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Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Tuesday, April 19th, 2011 9:30am PDT - promote requested by vaporlock.

I'm not getting one until they come out with the mp3 version, with a camera and wifi.

Just another day of science and technology being completely awesome.

Does this exoskeleton make my ass look big?

God did it...

this is awesome, although kinda funny that one of the features the bionic legs tout is the "ability to sit"

>> ^E_Nygma:

this is awesome, although kinda funny that one of the features the bionic legs tout is the "ability to sit"


Imagine how hard it would be to get into them if they didn't allow for people with non functioning legs to get into them like he did.

I get what you're saying, it's kind of not what you'd think of..but it's something that if left out would make them something you have to wear all the time. It'd suck sleeping with that battery backpack strapped to you.

The best part about this, for me, is that 20 years from now, the kids will see videos of these things and go "Is that big heap of junk what passed for a walking aid back then?"

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This product has been around for at least 10 years as a prototype and the main issue with it is the blood pressure and chronic bruising which could lead to amputation. Unless the user has Multiple Sclerosis or some other local debilitating disease, they will not feel the pressure or bruise below the waste and this could lead to a deteriorating situation over time. If they could add some type of pressure sensitivity to the exoskeleton, that would be a more viable solution.
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With just a few tweaks we can conscript the disabled into super-robotic-soldiers

Soon he'll be cleaning up the streets of Detroit.

The first thought that popped in to my head while seeing this was "Can you imagine how jazzed that poor fucker must be to be finally able to piss standing up again?"