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I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords.
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Tell me if you can see at least two things with this article that should be screaming "RED ALERT".
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...Either one of those red flags I could accept, but both? Is this article really a (very, very cruel) hoax?
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Quote: Evil Midnight Lurker wrote:
...Either one of those red flags I could accept, but both? Is this article really a (very, very cruel) hoax?
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Cruel? What makes you say that? it seems more tongue in cheek if its a hoax 
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IIRC it's NOT a Hoax, but poor decision making by the suits.
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*Spots two flags right away - cackles madly and attracts everyone's attention in cafe.*
Heh. Good thing I was on base when I saw this. If I was out in a Japanese cafe, I would have been hard-pressed to explain. 
It's
very real. They have been talking about it for several years.
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I'm sorry, Dave, but everyone who spotted the "red flags" has been targetted for termination.
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Cyberdyne also created the Hand Maid robot series also. What would be worse...being ruled by death machines....or being ruled (softly) by cute robogirls?
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Quote: ordnance11 wrote:
Cyberdyne also created the Hand Maid robot series also. What would be worse...being ruled by death machines....or being ruled (softly) by cute robogirls?
Uhm.... is this a trick question, boss?
(Of course in the Sarah Conner Chronicles timeline offshoot, you get to have BOTH in one package!)
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Quote: Logan Darklighter wrote:
Quote: ordnance11 wrote:
Cyberdyne also created the Hand Maid robot series also. What would be worse...being ruled by death machines....or being ruled (softly) by cute robogirls?
Uhm.... is this a trick question, boss?
(Of course in the Sarah Conner Chronicles timeline offshoot, you get to have BOTH in one package!)
Either way, the human race goes down the tubes...the male half anyway. On another note..when do we see Marauder type powered armor (Starship
Troopers)...or better yet Gundams!
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So long as Cyberndyne isn't run by a CEO name of 'B. Mason' I think I'll be fine. I could probably get along with the cute robogirl overlords.
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Quote: WengFook wrote:
Quote: Evil Midnight Lurker wrote:
...Either one of those red flags I could accept, but both? Is this article really a (very, very cruel) hoax?
--Sam
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Cruel? What makes you say that? it seems more tongue in cheek if its a hoax
A hoax would imply that the advertised product didn't actually exist, and a friend of mine who could really use such a thing would have
extremely harsh words to say about that.
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The gadget's mission objective matches up fairly well with Roujin Z, doesn't it?
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Quote: Evil Midnight Lurker wrote:
Quote: WengFook wrote:
Quote: Evil Midnight Lurker wrote:
...Either one of those red flags I could accept, but both? Is this article really a (very, very cruel) hoax?
--Sam
"This is graveness."
Cruel? What makes you say that? it seems more tongue in cheek if its a hoax
A hoax would imply that the advertised product didn't actually exist, and a friend of mine who could really use such a thing would have
extremely harsh words to say about that.
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Eh... The Japanese tend to be like this when naming things like their companies. They'll jump on anything that's the least bit trendy.
"Cyberdyne was a fictional company that created highly advanced robotics and war machines!? AWESOME! Let's name our company after theirs!"
Kurisu, I think Valles has got the general gist. The robo-bed simply supplied additional things, such as advanced life-support for the elderly as well as
granting them locomotion. The cyberlegs merely provide locomotion.
Really, I can see the need for it here in Japan. Whenever I leave the base, I'm bound to see at least one person using crutches or some sort of wheel
chair because they're either old or disabled, and they always need assistance in getting around. Most people move about the Tokyo-and-vicinity area by
trains - trains that must move quickly and efficiently to keep things going. Trains that usually wind up so packed during rush-hours and holidays (all it
takes is a fireworks display, trust me) that you are literally packed in like sardines - thus no room for a fast-deploying wheel-chair ramp.
What happens instead is that you have to talk to the station personnel about having them bring out a folding ramp. They'll get it and quickly throw it in
place so the wheel-chair bound person quickly amble into the train, then they pull it out just before the doors close. Then they radio ahead to your
destination to inform them that they'll need the ramp at number-x car of number-y train. Sure enough, there'll be a a guy there waiting with another
folding ramp and the process repeats itself.
With something like these cyber legs, though, that whole song and dance can be circumvented entirely. People like the old man I saw on the train in the wheel
chair can walk on and off as they please. Of course, I would hate to see it lead to people getting even lazier. It's bad enough that America has the
highest percentage of obesity in the world - we don't want it to get worse or see Japan running a close second.
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Update! Cyberdyne has offered HAL to the folks cleaning up Fukushima.
So now we have to worry about radiation-induced mutations in the code, too...
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I am willing to bet somewhere they're field testing an armored battle exo skeleton somewhere..probably SOCCOM since they have the budget.
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ordnance11 Wrote:I am willing to bet somewhere they're field testing an armored battle exo skeleton somewhere..probably SOCCOM since they have the budget. They have been for years, apparently the major limitation is finding a power system for it that will actually last as long as they expect it to be needed in combat operations (which means it has to be able to go a couple of days of full-time use between charges, minimum...)
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They have been testing one version that runs of an eva style extension cord to aid in logistics task, eg loading and unloading stuff quickly, and doing stuff like re-arming planes more quickly.
They do have mobile versions but power storage is a big problem, either it's very loud (small engine), doesn't last very long (batteries), or the suit is not very impressive (efficient).
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