Comments on i-Limb System Robot Arm Stronger Than Yours
This is a remarkable development; Touch Bionics is the creator of an amazingly usable bionic hand as well. (Read
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"Remember this fun little mock commercial from a few years back? iArm | http://www.iarm.de/movie_high.html"
(Chris Johnston 1/8/2008 9:11:12 AM)
"My first two responses would be thus:
1) Ethical quandary? Like, would someone replace a perfectly fine arm for a better one? Why didn't they touch on that?
2) This most of all reminded me of Ghost in the Shell. At the end of the movie, the Major rips herself apart while exerting her body beyond it's structural integrity. Because she could do that, her muscles were stronger than their bonds.
http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/images/ghostshell19.jpg"
(Sabre Runner 1/9/2008 4:30:38 AM)
"Thanks for writing in, Sabre Runner - here's the picture from Ghost in the Shell.
"'Introducing the new iArm - the world's fastest, most powerful, body upgrade - " I do remember that video, Chris. Good catch. And here comes the video.
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