody please think of the page ranking algorithms!! For those who don't want to click through, this is a summary from the site in the second link of the story (amren.com).

* The Dangers of Diversity, Part II, Editor Jared Taylor continues a multi-part examination of the effects of diversity by taking a look at just what happens when races mix. This segment provides additional examples of the violence and conflict that ensues when different racial groups are forced to mingle in public schools, and also in prisons.
* In Three Race Murders in Seattle, journalist Nicholas Stix reports on the murders of three white men, Edward Scott McMichael, James Paroline, and Kristopher Klime, by blacks. Mr. Stix shows how the media (and government) consistently downplayed the racial angle in these cases.
* In A Voice For Our People, Peter Bradley reviews Frank Borzellieri's new book Lynched: A Conservative's Life on a New York City School Board, which documents the author's one-man crusade to keep Western literature and values alive in increasingly "multicultural" New York City. Mr. Bradley holds him up as example of what a difference one determined man can make in his community.
* Plus, paying the price for insulting Obama supporters, the GOP takes its message to "hip hop settings," Attorney General Holder on the "nation of cowards," the US military becoming another foreign legion, another monkey cartoon controversy, and more!

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[Veggiesama]

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Re:"limited mass production"

[Skevin]

> far stronger than I need to be for day to day life as an IT professional!

Your work environment will adapt.

Trac ticket 14849
Reported by: Operations Manager
Owned by: Somersault
Priority: Major
Description: Hey, we just got eight full racks of blade servers downstairs. Please bring them up to the fifth floor before lunch. There's also a three-ton rack cooler that needs to be installed.

Trac ticket 14936
Reported by: Operations Manager
Owned by: Somersault
Priority: Major
Description: Our next truckload of routers is here. I need them in the NOC. This time, DO NOT bring the truck. Just the routers.

Trac ticket 15186
Reported by: Office Manager
Owned by: Somersault
Priority: Major
Description: Somersault, would you be a dear and open the jar of peanut butter in the kitchen fridge? No one else in the office can even budge it, but you with your exo-suit and all... Thanks.