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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 750 Joined: 9-August 06 Member No.: 9,059  |
Ugly, but cool.
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Sep 14 2006, 06:45 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,598 Joined: 15-March 03 From: Hong Kong Member No.: 4,253 |
I'll be in my bunk. :cyber:
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Sep 14 2006, 07:45 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 |
More information in today's Washington Post.
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Sep 14 2006, 08:15 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,333 Joined: 19-August 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9,168 |
The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago is part of a multi-lab effort, funded with nearly $50 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), to create more useful and natural artificial limbs for amputees.
Riiiiiiiiight. DARPA wants to study it to create more natural limbs for amputees. Very cool anyway, though. |
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Sep 14 2006, 08:18 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,901 Joined: 19-June 03 Member No.: 4,775 |
Well, if you hack your arms off to replace them with guns, you are technicall an amputee. An awesome amputee.
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Sep 14 2006, 08:56 PM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...in the words of a famous green blooded point eared alien...
Fascinating |
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Sep 15 2006, 03:35 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 193 Joined: 5-January 06 From: Louisiana Member No.: 8,132 |
You got scooped!
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Sep 15 2006, 12:44 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 305 Joined: 2-March 03 Member No.: 4,188 |
I would imagine that it's a proactive effort to silence criticism of the status of veterans after the recent combat actions. That, and an attempt to actually compensate them for the damages caused by IEDs and the like. |
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Sep 15 2006, 02:27 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,428 Joined: 9-June 02 Member No.: 2,860 |
These are certainly fairly advanced limbs, but they're not the first. Prosthetics that respond to muscles and nerves have been around for a couple of decades. Some even include limited temperature feedback.
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