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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 10:47 AM Original message |
Human exoskeleton suit helps paralyzed people walk |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
1. I thought I saw that |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. Sixty Minutes did a piece on something like this in development twenty or so years ago |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
2. Fantastic - a wonderful example |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
3. Ironman rules! n/t |
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beezlebum (927 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
4. and another |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Thank you! |
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cosmicdot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. may I add another re 'hope for eye strokes'? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
5. I've often thought the exoskeleton model was the way to go |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. It also probably helps to exercise the paralyzed limbs. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. yes, that's the main reason we did it |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Yes, Power has always been the issue. I wonder how he resolved it. |
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ekwhite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. I think the key here is the crutch requirement |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Have you ever put this on a long time post patient? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I've never put a robot suit on anyone |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Did you miss the part about being over almost two decades |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Most of these things are for newly injured not those with chronic injuries |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. lol |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
6. Sweet |
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Spiffarino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
12. One question |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. All I can say to that is... |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. These kind of posts make us look silly.... |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Other people besides Americans are intelligent too & we have our own discoveries. |
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FatDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
15. Sorry, all I can think of is this: |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. Heinlein thought of something very similar in 1942 |
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Phredicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. I was going to post about a story by John Varley called "Blue Champagne", |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
19. Wow. That is wonderful. |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
21. Wonderful, thank you for posting this. |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
23. Priorities..... |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
25. Just in time for Sigourney Weaver to throw the Queen out of the airlock. |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
27. My first thought was, Just like in "Wrong Trousers." |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Do-oo something, Gromit! nt |
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happygoluckytoyou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
30. coming soon to a GOP CONVENTION near you... the old guy CAN be pres with on of these |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. It sure would have helped FDR |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
33. I wonder if it will have any long term curative effects |
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amuse bouche (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
35. Encourage kids to become scientists and engineers |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
36. Ripley's Believe It Or Not:: "You get away from her, you bitch!" |
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