Ow.
Between the heat and my neck, this has been a rough week. I may see if I can cobble up a filler for Sunday, because I’m way behind and in a lot of pain today and just not getting anywhere. I’m sorry, but this is part of the cross I bear and why I don’t work for anyone. If anyone wants to submit a filler comic, I’ll gladly accept the help — I’m hurting.
I did find something neat to blog about, though. A California-based mobility company, Berkeley Bionics, has developed some new technology for paralyzed persons to help them actually walk, a powered exoskeleton with a six-hour charge endurance. There’s a link to several videos and all sorts of cool pictures. I don’t need it, but I came awfully close to it, so it’s good to see that there’s something in the works that could help.
Perhaps this could have other applications for persons with MS and CP, as well as for paralytics. It also reminds me of the “waldo” systems in Heinlein’s eponymous story “Waldo”, about an antisocial genius with myasthenia gravis.
(Picture credit: Berkeley Bionics Flickr page )
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