Cyberdyne HAL
Unlike the XOS, the Cyberdyne HAL exoskeleton lasts 2 hours 40 mins without being attached to a huge cord, weighs only 23kg and will be available for purchase this October and cost about 500,000 yen.
The main purpose of the suit is for rehabilitation purposes.
Hmmm, thats about the same price as a Candy Girl - which would you rather have?
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HAL in action below.
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Oh wow, I thought it was a suit from the movie Casshern for a second there. But that's one amazing suit, and cool looking too.
Anigao Kigurumi Cosplayer, Professional mask maker.
http://www.kigurumicosplay.com
Isn't Cyberdyne the company which made... the Terminator from "The Terminator" movies?? Yeah its an incredible invention, guess this qualifies as a mobile suit right? (how gundams originated)...
Comic Artist, writer
http://jimmykitty.com
Sugoi!
We really are living *in* the future.
Kids these days don't appreciate how fast technology is running along.
consultant
im happy, gits is finally coming true. hopefully there will be a time to create neural uplinks and eventually make it so humans can last even longer than expected. 100 years is nothing compared to 10000 years.
it may not makes us immortal, but it will allows to live alot longer im all for it.
Simulation
http://www.animetreehouse.com
Wow I'm amazed that they have more than 2 bags of rice!!! LMAO!
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
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Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto,
Mata aoo hima de
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto,
Himitsu wo shiritai
You're wondering who I am
Machine or mannequin
With parts made in Japan
I am the modern man
IT
http://fivetotwelve.wordpress.com/
You'd think a robotics company would know better than to name themselves Cyberdyne, what with the Terminator and Skynet and the destruction of human civilization and all that.
And then to call the robot HAL, which is itself a known beserker robot. they really didn't think it through.
Pseudo-Graphic Designer, 触手 wrangler, H-Man
http://lightningsabre.blogspot.com/
It's the beginning of the end as we know it...
Scientist, unemployed.
http://fmphoenixhawk.livejournal.com
I KNEW the Japanese were the cause of the destruction of mankind! Quick, everyone into the bunkers! Skynet will be online soon! :p
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict
I'm sorry, I just laughed when looking at the first video... That guy was so fun in his expressions.
I'm sure he's a comedian.
I almost wanted to play the "Just Married" theme at a point... No, really!!
Seeing red!!!
This is nice but no need for normal functioning people....
University Student.
http://www.hirito.blogspot.com/
Time to save up that 500,000 yen, so I could reverse engineer the product and see what applications I can use to assist in building a Mobile Suit. Or I could just go and steal the data information hehe.
Spiral Warrior
http://www.perfectdesignsense.com/martinwandering
Awful lot of fancy gadget posts recently.
銀河帝国五〇一軍团 TK/TD 8316 M.E.P.D. Police Sergeant
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i'll take the candy girl. ('~')
NEET
http://hobbyjapan.blogspot.com/
I guess the candy girl, but if I could modify this to make me stronger, faster and all that stuff, then it's a given.
Student
http://www.lsioblog.com
the choice is very obvious for otaku fellow, candy girl.
Myself-finder
buy both this and the candy girl, put them together and u get sky girls.
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
Sky girls are pretty expensive then~ >_<
VF-25 Pilot. Universariate Scholar.
LOL X2
Polytechnic Junior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer In-training.
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Suddenly I have a mental image of future wearers jumping higher, running faster, and punching harder than normal. (In short I see people all going Soulgain on others).
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
You reminds me of Kamen Rider. ^^
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japan yet brings us another awesome!
Student
I'll only get it if it can play that lobby music while I move
Games Designer
http://grimoireofcorporealthought.blogspot.com
Prepare to have power armor my friends, the age of Space Marines is upon us!! Ia Ia Cuthlhu Fhtagan!
Hikikomori in the making
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Wow... I can imagine cyborgs in the future...
Pre-U Student
http://wakuwakusuru.zeroclipse.net
Hmm.... Candy Girl will attract unwanted attention in my house, with parents being here orz
On the other hand, it would be quite cool to walk in that whithout expanding any energy... But it will ultimately make us lazy beings if we become too dependent on it ^_^
Not defined by my occupation
I'd dress my candygirl in the suit.
.NET/Web Developer
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Seeing that 2nd picture reminded me Sony's rolly. hahah!
Civil Engineer, 토목 기사
With my right leg/side getting progressively worse as the years go by, 120mm mortar incident 10 years ago, and my left leg starting to go, I will probably be in a wheel chair in the next ten.
And given the choice of a wheel chair or combination of the Cyberdyne suit with a Segways knack for balance, it's not hard to see where I'll be heading.
Anyway, I don't need a Candy Girl. I have my own Asian Babe.
オタク all day long
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LOL, I thought it's some kind of Wii remote thingy!!! XD
Quantity Surveyor
my parents would beat me silly if they saw me walking like that
Student artist
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I wonder if you got ALOT of lithoim batterys will it power it it up????
It would be cool if someone mod a iron man or mastercheif costume onto it and they at a exopo or convention they lift someone or something up at ease.
Me rather have candy girl
Shooting zaku II's since 1994
Behold! To the left, normal version. To the right, Trans-am. If only they emitted GN Particles so that you could fly...
Sniper
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Don't know what to choose if I have the money
Candy girl or this
anime + games collector
hearing the name cyberdine reminds me of hand maid may for some reason.
bum,hachi roku driver
I dunno candy girl's help maximize health.
Seeker of ways to return to Tokyo soon.
Hmm,Heard of these suits selling for between $20,000 and $4,000 not sure which is accurate?I went to the cyberdyne studios tour when I was there in july `09 it was pretty cool but they would`nt let us take any pictures of anything!I just want one for the sake of body panel upgrades,the modifications that people could do to the suit would create a huge following,plus being able to enhance the motors of the arms and legs to see what it can REALLY do!Modding it to run on a gasoline engine for one so you would`nt need a dorky exstension cord!And being able to carry heavier loads than you are used to would`nt hurt either.