While I would definitely want any sort of exoskeleton or bionic assistance, you have to wonder what risk there would be to the user if a power outage or surgeoccurred. I remember Discover did a piece on this about 8 years ago with a segment about the SpringWalker, and they used the same picture of that engineer with the robot arm. In his left hand (hard to see), he has a master kill switch in the event the power or hydraulics goes off, as it could snap his arm. Just imagine if the G.I. Joe knockoff in the upper picture had a power surge with one of his legs. I wonder how this would factor in with the overall safety of the suit. Can't have Private Parts sprinting 80 mph into a wall, now.
While I was in Japan, you couldn't go through a subway or crowded intersection without seeing two or three people playing games on their cellphones (even a mini version of Space Channel 5 for the Dreamcast). Some of these cellphones even interacted with others, with people playing games against each other. In America, we have taken small strides like this with such toys as Hasbro's Pox, a handheld game that autonomously detects and "battles" other consoles in its broadcast radius. But with the popularity of cellphones and such, I don't see cute little portable games like this so much as an "if" than a "when". I can see old NES and SNES games being the first ported.
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I wonder what he'll say for the chefs to get running up to the stage. I doubt it will be comparable to Kaga's "Are kezeeeeeee!"
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And so... today's theme... is... I wonder what he'll say for the chefs to get running up to the stage. I doubt it will be comparable to Kaga's "Are kezeeeeeee!" --Chag