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    strider_mt2k: Yes, I'm sure that the people helped by this will be put off by the "hilariously female gait". I guess you had to try to ding it somewhere. Whatever. more »
    tamoko: This is great tech, but I have nightmarish images of crowds of people migrating a street, all with robo assist legs, all looking like John Cleese. Tho... more »
    OMG! Ponies!: Ironically, it takes a lot of balls to go for a ride up stairs with a Honda-made robot. more »
    Rabid Penguin: What about fat people or people with big feet... more »
    GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE: If this is for the elderly, I just have to ask: what if they are wearing Depends, or other adult diapers? more »
    weatherman: SO these aren't motorized at all, right? More like a chair with legs, if I understand it correctly. Well, I suppose that could be handy for a lot of f... more »
    OMG! Ponies!: And when it develops sentience, the robot legs will be in perfect position to cock-punch the pathetic and weak human. Don't engineers factor in the Ro... more »
    GadgetPlayPissedSomebodyOff: It's a shame the military and UCSD are so stupid that they haven't already thought of these moronic objections to what appears to be very beneficial t... more »
    Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Hey considering we're spending so much time in the sand perhaps they need to develop a Freman stillsuit... more »
    Curves: I am not a gamer, but I gather from the other comments that this has been done already in some combat game. And how did it turn out in the virtual wor... more »
    Curves: Would I sound cynical if I said fear this may be used to introduce other drugs to soldiers as well? Maybe not drugs aimed at the soldiers health and w... more »
    MadCrazy: You know what's goanna happen don't yea? If and when it comes around, they're goanna give the manufacturing contract to the lowest bidder, who are goi... more »
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    US Military Pretty Much Commissions a Real-Life Gordon Freeman Power Suit

    The Office of Naval Research just threw a $1.6m grant at some UCSD researchers, to be used to build a "field hospital on a chip". The system will monitor a few biomarkers for deviations from safe levels, at which point it will automatically medicate its wearer. While the military hopes that such a device could provide first aid to wounded soldiers, the technology could also find plenty of practical uses in medicine, especially for doling out insulin to diabetics or anesthetic to chronic pain sufferers. More »