Crewmannumber6: Hottie is a stretch to say the least

This

Way to go crippled lady.

I could outfit a bed with wheels and GPS, so it would drive itself along that route. Would that qualify me to claim to have finished the London Marathon in my sleep?

You don't run a marathon unless you move yourself continuously until you finish. Bonus points for historical/mythological accuracy if you die immediately afterward.

Juice her up and shave a few days off that time.

Oh my, that picture was a disappointment. Still very cool though.

Crewmannumber6: Hottie is a stretch to say the least

/hot enough

Maybe "hottie" is a stretch, but she's easy enough on the eyes.

Mr-Wunderful:

Popped in for Lindsey Wanger

Looks like the charge was good for about two miles a day. That's a fairly decent amount out of a demo suit. Assuming she never fell over or the like, that's solid work by the suit's design team. The price tag and battery life aren't that great, but what do you expect out of something that is beta at best.

The scary thing is there is this whole community that looks down on any paraplegic that doesn't want to be in a wheel chair. Blogs like this one will be tearing up that woman in short order and screaming about how the cure industry is trying to force them out their wheelchair. There is a whole community based the idea that being in a wheelchair is just as mobile as being bipedal. Confuses the hell out of me, if medical technology can make everyone bipedal we can do away with things like handicap ramps on busses and the like which in turn reduces the cost of the busses and saves society money.

Strik3r: Famous Thamas: Man, what is with all the hate in this thread? I guess a bunch of people are jealous of the attention a crippled woman is getting for completing a physical feat.

It's not hate man, it's ANTI-HYPE. Is this really an accomplishment? for who? the woman, the tech, or the battery manufacturer?

It's hype for the program that did all the programming and design related to balance and motion. Covering a 26.2 miles without the woman tipping over or being injured is pretty impressive. There are a lot of robots out there that couldn't cover 26.2 miles and they don't have to compensate for the human's own movements (like if she moves her torso, the suit has to rebalance to compensate). Basically they provided their design/programming for keeping her upright over a fairly long course and that's a nice milestone. Battery, cost, and land speed all appear to need work though. Still upright and moving is a big step.

schattenteufel
Glad to see I wasn't the only one turned on by a thong wearing, vodak drinking cyborg.

I could compete that marathon in my bionic Miata. It interprets my limited motor function to move me around. And it allows me to go places that I couldn't under normal walking conditions. Ever try to walk down the middle lane of the Interstate? Can't do it for very long, says I. But in my bionic Miata, I can.