Human augmentation - and so it begins

[AndyCroft1982]

It'll just make already hard to catch criminals, harder to catch.

obviously never seen robocop...puny human

 

[LordSplodge]

Jumping over the building is easy, compressing the fall damage to a point where every bone in your body doesn't shatter on impact, that's the difficult part

You're late to that party. Aperture Science has already created Long Fall Boots

May also include delicious cake.

 

[James J]

Applications are all military ATM though. Would be so easy to graft armour over it for a combat suit

 

[Efour]

Space Marines atttttack !!

 

[Atlas23]

Lego did it first

http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/6135

Come at me bro

 

[adolf hamster]

power supply troubles? why not make it bigger, maybe the size of a jcb or somesuch, then all the micro tech like fingers etc will be easy because they're bigger, and power you can use good ol' ic or fuel cell or even nuclear battery.

we have the technology. i recall watching a clip of a device that can let you 'feel' digitally, ie you could for example touch something that doesn't exist outside of a cad model [and this was 5 years ago]. large scale hydraulics are everywhere so power distribution isn't a problem and as i said power isn't a problem and we already have the likes of a force feedback joystick for a computer, whats so different about a whole body input device?

as for control devices, this is a pc forum and i'm sure something the size of a jcb can have a couple of xeon's stuffed in somewhere...

 

[Mr Badger]

Hell yes!

Although will we survive that long...

"Another Japanese company, Cyberdyne, has developed its hybrid assistive limb or Hal system, a range of machines designed for rescue recovery or "back load reduction" in the work place."

But can it open the pod bay doors?

 

[Theophany]

Can I get a Iron Man suit plz?

 

[CLAWS]

"The flesh is weak! - Iron Hands battle cry

 

[Rich_L]

Be like "do you even lift robot-bro?"

 

[Theophany]

Be like "do you even lift robot-bro?"

Robro?

 

[nick.lidgett]

go go gadget penis

 

[TehBluebear]

"I never asked for this."

 

[The Dread Pirate]

Wake me up when Nano Augmentation is Viable then I can get me some cool shades and a leather trench coat

 

[Zefan]

and power you can use good ol' ic or fuel cell or even nuclear battery.

You been watching Pacific Rim?

 

[Suarez7]

50kg each arm, no thanks Jeff.

 

[TommyV]

robocock could soon be a reality

 

[Tefal]

Jumping over the building is easy, compressing the fall damage to a point where every bone in your body doesn't shatter on impact, that's the difficult part

actually thefall damage is doable, it's stopping the acceleration of the jump crushiong your legs/forcing your femour through your pelvis into your stomach that's going to be the problem

 

[Tefal]

Robro?

BroBot surely?

 

[Tefal]

power supply troubles? why not make it bigger, maybe the size of a jcb or somesuch, then all the micro tech like fingers etc will be easy because they're bigger, and power you can use good ol' ic or fuel cell or even nuclear battery.

we have the technology. i recall watching a clip of a device that can let you 'feel' digitally, ie you could for example touch something that doesn't exist outside of a cad model [and this was 5 years ago]. large scale hydraulics are everywhere so power distribution isn't a problem and as i said power isn't a problem and we already have the likes of a force feedback joystick for a computer, whats so different about a whole body input device?

as for control devices, this is a pc forum and i'm sure something the size of a jcb can have a couple of xeon's stuffed in somewhere...

but the question is why?

why have a very expensive very complex, very fragile JCB sized robot, when either a jcb or a forklift will do?