Comments on: Bionic Legs Bring You One Step Closer to Robocop http://www.bustachange.com/bionic-legs-bring-you-one-step-closer-to-robocop/ Fanatic About Innovation Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:38:42 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Jerad Kaliher http://www.bustachange.com/bionic-legs-bring-you-one-step-closer-to-robocop/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Jerad Kaliher Sun, 23 Sep 2007 05:30:52 +0000 http://www.bustachange.com/bionic-legs-bring-you-one-step-closer-to-robocop/#comment-145 @Drew Smith, wow - I never knew that. I guess when technology actually gets to where it needs to be you can finally rest assured that she would have the support she needs to sustain her life. Unfortunately this is just a prototype and it's going to be a few years before a working model is going to be out in the general market. By the way, I think you should write... you're good at it. @Drew Smith, wow – I never knew that. I guess when technology actually gets to where it needs to be you can finally rest assured that she would have the support she needs to sustain her life. Unfortunately this is just a prototype and it’s going to be a few years before a working model is going to be out in the general market.

By the way, I think you should write… you’re good at it.

]]> By: Drew Smith http://www.bustachange.com/bionic-legs-bring-you-one-step-closer-to-robocop/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Drew Smith Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:28:29 +0000 http://www.bustachange.com/bionic-legs-bring-you-one-step-closer-to-robocop/#comment-144 A member of my family is a double amputee. While her ability to move around with the aid of standard artificial legs has afforded her both mobility and spared her from negative social stigma, it is her weight which has become the predominant health issue due to her inability to move much faster than walking-speed comfortably. This means she cannot exercise for a long enough period of time to reduce the weight, which causes considerable pain in her knee and hip joints. The older she gets, the harder it is to exercise and the more this weight problem affects her. She's always talking about how beneficial an artificial leg that "held on" to her and put more spring in her step would be. We've all seen images of amputee sprinters, utilizing a curved carbon fiber system as a substitute for the missing limb, however it's clear that one cannot wear this model in public without drawing attention to oneself. I imagine you see where I'm going with this.. A system which would support her frame, taking weight off of her lower extremities and transferred it into the ground, would be unimaginably beneficial. Her entire quality of life would change and perhaps some of the ailments which have affected her as she's gotten older, those due to her excess weight (i.e. high blood-pressure), would now be dealt with via exercise and healthy living, and supplement her dependence on drugs and sedentary living. A member of my family is a double amputee. While her ability to move around with the aid of standard artificial legs has afforded her both mobility and spared her from negative social stigma, it is her weight which has become the predominant health issue due to her inability to move much faster than walking-speed comfortably. This means she cannot exercise for a long enough period of time to reduce the weight, which causes considerable pain in her knee and hip joints. The older she gets, the harder it is to exercise and the more this weight problem affects her.
She’s always talking about how beneficial an artificial leg that “held on” to her and put more spring in her step would be. We’ve all seen images of amputee sprinters, utilizing a curved carbon fiber system as a substitute for the missing limb, however it’s clear that one cannot wear this model in public without drawing attention to oneself.
I imagine you see where I’m going with this..
A system which would support her frame, taking weight off of her lower extremities and transferred it into the ground, would be unimaginably beneficial. Her entire quality of life would change and perhaps some of the ailments which have affected her as she’s gotten older, those due to her excess weight (i.e. high blood-pressure), would now be dealt with via exercise and healthy living, and supplement her dependence on drugs and sedentary living.

]]> By: Jerad Kaliher http://www.bustachange.com/bionic-legs-bring-you-one-step-closer-to-robocop/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Jerad Kaliher Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:54:37 +0000 http://www.bustachange.com/bionic-legs-bring-you-one-step-closer-to-robocop/#comment-143 @Fran Danben, I'm really sorry to hear that and I hope that they are able to push this technology out into the field as soon as possible. @Fran Danben, I’m really sorry to hear that and I hope that they are able to push this technology out into the field as soon as possible.

]]> By: Fran Danben http://www.bustachange.com/bionic-legs-bring-you-one-step-closer-to-robocop/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Fran Danben Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:36:02 +0000 http://www.bustachange.com/bionic-legs-bring-you-one-step-closer-to-robocop/#comment-140 My husband has lost the use of one of his legs overseas. The Navy should pick up this technology to give back to the people who fought for their country. My husband has lost the use of one of his legs overseas. The Navy should pick up this technology to give back to the people who fought for their country.

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