Mechanized mountain climbing!
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http://www.theage.com.au/news/breaking/r...3916503382.html
A quadripledgic man and a mountain climber scale the (last 280m of) Matterhorn using a Cyberdyne HAL exoskeleton. Whether the feat or the combination of the company and product name are more interesting is up to you to decide.
In other news, cockroaches have been found to be more intelligent than the average politician.
A quadripledgic man and a mountain climber scale the (last 280m of) Matterhorn using a Cyberdyne HAL exoskeleton. Whether the feat or the combination of the company and product name are more interesting is up to you to decide.
In other news, cockroaches have been found to be more intelligent than the average politician.
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They could always air-drop the paralyzed guy if he wants to get to the peak of the Matterhorn so badly. (I work with a paralyzed guy so I get to hear all the bad "cripple" jokes)
Ruh-roh!
And now it all begins.....:P
Cool idea for the suit, but it's not that amazing I think. It allows someone to push/lift an extra 80kilos? Meh.
I would find it groundbreaking if it actually allowed the handicap dude to move himself.
Wait, there's a company called Cyberdyne developing robotics?
Ruh-roh!
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And they named their machine HAL