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[camrogers]

I think James Cameron called these things Hunter-Killers.

Still, once your robot blows someone's legs off... sell them robot legs.*

Whee.

God, we are so fucked sometimes.

My only hope is that with the rise of the Chinese as the major world power we'll see at least a little decline in world conflict. They don't seem like a war economy.



*AFAIK these are the products of two separate companies, but you just know that at some point a landmine manufacturer is going to get into prosthetics. Isn't Motorola the world's biggest landmine maker?

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[patchworkkid.livejournal.com]

Greylock mentioned something about recent... stem-cell surgery I think? Giving a guy back use of his legs? It's in one of the above comments.

But yeah. Ever since I was a teenager I've kinda liked the idea of a superchromed prosthetic arm. Not that it'd actually be any better (and probably a lot less capable) than a regular arm, realistically, but, y'know, coooooool...

[yamakasi.livejournal.com]

Ah, well, I was thinking of my friend who had to have his whole right leg cut off earlier this year (I don't think stem cell surgery would work in that case!). When he got a prosthetic it seemed so oddly basic. Anything more advanced cost tens of thousands of dollars and was really not that advanced at all. I think TV and films have ruined my image of just how far along we really are technologically in regards to prosthetics. :/ (I said to him that I was expecting something with a built in rocket launcher. :P)

[patchworkkid.livejournal.com]

Heh. Actually, the prosthetic legs with the lower half shaped like a rubberised question mark are pretty cool. I think a pair of the actually enable faster running speeds - provided you only lost both legs below the knee, though, I'm guessing.