http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/25/soldier-walks-again-thanks-to-bluetooth-prosthetics/ The Neat Side of the Web Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:58:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/25/soldier-walks-again-thanks-to-bluetooth-prosthetics/#comment-422845 L Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:40:31 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/25/soldier-walks-again-thanks-to-bluetooth-prosthetics/#comment-422845 People are born without limbs from time to time, you know. What's really sad is that nobody cared enough about those few to make a really cool prosthetic leg... instead, it took a war full of mangled young men and women to make it happen. People are born without limbs from time to time, you know. What’s really sad is that nobody cared enough about those few to make a really cool prosthetic leg… instead, it took a war full of mangled young men and women to make it happen.

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/25/soldier-walks-again-thanks-to-bluetooth-prosthetics/#comment-416777 naomi Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:52:28 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/25/soldier-walks-again-thanks-to-bluetooth-prosthetics/#comment-416777 The cause is regrettable, not the invention. My question - what is the cost, and when these vets need new prosthetics, will they get similar replacements? Best case for prosthetic use before replacement - 5 years; worst case - 1 year. I ran into a Vietnam vet about 10 years ago who had saved enough money after 8 years to finally get another prosthesis. He'd lost one leg in combat, and spent almost a year in hospital saving the other. Looking at the remaining leg, I could see that the docs did an impressive job. So, are current vets going to be treated better, or only for this first prosthesis p.r.? The cause is regrettable, not the invention. My question - what is the cost, and when these vets need new prosthetics, will they get similar replacements? Best case for prosthetic use before replacement - 5 years; worst case - 1 year. I ran into a Vietnam vet about 10 years ago who had saved enough money after 8 years to finally get another prosthesis. He’d lost one leg in combat, and spent almost a year in hospital saving the other. Looking at the remaining leg, I could see that the docs did an impressive job. So, are current vets going to be treated better, or only for this first prosthesis p.r.?

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/25/soldier-walks-again-thanks-to-bluetooth-prosthetics/#comment-416041 Shark Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:16:10 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/25/soldier-walks-again-thanks-to-bluetooth-prosthetics/#comment-416041 Its sad that this had to be invented. Its sad that this had to be invented.

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/25/soldier-walks-again-thanks-to-bluetooth-prosthetics/#comment-415548 Skipweasel Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:36:47 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/25/soldier-walks-again-thanks-to-bluetooth-prosthetics/#comment-415548 How long before some blackhat cracks his legs? How long before some blackhat cracks his legs?

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