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    Image of HyMinded HyMinded
    10/20/09

    In reply to Bionic Hand Lets the Wearer Feel, Not Just Touch
    I'd love to see Dremel get into this field. #robothand
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    Image of AshThePirate AshThePirate
    10/20/09

    In reply to Bionic Hand Lets the Wearer Feel, Not Just Touch
    And so we are one step closer to our cyborg Overlords. #robothand
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    10/20/09

    In reply to Bionic Hand Lets the Wearer Feel, Not Just Touch
    Finally!! Get me some bandages and a saw! Im getting me one of those fitted. NowI can look Stallone straight in the eyes and win my hard earned Arm wrestling match. Over the Top....pah!! #robothand
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    Image of Trystero Trystero
    10/20/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Not if he turns his hat backward. Nothing can beat him then. #robothand
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    Image of jp182 jp182
    10/21/09

    @Trystero: OR if he re-grips your hand #robothand
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    10/20/09

    In reply to Bionic Hand Lets the Wearer Feel, Not Just Touch
    Someone call Steve Goldman and Dr. Rudy Wells. The new and improved Steve Austin is arriving soon, and for less than 6 million dollars, it would seem. #robothand
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    Image of Yamato Yamato
    10/20/09

    In reply to Bionic Hand Lets the Wearer Feel, Not Just Touch
    this is pretty cool, it makes me think of Full Metal Alchemist, where they have people who have robotic limbs called AutoMail. #robothand
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    Image of psychiccheese psychiccheese
    10/20/09

    In reply to Bionic Hand Lets the Wearer Feel, Not Just Touch
    How long now before people are cutting their limbs off on purpose just to get one of these? I mean, if these things can do everything a normal hand can do (probably not yet, but pretty close), eventually they'll be able to do more. They'll make you harder, better, faster, and stronger. Who wouldn't want a hand that would never lose a thumb war again? Or a hand so fast that it can switch from scissors to paper faster than someone can notice? #robothand
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    10/20/09

    @psychiccheese: oh great...now we'll have an escalating Thumb War with guerrilla style Rock-Paper-Scissors conflicts breaking out all over the place... #robothand
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    Image of Ghede Ghede
    10/20/09

    @psychiccheese: I give it five years, ten tops. About the time I'll probably be seeing the onset of some kind of debilitating hand condition as a result of my over-keyboarded lifestyle. Carpal tunnel, arthritis, maybe a new condition like "drifting pinky"
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    10/20/09

    @psychiccheese: I'd do it to my leg, to tell you the truth. I've got nerve damage in my left leg, and the pain is so excruciating at times it's almost unbearable. Since it's nerve damage, there's nothing that can really be done short of removing the damaged nerves themselves. If this team could create artificial nerves to hook into the already-existing nervous system, I'd gladly lose my biological leg at the chance to be pain-free. #robothand
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    Image of laylaholic laylaholic
    10/20/09

    @Smeagol92055: Dr. House recommends Vicodin... #robothand
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    Image of Daumier Daumier
    10/20/09

    @laylaholic: Better yet, maybe House will finally get the damned thing cut off too. #robothand
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    Image of bakana bakana
    10/20/09

    @psychiccheese: I remember reading an aside in Ghost in the Shell where super-powered prosthetics were discouraged, as anything significantly stronger than your body would be problematic mechanically.

    Like if your new arm is strong enough to lift a car, if you actually tried lifting a car with it, the force would most likely just rip the arm off of your body! #robothand
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    10/20/09

    @laylaholic: It's never Lupus. #robothand
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    10/20/09

    @bakana: Didn't that actually happen in the film? She tried to pry the lid of a tank off and damn near ripped herself in half, if I remember correctly; it's been about five years since I watched it. #robothand
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    Image of Prolorn Prolorn
    10/20/09

    @Smeagol92055: Major Kusanagi was already a full-body cyborg, though, so it was a mechanical failure.

    Whereas with a hybrid biological-prosthetic body the risk would be if the prosthetic limb tried to exert more force than its foundation (the biological components) were prepared to support. #robothand
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    10/20/09

    @Mysterius: Ah, thanks.

    Spiderman actually demonstrated that concept in the classic Spiderman vs. the Juggernaut crossover. He made a giant web across the street to block Juggernaut's path and Juggernaut simply walked through it. The web net actually held, but the moorings (i.e., the sides of the buildings he attached it to) ripped completely off. #robothand
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    10/20/09

    @bakana: Movie and comics creators forget this stuff all of the time. Also, it probably would take less force to pull you to the ground than rip your arm off, so you would just body slam yourself when lifting the car. The shock of his feat hitting the pavement would likely have killed the Bionic Man when he jumped. Things like that.

