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"Electric Legs" an Example of Noble Invention
Pocono Armchair Review5/15/2011 5:06 PM EDT
I read an article today about an exoskeleton design called eLEGS. This is what I like to see coming from engineers. I wonder if there might be some problems with blood flow, considering the tight-looking straps that are used?
The article is at
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/nazareth/index.ssf/2011/05/nazareth_woman_able_to_walk_fo.html
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Duane Benson
5/25/2011 1:24 PM EDT
Last December, there was an article and discussion here on "How noble is you profession?". I would certainly call this a noble application of engineering.
This article does add some cloud to the nobility question though. For example, a lot of the work toward workable exoskeletons has come from military funding. A large amount of the recent progress in modernizing prostheses has come as a result of casualties in war.
How do you answer that nobility question if a technology serves two purposes; one you believe strongly in and one that you believe strongly against?
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