THAT is cool! As far as the $150K price...Mitt Romney makes that every two days... (Reply #66)

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Tue Apr 3, 2012, 10:18 AM

66. THAT is cool! As far as the $150K price...Mitt Romney makes that every two days...

Just saying.

High cost should not automatically be a barrier to assistive technology innovation. Look at how many billions year in and year out we taxpayer throw at the Pentagon to waste on devices who only purpose is to kill, or disable people such that they need artificial legs or arms...

(Sorry for the rant. Seen too many disabled vets)

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74 replies	Author	Time	Post
New device makes wheel chairs obsolete [View all]	1monster	Apr 2012	OP
wow.	Liberal_in_LA	Apr 2012	#1
Fantastic.	Kingofalldems	Apr 2012	#2
This is what the Segway should have been all along	Warpy	Apr 2012	#3
Like this? ->	IDemo	Apr 2012	#7
The Segway's inventor's wheelchair replacement was the iBot:	PoliticAverse	Apr 2012	#8
I remember that, but the person was still seated	Warpy	Apr 2012	#11
The rights to this were sold to Johnson & Johnson 10 years ago	Mopar151	Apr 2012	#24
$26K...	freshwest	Apr 2012	#45
That was my concern.	dotymed	Apr 2012	#65
Amazing.. about time	LiberalArkie	Apr 2012	#4
Pretty cool	dipsydoodle	Apr 2012	#5
That is very, very cool.	enlightenment	Apr 2012	#6
Holy cow!	hifiguy	Apr 2012	#9
Maybe makes Electric wheel chairs obsolete	Motown_Johnny	Apr 2012	#10
Not obsolete	mainstreetonce	Apr 2012	#46
I wish a cure for that could be found. what a cruel thing	roguevalley	Apr 2012	#52
Now that is seriously cool!	ananda	Apr 2012	#12
Wonderful!	silverweb	Apr 2012	#13
Fabulous !!! - K & R !!!	WillyT	Apr 2012	#14
You have to love it. Technology can be good.	cachukis	Apr 2012	#15
This is a really wonderful invention!	lunatica	Apr 2012	#16
So much better use of research dollars than making war. n/t	davidwparker	Apr 2012	#17
And this is only the first generation	bluevoter4life	Apr 2012	#18
That is extremely cool!	Ruby the Liberal	Apr 2012	#19
"device"	marybourg	Apr 2012	#20
Okay, I was excited and didn't spell check. ;:op	1monster	Apr 2012	#37
Wonderful idea!!!	Rex	Apr 2012	#21
Fabulous	malaise	Apr 2012	#22
once upon a time in America	onethatcares	Apr 2012	#23
'Drone studies' are where it's at now...	PoliticAverse	Apr 2012	#27
well hell yeah,	onethatcares	Apr 2012	#41
That's awesome!!!	proud2BlibKansan	Apr 2012	#25
I sent a link to it to Cathy about two weeks ago when I first saw it posted here.	kas125	Apr 2012	#49
Sadly,	proud2BlibKansan	Apr 2012	#51
OMG, he CANNOT lose his arms, too. She didn't say anything about that to me.	kas125	Apr 2012	#56
Very cool!	sonias	Apr 2012	#26
that is so cool.	LittleGirl	Apr 2012	#28
knr, n/t	chknltl	Apr 2012	#29
I dunno...	C_eh_N_eh_D_eh	Apr 2012	#30
I wondered about cost too	vankuria	Apr 2012	#39
Upper body strength doesn't look like a big problem.	C_eh_N_eh_D_eh	Apr 2012	#48
I was wondering about hills. They only demonstrated it on perfectly flat floors.	tclambert	Apr 2012	#62
Handicapped people already plan out their travels very carefully.	SoCalDem	Apr 2012	#73
Yeah it's far from perfect	zipplewrath	Apr 2012	#64
Thank you for this!	polly7	Apr 2012	#31
I would like to see this used	annabanana	Apr 2012	#32
Look at this from a US company...and Hal from Japan	Alameda	Apr 2012	#33
That's awesome!	Aerows	Apr 2012	#34
thanks, very much, for posting this.	marasinghe	Apr 2012	#35
I hope people will be able to afford this piece of equipment. I bet it is very expensive and	southernyankeebelle	Apr 2012	#36
i can't imagine a price	mopinko	Apr 2012	#38
I bet Medicare nor Medicaid will pay for this. Yes, it's only for the rich.	Auntie Bush	Apr 2012	#43
It would be sad if it were only for the rich. It would make a world a difference to people to help	southernyankeebelle	Apr 2012	#47
Oh that is cool!!!!!!!	Marrah_G	Apr 2012	#40
OMG. That could really change the lives of many people. What a marvelous invention. nt	Honeycombe8	Apr 2012	#42
K&R	Auggie	Apr 2012	#44
Nice	efilon	Apr 2012	#50
My friend Laura would LOVE this!	Odin2005	Apr 2012	#53
That is pretty nifty. For one thing, standing position will help maintain bone strength.	HiPointDem	Apr 2012	#54
That's an outstanding creation!	Uncle Joe	Apr 2012	#55
Thanks for the link. A wonderful device that should be made available to everyone in need of it.	Better Believe It	Apr 2012	#57
thank you for this, I have forwarded it to a LOT of people.	dixiegrrrrl	Apr 2012	#58
Issues...	Godot51	Apr 2012	#59
For once, the free market works as intended	AmateurPolymath	Apr 2012	#60
Great invention. However, the wheels are way undersized and	FailureToCommunicate	Apr 2012	#61
There's also the Rewalk exoskeleton strap-on motorized legs. This is really amazing>	leveymg	Apr 2012	#63
THAT is cool! As far as the $150K price...Mitt Romney makes that every two days...	FailureToCommunicate	Apr 2012	#66
That's cool. They should put the function controls into a thumbwheel on the crutches. n/t	lumberjack_jeff	Apr 2012	#71
It's like cross-country skiing for parapalegics - this part of the 21st Century is great!	leveymg	Apr 2012	#72
Amazing! /nt	MatthewStLouis	Apr 2012	#67
That's pretty awesome.	TwilightGardener	Apr 2012	#68
Tres wonderful!	Baitball Blogger	Apr 2012	#69
Thanks for posting	siligut	Apr 2012	#70
needs a plasma cannon in 200 watt range...	SkyNeT13	Apr 2012	#74

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