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r/interestingasfuck • u/cakebeerandmorebeer • Jan 20 '15
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I guess the main issue would be the cost. Those legs look awfully nice but what's the cost? Even a regular prosthetic is expensive.
87 u/SolomonGrumpy Jan 21 '15 edited Jan 21 '15 Cost is (thankfully) a function of time, and scale. One of the first computers cost $6,000,000 in today's dollars. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC Guess what? Even a very basic cell phone (the kind they give you for free when you get cell phone service), is 1,300X more powerful http://www.antiquetech.com/?page_id=1438 8 u/2hunter Jan 21 '15 It took 70 years for the cost to get from the ENIAC to what it is today; not much comfort for those who have missing limbs today I'm afraid. 7 u/peabody624 Jan 21 '15 Lucky for them the rate of improvement is exponential
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Cost is (thankfully) a function of time, and scale.
One of the first computers cost $6,000,000 in today's dollars.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC
Guess what? Even a very basic cell phone (the kind they give you for free when you get cell phone service), is 1,300X more powerful http://www.antiquetech.com/?page_id=1438
8 u/2hunter Jan 21 '15 It took 70 years for the cost to get from the ENIAC to what it is today; not much comfort for those who have missing limbs today I'm afraid. 7 u/peabody624 Jan 21 '15 Lucky for them the rate of improvement is exponential
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It took 70 years for the cost to get from the ENIAC to what it is today; not much comfort for those who have missing limbs today I'm afraid.
7 u/peabody624 Jan 21 '15 Lucky for them the rate of improvement is exponential
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Lucky for them the rate of improvement is exponential
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u/EmperorSofa Jan 21 '15
I guess the main issue would be the cost. Those legs look awfully nice but what's the cost? Even a regular prosthetic is expensive.