    This is much like the "more powerful than a locomotive" fallacy. Superman grabs the back of a train and stops it instead of just pulling off whatever projection he grabs onto. The worst example of this was when He-Man kept two sides of a geologic fault apart by jumping in and pushing with his legs.
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    Image of psychiccheese psychiccheese
    10/20/09

    @bakana: I suppose for larger things yes, it would have a problem. But lets say for mechanical pushing against mechanical. Like a hand crushing a pop can. There would be no external forces acting against the body, simply the rest of the mechanical structure. So theoretically, you could crush a full pop can without any problems. #robothand
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    Image of Anekanta - Go Play! Anekanta - Go Play!
    10/20/09

    In reply to Bionic Hand Lets the Wearer Feel, Not Just Touch
    Wow--that's quite a breakthrough! #robothand
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    Image of 5AMfrenchtoast 5AMfrenchtoast
    10/20/09

    In reply to Bionic Hand Lets the Wearer Feel, Not Just Touch
    I had no idea that we were even close to this. This is amazing. #robothand
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    Image of Dunny0 Dunny0
    10/20/09

    In reply to Bionic Hand Lets the Wearer Feel, Not Just Touch
    Yay! One more day closer to Robo-Bruce Willis protecting us from Space Asteroids and Giant Balls of Evil. #robothand
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    Image of Yamato Yamato
    10/20/09

    @Dunny0: But what about the Perfect Human?? #robothand
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    Image of Dunny0 Dunny0
    10/20/09

    @Yamato: I think she's busy fighting zombies right now. #robothand
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    Image of Yamato Yamato
    10/20/09

    @Dunny0: Damn her! Shes going to ruin earth for us #robothand
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    Image of disatess disatess
    10/07/09

    In reply to Giant Robot Statue Looms Over Japan
    BAD ASS !!!
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    Image of DRaGZ DRaGZ
    10/06/09

    In reply to Giant Robot Statue Looms Over Japan
    YES!

    Gigaaantoooooor! Gigantoooooor! Gigaaaaaa-aaaaaaaantooooor!

    Gigantor the space age rooobot! He's at...your command! Gigantor the space-age robot! His power iiiiis in your hands!

    Bigger than big! Taller than tall! Quicker than quick! Stronger than strong! Ready to fight for right...against wrooooong!

    Gigantooooor! Gigantoooooor! Gigaaaaaaaaa-aaaaaantoooooor!
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    Image of North Star North Star
    10/06/09

    In reply to Giant Robot Statue Looms Over Japan
    Seriously, we need to get to work on a giant Optimus Prime.
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    10/06/09

    @North Star: Seriously, this thing is in an action pose.

    This is just embarrassing.
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    Image of jeremymtc jeremymtc
    10/06/09

    @North Star: You are aware that Optimus (ne Convoy) was never a western creation to begin with? If we wish to compete with Japan's budding army of giant robots, we shall have to further develop our Robbies and AT-ATs.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    10/06/09

    @jeremymtc: Only the design, not the soul. Before Marvel (yes, Marvel), there was no Optimus Prime. Transformers as we know it, is an American invention.
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    Image of hjsalberg hjsalberg
    10/07/09

    @jeremymtc: I think Disney already did that.
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    Image of strideo strideo
    10/07/09

    @hjsalberg: Disney did not make it to scale. :(
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    Image of salthegeek salthegeek
    10/06/09

    In reply to Giant Robot Statue Looms Over Japan
    Another Giant Robot Erection?
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    ThisDudeRufus promoted this comment salthegeek was starred salthegeek was unstarred
    Image of Airport_Whiskey Airport_Whiskey
    10/06/09

    In reply to Giant Robot Statue Looms Over Japan
    Second. Rate. Gundam.

    Weak Kobe, very weak...
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    NerD: Blattella promoted this comment Airport_Whiskey was starred Airport_Whiskey was unstarred
    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    10/06/09

    @Airport_Whiskey: Wow, seven words and 5 inaccuracies. That's a record.

    At least you got the name of the City right.
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    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    10/06/09

    In reply to Giant Robot Statue Looms Over Japan
    Alright, who'll help me rig up the Statue of Liberty with motors and lasers?
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    Image of Atomictao Atomictao
    10/06/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: All we need is slime from Ghostbusters 2, a stereo system playing Jackie Wilson, and a Nintendo controller and we're set.
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    Image of Log1c Log1c
    10/06/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: In.
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    Image of Paul_Is_Drunk Paul_Is_Drunk
    10/06/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: Look at that pompous jerk. He doesn't even have a weapon.

    Eat flaming wand of death, Giant Robo!
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