Comments on: Soldier Walks Again, Thanks to Bluetooth Prosthetics

By: L

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:40:31 +0000

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.

By: naomi

naomi — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:52:28 +0000

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.?

By: Shark

Shark — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:16:10 +0000

Its sad that this had to be invented.

By: Skipweasel

Skipweasel — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:36:47 +0000

How long before some blackhat cracks his legs?