Star Wars Prosthetics are here!

Discussion in 'The Red Room' started by CaptainChewbacca, Apr 13, 2009.

  1. CaptainChewbacca

    CaptainChewbacca Lord of Rodly Might

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    Frankly, it's astonishing how sophisticated they've gotten. The fact that they even CALL the prosthetic arm the 'Luke Arm' is just icing on an awesome cake.
    CaptainChewbacca, Apr 13, 2009
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  2. Captain J

    Captain J 16" Gunner

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    The holy grail of prosthetics will be when they can be powered solely by the human body, like Luke's. In the meantime :techman:
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  3. CaptainChewbacca

    CaptainChewbacca Lord of Rodly Might

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    Luke's arm had a pair of really effecient batteries.
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  4. Captain J

    Captain J 16" Gunner

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    Eventually we should be able to use piezoelectrics to power prosthetics using just the human body.
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    Order2Chaos Ultimate... Immortal Administrator

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    That is just so incredibly... incredible. A little voice at the back of my head keeps saying "yeah, this is probably how the Borg got started."
    Order2Chaos, Apr 13, 2009
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    Can we rebuild him? Do we have the technology?
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  7. Uncle Albert

    Uncle Albert Part beard. Part machine.

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    Better to learn to mate with machines now, before they rebel and overthrow/enslave/destroy us.

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    Begun the Borg Wars have...
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