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The six million dollar man was grossly underpriced. But someday the technology to to augment human limbs and senses could come down in costs. There are plenty of engineers working on robotic prosthetics. Here are just a few examples. By the way, StumbleUpon can recommend some good Techdirt articles, too.
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Filed Under: bionic, exoskeleton, limb, prosthetics
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    Anonymous Coward, 1 Sep 2011 @ 5:09pm

    Somebody here is playing the new deus ex :)

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    Anonymous Coward, 1 Sep 2011 @ 6:31pm

    Mixed Blessing

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    darryl, 1 Sep 2011 @ 6:39pm

    Not overpriced - today's price is over inflated.

    dept

    The six million dollar man was grossly underpriced.


    Sure you have not got the brains to work out that $6 million dollars in 2011 is worth ALOT less than $6 million is 1974.

    I guess a dissusion about "price" and "value" would be far beyond you.

    they allready have, what about hearing aids, sight aids, and yes new composite artificial limbs, that have been around for YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. From well before 1974.

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      IronM@sk, 2 Sep 2011 @ 1:14am

      Re: Not overpriced - today's price is over inflated.

      Good heavens. You'll troll just about any topic won't you. Doesn't even have to be written by Mike.

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        darryl, 2 Sep 2011 @ 9:08am

        Re: Re: Not overpriced - today's price is over inflated.

        come and see me when you learn what a troll is, and work out that your post is the troll and not mine.. !!!!

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    Anonymous Coward, 2 Sep 2011 @ 2:34am

    I still think the Mechs are better looking.

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    MountainHome, 3 Sep 2011 @ 7:31pm

    Not Overpriced

    Definitely not over priced by todays standards. Good article. Thanks.

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