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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Exoskeletons Are Here

Perhaps the future of healthcare is an Exoskeleton Public Option!



Brought to you by names that come straight out of dystopian science fiction!

Great grandma can soon put aside that powered wheelchair she uses to terrorize the residents at her rest home. Japan's robotics venture Cyberdyne's robot-suit "HAL" (Hybrid Assistive Limb) is now available for rent and is being tested on the streets of Tokyo. - Hplus Magazine
Yeah, a robot named "HAL" (think 2001) made by Cyberdyne Systems (think Terminator). Who exactly thought that was a good marketing idea?

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