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Pedomotive
A kind of stilt-like leg extenders; take longer strides, get there faster. Extreme sports gear. (Read the full article)
| "BBS news ran an article a few years back about a russian guy at a university that built petrol powered boots, these used a small piston shooting out the base to propell the wearer forward, lenthening the strides and hence moving faster. " (darkflib 5/17/2005 7:11:18 AM ) |
| "Here's an interesting picture I found on Pink Tentacle; I don't have any information about it, other than the link below the picture. I think It's an interesting illustration of what a pedomotive might look like.
POLIZEI ROBOTER [Hikaru Kanefusa] (Bill Christensen 12/29/2008 3:11:01 PM ) |
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