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American company SuitX from Berkeley ,introduced an easy and cheap (compared to competitors) exoskeleton The Phoenix, allowing most to return the ability to move people with paralyzed lower body limbs. The exoskeleton is attached to the man's feet and allows it to travel at a speed slightly less than 2 km / h. The device weighs 12.5 kg, which is the best indicator to date, and is powered by a battery, a charge which is enough for 8 hours of work. The cost of this exoskeleton $ 40 000, while more expensive than nearest competitor by 37 500. Phoenix does not fully regain the mobility disabled, but prevents the development of certain diseases, which may arise due to the constant presence in a wheelchair....Translated
ShadyNate420
Every day we get closer and closer to Call of Duty.
Provos
maybe make is so pants fit around it so people won't notice it as much
devasto
Did NO ONE see the episode of Malcolm in the Middle about this?!?!?
BiscuitEatingBulldog
Its like a Power Armor prototype.
MissTCShore
Its cool and all, but how are gimps going to be able to afford that when they don't have jobs?
TheDogEnd
"My mamma said they'd take me *anywhere*!"
BlueBear42
"Walking"
icieWind
Damn my mom would love these. They seem so comfortable.
wreckless7urtle
when do i get to be a cyborg and liv on saturn moons
mexicanme
And here I am using my own legs like a sucker
Czck
Soon this will be available on the healthcare services of Europe and America are gonna get mad af due to their shitty countries policies
ACanadianPerson
Something something never skip leg day.
Vertron
Finally there's hope for the three eyed raven
Brakett
Does it come with a Diamond Dogs logo on it?
spoobydoo
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/wh1pst1ckag0st0p/Animated%20Gifs/MacvsCricket.gif
JeremyClarksonDidNothingWrong
Once it's been upgraded, weaponized, and will allow me to throw a Buick, I'll get one.
LoopyMind
First the article says it's cheaper then the competition, going on to say it's actually more expensive????
SuckItTrebek9001
I think he meant it's cheaper than the other guys by 37500
SmertNSpecial
I'm pretty sure this happened in Wallas and Gromit
DarkLordComments
ALL I CAN THINK OF IS CRICKET FROM IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY
spoobydoo
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/wh1pst1ckag0st0p/Animated%20Gifs/MacvsCricket.gif
Dekosthedk413
I met up with a women who had a pair of these (apparently only like 200-300ish exist) HIKING THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL!!! She was awesome
Drhardway11
I know her.
DamienTheAntiChrist
Wallace and Gromit coming to life.
TheBlueMorpho
Maybe now Walt Jr can make his own breakfast
Hogster0
All fun and games until someone hacks your legs
BANANAFLAKE
There is a person in Fallout 4 that wears a power armor frame everywhere because she has no legs.
ThronesWoven
this guys legs look like wiz kalifa's
BANANAFLAKE
I don't know who that is. But you can still have a point.
ThronesWoven
thanks holmes, but google that shit, tell me i aint wrong, PLEASE
INSANITYisTEMPORARY
Reminding me of how blessed I really am.......
justpointingouttheobvious
I know, right? My guess is we are 20 years TOPS from having fully functional mech-warrior suits. What a time to be alive!
n0tJesus
Do you have bionic legs too!?!
INSANITYisTEMPORARY
I wish... I would then have the ability to actually run away from my responsibilities
mynameisntfuckinwarren
Do you want Terminators??? Because THAT'S how you get Terminators!!!
thewalkendude
It's more like "Do you want Starship Troopers? Because this is how you get Startship Troopers". (Read the book).
BiteTheHandsThatThieve
This is how we get borgs. And I'm cool with it.
ticktockbent
But this is literally the opposite of terminators. Termie was robot inside, meat outside. This is meat inside, robot outside.
Neekrhael
We can get the assault cannons from the A-10s.
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mynameisntfuckinwarren
He's like a cybernetic M&M.
staplestapler
And I have to walk around with an endoskeleton like a chump.
iamjackscompletelackofcompassion
Loser
MedicLt
Infidel
swanglemydangle
Peasant
Devkrovil
I didnt vote for you.
glassweaver
Are you sure? If you parents were anti-vaxxers, you may be eligible for polio. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
WhiskeyTangoFedora
CHIMP FTFY
Cheomesh
For now, anyways.
ZeldaFanNr1
Exoskeleton Master Race
opentokix
This should be 100% paid for by taxmoney, for anyone paralyzed.
blonx
It would be nice but taxes are kinda crazy already tho.
whitter86
No it should not.
ITalkAboutGoats
lol even wheelchairs aren't
debunker
Because do you have ANY idea how much that would cost?
scabab
2/2 aaaaand most of europe has better policies than that :/
scabab
uhhhhh... in the uk the nhs provides wheelchairs for anyone who will be mobility impaired for over 6 months :/
debunker
Same here in Canada. Because our taxes are structured to include healthcare. Whereas in the US, it's not.
debunker
I hate when people say this. Where do suggest the 200+ Billion should come from? There are 5.6 million paralyzed people in the US.
opentokix
Stop going to war and put people in wheelchairs? Stop bailing out banks? Would cover 200 billion, easy.
debunker
Easier said than done. It's much more complex that you think.
Boopdog
eh, not really. Politically complicated but not mathematically complicated. see, e.g., http://crfb.org/stabilizethedebt/#
opentokix
Bank bailouts $4.6 trillion already paid out. I think that money would be better spent on exoskeletons.
debunker
I don't think you have a good enough grasp of economics to understand what would have happened if those banks weren't bailed out.
opentokix
Neither do you
Boopdog
They needed the bailout, but they're profitable now, and we could tax them.
Boopdog
You don't realize just how much money the 1% have stolen from the rest of us. The answer is "tax the rich."
Cheomesh
They have enough money to take their money elsewhere, trust me.
Boopdog
Then we tax it on the way out.
Cheomesh
Implying that they've not already thought of that.
debunker
Sure. Go do that. Then you can pay for exoskeletons. But until then, don't pretend this money is lying around.
Boopdog
Well, it is lying around, it's just lying around in the bank accounts of the Waltons instead of helping the poor and sick.
GrImmgur
I love seeing things like these. The dead getting mechanical ear implants. The blind a bionic eye. Colorblind special glasses. It's amazing.
darksideoftheunicorn
I hope you had meant deaf
LavaAxe
lol @ the dead gettin ear implants. Fear the Hearing Dead.
DarkerSavant
Vampires and Zombies deserve to hear too!
ProfessorWasp
Yea, i cant wait till i can join the cyborg master race and purge all the lesser races under our iron boots!
NotQuiteDeadYetPool
I would love robot legs
Makinbrosmadonimgurandnotgivingafuck
Meh. I'm still waiting for robotic hair to fix my baldness. Suck my dick technology. Also..the Fleshlight...
atombongsmoker
Yeah, maybe alarms would actually work for waking the dead if they had ear implants.
ImMrsMeeseeksLookatMe
Bring out your dead!
Boofernut
"Bring out your deaf!" "What?"
Mohareb
It's a bit late with that ear implant when dead i would say :< Also not sure what you refer to with mechanical ear implant? The bone-one?
MetaVulture
haha, I thought of like "Grandma is dead" "But she can hear this fly mixtape, watch this Jenny" *grandma starts beatboxing on the slab*
carolinaguuurl
Just how high are you?
MetaVulture
I am as sober as one can be
Emulen
I kissed her and she kissed me