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    Why does it feel that we are moving to a future described in anime?

    Mechas are here!

    A new breed of wearable robotic vehicles that envelop drivers are being developed by Japanese car giant Toyota.

    The company's vision for the single passenger in the 21st Century involves the driver cruising by in a four-wheeled leaf-like device or strolling along encased in an egg-shaped cocoon that walks upright on two feet.

    Both these prototypes will be demonstrated, along with other concept vehicles and helper robots, at the Toyota stand at the Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan, in March 2005.

    The models are being positioned as so-called personal mobility devices, which have few limits.

    BBC NEWS | Technology | Robotic pods take on car design
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4082301.stm
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    What happens if you fall over?
    'There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way. The war we fight is not against powers and principalities, it is against chaos and despair. Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope, the death of dreams. Against this peril we can never surrender. The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.'"
    G'Kar - from Babylon 5 episode "Z'ha'dum"

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    • #3
      um....good question.

      You use the rocket launcher mounted at the back of the i-foot to perform a rocket jump?
      Que l’Univers n’est qu’un défaut dans la pureté de Non-être.

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      • #4
        Does it have a crapper built into it? I'd feel awfully silly if I were killed in battle because I had to step out of my heavily armored battle robot to take a leak.
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        • #5
          Originally posted by laurentius
          You use the rocket launcher mounted at the back of the i-foot to perform a rocket jump?
          I always wanted to see someone trying to do a rocket jump in real life
          The enemy cannot push a button if you disable his hand.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by loinburger
            Does it have a crapper built into it? I'd feel awfully silly if I were killed in battle because I had to step out of my heavily armored battle robot to take a leak.
            I wonder if the military would ever be interested in this. Imagine, each soldier would be a mini mech combat robot. It kinda reminds me of the cartoon Centurions with the soldiers that had these robotic weapons attached to them.
            'There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way. The war we fight is not against powers and principalities, it is against chaos and despair. Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope, the death of dreams. Against this peril we can never surrender. The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.'"
            G'Kar - from Babylon 5 episode "Z'ha'dum"

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            • #7
              omg otakukin
              "Spirit merges with matter to sanctify the universe. Matter transcends to return to spirit. The interchangeability of matter and spirit means the starlit magic of the outermost life of our universe becomes the soul-light magic of the innermost life of our self." - Dennis Kucinich, candidate for the U. S. presidency
              "That’s the future of the Democratic Party: providing Republicans with a number of cute (but not that bright) comfort women." - Adam Yoshida, Canada's gift to the world

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              • #8
                Hardcore? Sadly its all plastic atm. Maybe later
                Que l’Univers n’est qu’un défaut dans la pureté de Non-être.

                - Paul Valery

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                • #9
                  And why are the japanese police using light sabres?


                  Last edited by laurentius; February 9, 2005, 06:17.
                  Que l’Univers n’est qu’un défaut dans la pureté de Non-être.

                  - Paul Valery

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                  • #10
                    You are so petty.
                    No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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                    • #11
                      I just didnt want tot make a new thread for it

                      copycat
                      Que l’Univers n’est qu’un défaut dans la pureté de Non-être.

                      - Paul Valery

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                      • #12
                        Here, at least use the full size pics:







                        http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/robots/toyoto-ifoot-and-iunit-026866.php
                        No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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