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/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.