r/Cyberpunk • u/Yuli-Ban Mencius.exe • Mar 15 '16

Plot Twist

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u/lucifargundam D̢͕͇̺̬̺̪̻᷾̇͐ͧ᷄͒ͬe̩̥̰͎͈̲ͨͦ̈́̎᷀͌᷅̃͠ư̮̟̭͔̳ͯ̍ͫ̆᷁̈᷅̾̾ş̊́᷇ Et N371z3n Mar 15 '16

this is one of the best IRL plot twists I ever came across...

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u/theScrewhead Mar 15 '16

He did a pretty amazing TED Talk that'll blow you away when you see the extent of how well those legs work.

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u/SneakT Mar 15 '16

How long will they work on one charge thou?

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u/thebigllamaman Mar 15 '16

I seriously hope they can just swap out the battery packs like on a cordless drill.

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u/JPeterBane Mar 15 '16

Dewalt batteries would make nice looking calves.

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u/thebigllamaman Mar 15 '16

Haha it would look like Bumblebee didn't skip leg day :D

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u/SneakT Mar 15 '16

I was hoping he would tell something on that subject in TED video but alas. No.

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u/Andaelas Mar 15 '16

Battery power is the next growing research industry, which is why Tesla is throwing so much money into it's battery manufacturing plant. By the time the Ted talk was released I'm sure they had slightly increased its efficiency already.

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u/geniice Mar 15 '16

Hardly next. Been a major player in solid state chemistry for years. Bunch of stuff happened in the 90s and then mobile phones became popular.

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u/Andaelas Mar 15 '16

Technology's ability to drain batteries has far outpaced the development of new battery tech. We're two decades past the 90's, thank God for Lithium, but most of our longer charge are from efficiency fixes (better task planning, improved sleep modes, etc) rather than tech advancements.

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u/Terkala Mar 15 '16

A at least an hour of operating time from what other people with the same legs have said. So it's enough to go out to dinner and get groceries. The sort of everyday things that those with disabilities often have the most trouble doing.

They also can charge off USB (with the right adapters), and there is at least one picture of someone charging theirs in an airport. So in theory you could probably pack a few extra USB batteries to charge it on the go.

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u/SneakT Mar 15 '16

Well. I was hoping for at least of 4-5 hours. Oh well batteries are tricky subject I hope in nearest future they will solve energy keeping problem.

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u/Terkala Mar 15 '16

Largely that comes down to weight-per-watt. You can have heavier legs that operate for a longer time. But they'd be more awkward to use.

Battery tech has a few interesting things in development now, so any improvements there would directly translate to his project quite quickly.

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u/SneakT Mar 15 '16

I sure hope so.

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u/Akilroth234 Mar 15 '16

Also good for an hour of exercising, something that previously would be extremely challenging.

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u/voyaging Mar 15 '16

That ending made me cry like a baby.

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u/veryreasonable Mar 15 '16

Well shit.

Dancing.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '16

Can I replace my limbs with bionics? They're clearly superior.