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> Cyberdyne's HAL, standing for "hybrid assistive limb," which the company claims to be the world's first "wearable cyborg." Whether intentional or not, an hom
by mortenjorck 5y ago
> Cyberdyne's HAL, standing for "hybrid assistive limb," which the company claims to be the world's first "wearable cyborg."
Whether intentional or not, an homage to not one but two dystopian science fiction stories is an odd look for a robotics company.
- airstrike 5y agoI for one can't wait until they start fitting the Detroit police force with their cyborg exoskeletons...
- fullstop 5y agoIt's up there with Espressif's Skainet [1] 1. https://www.espressif.com/en/solutions/audio-solutions/esp-skainet/overview https://www.espressif.com/en/solutions/audio-solutions/esp-s...
- ginko 5y agoI wouldn't call 2001 a dystopian story.
- Barrin92 5y agothe film overall is not, but I don't think you want your wearable exoskeleton to take any cues from HAL 9000
- LargoLasskhyfv 5y agoSimply don't lie to it, and everything will be good.
- ghostbrainalpha 5y agoNo one thinks deeply about the meaning of stories. They just like including pop cultural references. When the U.S. military creates an advanced android soldier there is a 100% chance it will unironically be called "Project Terminator" at some point in its development.