One of the technologies I look forward to is exoskeleton. Yes I know it will be used by the army. But the potential to improve elders' lives is huge.

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peepee1982 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

Agreed. But the pessimist in me fears that some people might fall back to that much too soon instead of adopting healthier lifestyles.

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pfannkuchen 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Why would it be used by the army? Seems like you don’t need the squishy meat filling for that use case.

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kulahan 5 days ago | parent [-]

There are lots of instances where a soldier being 5-6 times stronger would be really useful.

I don’t think it’ll be a scenario like the starship troopers book, but having one available to a swat team or whatever, could be useful.

Still, I personally think the army would be one of the last applications, because that’s where you need the absolute lowest possible latency. Latency on a suit for an elderly person would be much more acceptable.

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amelius 4 days ago | parent [-]

Or maybe the scenario where they lift a truck that is stuck in the sand.

	▲	defrost 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		An exhaust air bag jack and a plank or five squaddies can already do that job.