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[ www.hacklog.com] Rob the Bold writes "October IEEE Spectrum magazine (print and online) reports on worldwide developments in exoskeleton technology. Applications include mobility for the disabled, increased lifting power for cargo loaders and nurses, and faster running capability.
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[Planet.lisp.org] Planet Lisp: A wheelchair-bound ex-skateboarder in a body cast with only a thumb and forefinger exposed has more degrees of freedom than the gripper-equipped ER1. The only thing that made my grand plan even remotely plausible was the 5 cm of height difference between the bottom of the fridge compartment and the floor.
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[Oreillynet.com] Webloggers for past 3 months -- by last name: Bob DuCharme In addition to writing XML.com's monthly Transforming XML column and other pieces for XML.com since 1998, Bob DuCharme (http://www.snee.com/bob) is the author of Manning Publications' XSLT Quickly, a tutorial and users guide to XSLT. He also wrote Prentice Hall's "XML: The Annotated Specification" and "SGML CD" and McGraw Hill's "Operating Systems Handbook" and has contributed to IBM developerWorks, XML Magazine, XML Journal, and Prentice Hall's "XML Handbook." Bob, a consulting software engineer at LexisNexis, holds a BA in religion from Columbia University and a masters in computer science from New York University.
[Tmulqueen.blogspot.com] /tonym - Tony Mulqueen's blog: I will now forthwith do some blog-backing (scribbles addition to task list). Thirty five years on, IEEE Spectrum tells the full inside story on the rescue .
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