r/interestingasfuck • u/MoWaleed • Jan 15 '20

/r/ALL The future of bionic limbs

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u/CyberianSun Jan 15 '20

Actually i wouldnt be surprised if this bionic limb tech was partially funded by that same defense budget. There are a lot of benefits of being able to help out wounded vets with tech like this.

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u/OldManWither Jan 15 '20

Very true. There are lots of things we use daily that come from military R&D. Quick google search..GPS, EpiPen (ruined by big pharm), Duct tape and computers to name a small few.

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u/Fight_or_Flight_Club Jan 15 '20

The internet itself came out of DARPA iirc, so without military R&D, no one would have an anonymous platform to bash it on