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Bionic Exoskeleton That Lets Paraplegics Walk Unveiled
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| Posted: 10:21 pm PDT October 7, 2010
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Posted on 10/08/2010 3:59:38 PM PDT by justlittleoleme
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To: justlittleoleme
Well, now, there's some good news for a change.
Thanks for posting this.
To: Walts Ice Pick
To: justlittleoleme
Bionic Exoskeleton That Lets Paraplegics Walk Unveiled Why would they be veiled?
Must be some Islamic thing.
;-)
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posted on
10/08/2010 4:07:05 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
To: justlittleoleme
What a great story! Thanks for posting.
To: colorado tanker
Spent four years attending to the paralyzed at West Roxbury VA hospital, granted, years back.
But I still remember, and this is the best news for those folks that I’ve seen over the years.
Thanks for the thumbs up!
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posted on
10/08/2010 4:13:39 PM PDT
by
benewton
To: justlittleoleme
Wow! Thanks for posting! A mechanical miracle for the paralyzed! And only the price of a high-end wheelchair! I’d say that’s a miracle too!
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posted on
10/08/2010 4:14:52 PM PDT
by
My hearts in London - Everett
(You will try to nudge commies toward the truth, while they try to nudge you toward the cattle cars.)
To: justlittleoleme
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posted on
10/08/2010 4:24:47 PM PDT
by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: justlittleoleme
Somewhere, Robert Heinlein is smiling.
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posted on
10/08/2010 4:26:33 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?)...Richard Frank DeCamp, 11/13/34-9/15/10, R.I.P.)
To: justlittleoleme
That is very, very cool. Excellent post.
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posted on
10/08/2010 4:41:50 PM PDT
by
sayuncledave
(A cruce salus)
To: My hearts in London - Everett
In time they’ll make the backpack part even smaller. Right now you wouldn’t want to go through airport security wearing one of those. They’d evacuate the entire place.
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posted on
10/08/2010 4:46:04 PM PDT
by
Shannon
To: justlittleoleme
Note, this was done here in America where free-market-innovation, contract law, and patent law gave us protection and opportunity to change the world.
Will this continue with Obozo as we go forward?
Capital is on strike, how many amazing inventions like this are withering on the vine as we speak and will not go forward because of our Dear Leader?
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posted on
10/08/2010 4:52:04 PM PDT
by
taildragger
((Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
To: philman_36
Now all it needs are a yellow paint job and a couple of forklift attachments...
Go Ripley!
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posted on
10/08/2010 4:53:12 PM PDT
by
mrreaganaut
(When can the Martian Republic declare independence from Earth?)
To: taildragger
It’s true what you say about American free market innovation.
But if this had been made in Japan, you could have had sex with it. I’m just saying.
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posted on
10/08/2010 4:58:42 PM PDT
by
agere_contra
(...what if we won't eat the dog food?)
To: benewton
Actually this is very close to my heart. For the past year my wife has been plagued with an undiagnosed neurological illness. At times she has been unable to walk and almost blind. She has some very good doctors, but so far they have been unable to find the cause. She has been tested for probably about every cause the doctors have been able to think of.
To: justlittleoleme
The firm has previously developed bionic exoskeletons for military use.Amazing how many good things for the civilian side comes from the research and development done for the military.
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posted on
10/08/2010 6:21:14 PM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: SuziQ
And with the coming Healthcare debacle there will be no extra money for research. I also suspect the Military will be having a ‘haircut’ on finances, too. No more American exceptionalism with the money all going to the Government for entitlements.
To: mrreaganaut; philman_36
***Now all it needs are a yellow paint job and a couple of forklift attachments...
Go Ripley!***
Is it like the unit shown on the cover of Popular Mechanics back in the mid 60s? Then appeared in the movies THE AMBUSHERS (Mattt Helm’s girl using it in a Mexican brewery) and ALIENS (Ripley uses it to clean house on the alien momma).
To: Walts Ice Pick
Yeah -- but -- will Øbamacare pay for one if you need it?
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posted on
10/08/2010 7:23:14 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
To: TXnMA
Yeah -- but -- will Øbamacare pay for one if you need it?There ain't gonna be no Obamacare, Medicare or Medicaid!
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