[TheForge] on death and dying.OT

[Michael H. Murphy]

The Army has a powered partial exoskeleton -- legs and back -- that seems to
work reasonably well.  I believe, however, you have to have some mobility in
the legs to make the pressure sensors work.  It might be possible to rig
different sensors, but that's going to run into big money, and the Army
isn't really interested in blacksmiths; I think there are only about ten
blacksmith slots left in the whole army.

Murf

> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:theforge-
> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of terry l. ridder
> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 4:22 PM
> To: Sponsored by ABANA
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] on death and dying.OT
> 
> hello;
> 
> comments below.
> 
> On Tue, 11 Jan 2005, Bruce Freeman wrote:
> 
> bruce>
> bruce> I think it would be damned dangerous, especially for paraplegics
> with
> bruce> little feeling below the waste.  "Where'd that cut-off go?  Hmmm, I
> bruce> think I smell meat cooking..."
> bruce>
> bruce> What I don't comprehend is why "the handicapped" have to be kept in
> a
> bruce> seated position.  Why not a stand-up ambulatory apparatus?  I'm
> thinking
> bruce> of those little walking toys that lean back and forth while they
> move
> bruce> the legs forward, alternately.  Adapt that to human-size.  "Seat"
> the
> bruce> patient in a breeches-bouy-like contrivance.
> bruce>
> 
> perhaps something similar to the hydraulic loader that ripley used in
> the movie alien to kill the alien creature. ripley used the hydraulic
> loader to dump the alien out the air lock.
> 
> bruce>
> bruce> Bruce
> bruce> NJ
> bruce>
> 
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> terry l. ridder ><>
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